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Green Life Store - All in one Sustainable Super Store: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Fuel’s Gold: Unusual Alternative Energy Sources. Used Adult Diapers -better use than simply burying them – why not burn them as fuel? Adult diapers – they’re more common than you think, especially in Japan where the average population is aging rapidly and the national output of used adult diapers has soared past the 5 billion mark. A company called Super Faiths. Thinks there’s a better use for used adult diapers than simply burying them – why not burn them as fuel? Well, one id...
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Ocean News: Overfishing and Global Warming Killing Billfish and Tuna
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Overfishing and Global Warming Killing Billfish and Tuna. ScienceDaily — Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of shrinking habitat, according to a new study published by scientists from NOAA, The Billfish Foundation, and University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Less available habitat can lead to more fish being caught since the fish are concentrated near the s...
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Ocean News: Plight of the Polar Bear in Pictures
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Plight of the Polar Bear in Pictures. Seeing double, sadly no. In fact, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the biggest man-made threat to polar bear survival is climate change. If current warming trends continue unabated, then polar bears could soon be found only in zoos. Look at this adorable fluffy face. Is it any wonder that the polar bear is loved by so many? Is Captivity the Polar Bears’ Future? Image credits:National Geographic,Lee,Greening Washington). This moth...
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Ocean News: October 2010
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Thursday, October 28, 2010. Another BP Oil Rig is a "Ticking Time Bomb": Whistleblower by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York. Photo: West Orlando News. While there's still some fuzziness around what precisely caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig to explode - a series of malfunctions, design flaws, and human errors all played a role - we can agree all agree on one thing: Poor oversight and shoddy regulation enabled the situation to reach critical mass. But that's all behind us, right? Located 124 miles of...
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Ocean News: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Plight of the Polar Bear in Pictures. Seeing double, sadly no. In fact, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the biggest man-made threat to polar bear survival is climate change. If current warming trends continue unabated, then polar bears could soon be found only in zoos. Look at this adorable fluffy face. Is it any wonder that the polar bear is loved by so many? Is Captivity the Polar Bears’ Future? Image credits:National Geographic,Lee,Greening Washington). This moth...
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Ocean News: Colony of Penguins Disappears From Antarctic Island
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Colony of Penguins Disappears From Antarctic Island. By Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 03. 8.11. When Emperor Island was first discovered off the coast of Antarctica back in 1948, it was so named for the thriving colony of around 300 penguins that met there each year to breed. Just over sixty years later, however, there's not a single penguin in sight - and researchers suspect that melting off from global warming may be to blame for the colony's disappearance. Becaus...
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Ocean News: First Evidence of Plastic in the South Pacific: Is This a Different Kind of Garbage Patch?
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011. First Evidence of Plastic in the South Pacific: Is This a Different Kind of Garbage Patch? By Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 04. 5.11. 5 Gyres founders Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen pick up a fishing line floating in the middle of the South Pacific. Photo credit: Paula Alvarado. The foam buoy and synthetic rope were degraded and full of barnacles and crabs mistaking it for a natural habitat. Photo credit: Paula Alvarado. Even though these findings suggest that the South Pacific...
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Green Life Store - All in one Sustainable Super Store: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. There is a new kind of light bulb out now, the LED light bulb. This Bulb fits in a standard light bulb socket and is filled with bright Light Emitting Diodes. Compared to the standard incandescent bulb, or even to the highly efficient CFC(Compact fluorescent bulb) the LED uses miniscule amounts of electricity. They also tend to last forever – manufacturers claim lifetimes of 40,000 to 60,000 hours. (Normal light bulbs can have a lifetime of up to 1000 hours). 2Watt LED Light Bulb.
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Ocean News: November 2010
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Monday, November 15, 2010. Saturday, November 13, 2010 Report from Taiji: November 13 (new video). An entire family wiped out…another family escaped, this time. November 13, 2010. Dolphins herded to cove on the way to slaughter. Video credit: Big Gunns (3 minutes). The amount of shame and dishonor these men bring to the entire nation of Japan is beyond belief. How can this nation allow these men to continue to act this way? How long will the civilized world allow this to continue? Keep up the barrage on ...