In England, the parlance is rather unique: trash is called ‘rubbish’, trashcans are called ‘bins’, and former landfills are called pristine new wildlife sanctuaries.
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© Alex Davies When it comes to dilapidated railways being transformed into parks, New York City’s famous High Line tends to get all the credit. But its lesser known sister project is worth a visit as well All Photos Courtesy of Tim Simmons If you want to check out artist Tim Simmons’ nature photos, avoid museums and art galleries. The work is on display, but not where you would expect: the photos can be found in giant form on billboards in Los Angeles and Philadelphia Photos by Michelle Kaufmann Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Kelp bass photo: Wikipedia According to a new study coming from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography , two of the most important recreational fisheries in Southern California have collapsed — barred sand bass and kelp bass . In terms of total biomass, each species has decreased 90% since 1980. That’s the dramatic.. Image credit: The Vegan Zombie Whether you dig Emeril’s almond milk and dairy yoghurt milk shakes , or you prefer the Vegan Zombie’s purist vegan fettuccine alfredo , almond milk has a lot going for it. But what if you can’t find it in the stores? It turns out it’s pretty easy to make your own. Photo: Sugar Pond /Creative Commons Researchers at Indiana University have found flame retardants in the blood of pet dogs at levels five to 10 times higher than typically found in humans. Could dogs be the canary in the coal mine for how accumulating polybrominated flame retardants will affect humans? We also have inmates eating elephants, beautiful threatened birds that think plastic is a food group, surprisingly unsinkable fire ants, the unique internal GPS of whales, and a wolf that attacked a mother and her child in the .. Photo: xpda / cc Global climate change is perhaps the most widely studied phenomena in recent decades, with data being pored over by countless scientists around the world — but for farmers in Nepal, its dramatic effects are part of daily life. For years, villagers in the Himalayan highlands have witnessed increases in snow melt and rising temperatures in the region associated with global warming, and now, for the very first time, their unique on-site knowledge has been gathered for scientific study on climate change — reportage from the fro… Read the full story on TreeHugger Turn empty oatmeal and salt containers into pretty storage canisters–in a snap. Your kitchen likely already has all the tools you need to concoct your own simple, all-natural herbal skin care remedies. |
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