Nick Tosches wrote “If you knew Sushi” for this month’s Vanity Fair (read it here, its amazing) , and describes a visit to the Tsukiji market in Tokyo. He follows the path of a particular bluefin tuna.
“The tuna that lies before Iida-san on its belly was swimming fast and heavy after mackerel a few days […]
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Well folks, over five years ago at her kitchen table PTA supermom Jill Buck founded the Go Green Initiative, and PTA’s, schools, school districts and even cities around the world today are getting involved. So far they’ve got members operating in 35 U.S. states and 12 provinces outside the U.S. They even have schools in […]
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Bonnie covered the original Factum flatpack chair here; it was prefinished by the designers. But what if you don’t like chintz? Now it is being offered in a blank model and supplied with four permanent markers so that you can take out your graffiti urges and do it yourself.
“Let your imagination run free! […]
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Where can you find training and job assistance if you’re looking to move into the growing field of renewable energy technology and development? While we’ve mentioned a number of schools launching programs in these fields, Renewable Energy Access yesterday provided a more comprehensive answer to that question. Writer Carl Levesque took particular note […]
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Its not just wall warts that have phantom loads; most people with desktop computers might turn off the computer at night but leave the monitor or the sound system on standby, there are just so many switches. (I admit that I often do) Here is a very clever power bar that detects when the computer […]
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If you think you have it rough, you should try swimming a mile in a whale’s flippers, for a change. Japan announced Tuesday that it is pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt the endangered humpback whale, despite a compromise offer, as well as warnings from Australia and New Zealand that this […]
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Also known as ‘EMUDE’, this is the work of the Sustainable Everyday Project (SEP), which in turn was inspired by the workshops and book of the same name, which we mentioned three years ago. In short, it is a collection of inspiring and creative community-based endeavours to tackle the issues of environmental impact and social […]
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ChangeX is an annual exhibition of new graduate designs and ideas that address issues of sustainability, environmental change and responsibility, social equity and community, often directly challenging conventional expectations. The twenty or so student works range across the design spectrum from industrial design, graphics, architecture, textiles, planning, through to landscape design and more. This years […]
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The recent discovery by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine that certain species of fungi such as Cryptococcus neoformans possess the remarkable ability to use radioactivity as a source of energy for consumption and growth has led to much speculation over its potential applications. Possible uses range from supplying a steady source of […]
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Seth Godin has a recent post about global climate change and marketing. I hate it that the two are inextricably connected, but they are. His point: don’t ask people to do less, ask them to do more. We, as humans (at least in this hemisphere and on this continent), are hard-wired for […]
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