Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
8 Foot Catfish Caught in Cambodia and Other Strange Environmental News
Captured just before midnight on November 13 by fishers in Cambodia, this Mekong giant catfish is 8 feet long (2.4 meters long) ands weighs 450 pounds (204 kilograms).
Kinky Apes Get Protection: The bonobo ape has rather prolific mating habits. The kinky apes are one of human beings’ two closest relatives and officials in the Congo [...]
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Update: One Laptop per Child Gift-One-Get-One Program EXTENDED
Originally set to expire this week, the One Laptop per Child program has extended the deadline on their compelling two-for-one gift-and-get charitable public sale of laptops until December 31st. This change will allow people more time to make a decision or organize larger group purchases and will also tap into the busy holiday gift-buying market. [...]
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
3 Great Lists that Make Green Living Easier
100 Ways to Save the Environment: In your home, yard, office and everywhere else you can reduce energy consumption and use alternative methods to clean, weed and perform other daily activities to limit your carbon footprint and go green without a great deal of inconvenience or added effort.
57 Tips for Going Green and Saving [...]
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
The 23 Pages that can Help Save the Planet and Other Climate Change Resources
A report just issued is taking on a daunting task: simplifying and clarifying the nature of climate change in order to make it more comprehensible and viral as an idea. Skeptical on the issue? Well, this is for die-hards and skeptics alike - a simple report designed for everyone.
A new document has been released [...]
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Man (Re)Builds Mexican Island Paradise on 250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles
If you can’t afford to buy your own tropical island paradise, why not build your own? That is exactly what Richie Sowa did back in 1998, from over a quarter-million plastic bottles. His Spiral Island, destroyed years later by a hurricane, sported a two-story house, solar oven, self-composting toilet and multiple beaches. Better yet, he [...]
