Shards of Hope-jewelry from the pottery shards found in the tsunami's aftermath. Many lives were shattered when the tsunami hit Japan's eastern coast in 2011, leaving not only immediate tragedy but lasting environmental impacts around Fukushima's destroyed nuclear reactor. Striving to find life after the wreckage is the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise that trains affected women and grandmothers in the making of beautiful jewelry from the … [Read more...]
National Geographics interactive map shows what 216 feet of sea level rise will do to coastlines around the world.
National Geographics good, but disturbing, interactive map shows what 216 feet of sea level rise will do to coastlines around the world. The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and inland seas.There are more than five million cubic miles of ice on Earth, and some scientists say it would … [Read more...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt…
"The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world." … [Read more...]
Japanese Going Off The Grid In Huge Numbers
In a post-tsunami revolt against conventional electric utilities, tens of thousands of Japanese homeowners have started generating their own power from hydrogen fuel cells and solar panels, turning the country into the world's leading laboratory for overturning the traditional grid and the century-old business model behind it. Two and a half years after a nuclear-plant disaster crippled a primary source of electricity, major home builders are … [Read more...]
Tree Top Adventure?
Located in Pfronten, Bavaria in Germany, Waldseilgarten is an adventure mountain resort that offers guests a thrilling night in the wilderness. Nestled at the top of a mountain summit, daring guests can spend the night hanging off the tree tops, suspended over a cliff face, or within a hand built igloo. Would you dare to spend a night there?? … [Read more...]
Could the “Hydrobee™ be the new alternative in off-grid personal power?
There are plenty of products out there for charging your gadgets off grid, mostly solar-powered ones, so it caught our attention when a new technology launched on Kickstarter, could charge your devices with hydropower. The HydroBee works with any flowing water source like a stream or river, as well as a hose or faucet. The Kickstarter page states, "The Hydrobee™ is the new alternative in off-grid personal power for a billion people. It is a tiny … [Read more...]
Positive thinking…
An interesting article from relax kids reminds us of the Victorian style of teaching where we would have to repeat one hundred lines – I will not…. I will not…., after a bout of indiscretion. This system of repeating a thought was meant to drive deep into the child’s psyche. I’m sure there were few re-offenders as sore ink-stained fingers were a good deterrent. The theory goes that our bodies almost listen to our thoughts and whatever we think … [Read more...]
Think Blue.Factory.
Volkswagen is making considerable progress in its efforts to further improve the environmental compatibility of automobile production. This is confirmed by the second "Think Blue. Factory." annual meeting in Wolfsburg, which was attended by more than 350 environmental experts from 27 plants of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands. It was in 2011 that Volkswagen launched the "Think Blue. Factory." program under … [Read more...]
Toys From Trash
Arvind Gupta, the man who showed that a cycle tube can be used to teach how pumps work, who used straws to teach centrifugal force, and taught geometrical structures using nothing but a rubber tube and a few matchsticks… is silently carrying out a revolution in education through his ‘toys from trash’. He has shown that Science can be made exciting using almost any object under the sun. Arvind translates with passion books from English to Hindi. … [Read more...]
Keeping Warm the Greener, Cleaner Way
The cold and dark months of winter are the time when we spend more time indoors and turn up our heating. It’s also the time when our energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions go sky high. We all need to keep warm, but we can do it in a greener, cleaner way. Here are top five tips for staying warm over winter. 1. Use heavy curtains to stop heat escaping from your windows Up to 40 per cent of the heat escaping from your home in winter is from … [Read more...]
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