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1. Lara Donatoni Matana's Art from Wood Leftovers
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2. Prouvé House: Found and Visited
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3. On The Stands: Seed on the Universe in 2008
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4. Natural Iron Fertilization: Sahara Dust Storms Stimulate Huge Plankton Blooms
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5. Quote of the Day: David Suzuki on Ecology, Economy And "Intergenerational Crime"
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6. New Fabrics from Harmony Art: Moon and Whispering Grass B/W
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7. GM Urges Dealers to Oppose California Waiver
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8. Breakthrough in Solar Nano Technology
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9. TreeHugger + SMITH Six Word Memoir Contest: Green Memoirs
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10. Georgia Considers Redrawing State Boundary To Get Access To Tennesse River
Lara Donatoni Matana's Art from Wood Leftovers
2008-02-11 11:20
Design & Architecture
Dead trees not suitable for big furniture manufacturers and leftovers from the wood industry turn into these amazing pieces of art at Brazilian artist Lara Donatoni Matana's workshop. The artist started her career painting in 1992, and between 1996 and 1997 she lived in Curitiba, Brazil's greenest city. It was living in Belo Horizonte during 2000 to 2002, however, that she found interest in wood and was attracted to its beauty. Keep reading and see many more pics in the extended! Via Planeta Sustentavel.... 
Prouvé House: Found and Visited
2008-02-11 10:20
Design & Architecture
La Maison Tropicale, one of the three existing houses from 1951, by the architect Jean Prouvé, is erected and open for viewing now, in front of the Tate Modern museum. It was discovered by Eric Touchaleaume who has been called the "Indiana Jones of furniture collecting". He has spent the last decade scouring remote parts of the world for valuable artifacts such as this house. Having bought 600 of Prouvé's chairs, he became obsessed with finding the house. Hearing that someone had seen one in Brazzaville, he travelled ther... 
On The Stands: Seed on the Universe in 2008
2008-02-11 01:45
Culture & Celebrity
In the February issue, Seed has a great feature entitled "The Universe in 2008" which, in the magazine's words, strives to create a "framework for understanding whatever might happen in 2008" (no small task). Its talented stable of authors does a great job of dissecting the latest and upcoming trends in science, tackling such weighty issues as ethics and democracy; and emerging fields such as "massively multiplayer science." Of great interest to us was Fred Pearce's article on virtual water - the (often large) amount of freshwater used to produ... 
Natural Iron Fertilization: Sahara Dust Storms Stimulate Huge...
2008-02-11 01:00
Science & Technology
Because of the controversy iron fertilization has managed to stir up over the past year (see Planktos' ill-fated efforts), many people probably still don't realize that it can be a natural process - and one that is likely to become more frequent due to climate change. The eastern Atlantic Ocean, for example, is often characterized by large phytoplankton blooms; the source of iron is the aeolian dust that blows off the coast of Africa from the Sahara desert. Replete w... 
Quote of the Day: David Suzuki on Ecology, Economy And...
2008-02-10 19:41
Culture & Celebrity
Image: Josh Chapman, McGill Daily
We've been using up our biological capital for over 20 years. The reason we maintain our illusion of biological plentitude is because we are using up the rightful legacy of our children and grandchildren. Ecology and economy have the same root word – "eco", and it means 'home'. But what we have done is elevate the economy above ecology. [In describing his interaction with children in Toronto who could not explain where water or food came from, only that it was supplied by the economy]: We think if the economy is doing well we can afford these basic things… [using the concept of...
New Fabrics from Harmony Art: Moon and Whispering Grass B/W
2008-02-10 16:32
Design & Architecture
To kick off the new year, Harmony Art debuts a couple of new certified-organic fabric prints: Moon—a 60-inch-wide lightweight flannel grown and woven in India, and then printed in the United States—as well as a black-and-white version of the popular design Whispering Grass, a 113-inch-wide 4.4-ounce sateen, produced in India, that was inspired by the native plants of California's redwood coast. Also making its appearance for the first time is a certified-organic flannel in muy caliente chi... 
GM Urges Dealers to Oppose California Waiver
2008-02-10 16:27
Cars & Transportation
General Motors, already unhappy about the new CAFE standards, is even less happy about the fact that California wants to impose even more stringent standards. And while the EPA has denied the waiver it... 
Breakthrough in Solar Nano Technology
2008-02-10 16:10
alternative energy
A chemistry professor at UC Santa Cruz, working with teams from California, Mexico and China, has published a paper reporting a breakthrough which may improve the conversion efficiency of incoming light photons to electrical current by as much as three times.... 
TreeHugger + SMITH Six Word Memoir Contest: Green Memoirs
2008-02-10 15:31
news
"Less dinosaur fuel. More organic beer." "Play in the dark, it's fun." "I stumble, but it's always forward." These are just three of the six-word green memoirs we have received already in our Six Word Memoir Contest. However, if we still haven't received your story, we want to hear it! Head on over to our contest page and tell us in six words about your green life. Not only will it give you a chance to reflect on your memoir-in-progress (and bone up a little on your editing skills), you will have a chance to win an iPod nano engraved with your memoir, a Planet Earth DVD set or SMITH's new book Not Quite Wha... 
Georgia Considers Redrawing State Boundary To Get Access To Tennesse...
2008-02-10 14:54
news
From the US State of Georgia we have another great example of "stuff you just can't make up". This one ranks right up there with spray painting a drought-killed lawn green or blaming the US Army Corps of Engineers for the water shortage, instead of following rational planning recommendations made earlier.In 1818, a University of Georgia mathematician named James Camak established the boundary between Georgia and Tennessee. He scre...
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