Atlantis Resources Corporation (“Atlantis”), one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, is transporting the largest and most powerful tidal power turbine ever built, the AK1000™. It is heading towards its final destination a test site off Orkney, Scotland.
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Biggest Tidal Turbine in the World
Posted on 14 August 2010.
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Endangered Monkeys Reintroduced in Ecuador
Posted on 13 August 2010.
The Capuchin Monkey will be reintroduced in Buenaventura Reserve in southern Ecuador. Capuchins were last spotted in the area 25 years ago. Thanks to the good work of the World Land Trust.
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Architecture that saves animal lives
Posted on 09 August 2010.
In one of the highest points of the Andes in Peru, the government recently inaugurated a building that is helping save thousands of animal lives. How many buildings these days can claim to produce such immediate ecological results?
Posted in Architecture + Design, Planet Earth5 Comments
Greenpeace’s BP logo Competition Winner
Posted on 02 August 2010.
Three months ago, Greenpeace started a competition to redesign BP’s green sunflower logo with something that would reflect the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The competition was open to everyone and in the three months in which the world saw with anger how a massive plume of oil gushed into the ocean threatening all kinds of wildlife, millions were also watching the amazing entries that were being submitted as a response.
Posted in Critical issues, Planet Earth1 Comment
How Eco-friendly is Milk Packaging?
Posted on 01 August 2010.
Plastic bottles are a big problem in general but perhaps one that can be avoided with something as essential as milk. How much is the milk I’m feeding my family costing the planet? Can I buy milk and still be green?
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Sandbag building solution
Posted on 23 July 2010.
Architect Nader Khalili dug from an unexpected source to propose a possible sustainable solution for the housing of the future.
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7 reasons to turn vegetarian and help save the planet
Posted on 18 July 2010.
Some academics have calculated that if the grain fed to animals in western countries were consumed directly by people instead of animals, we could feed at least twice as many people. if this isn’t reason enough to turn vegetarian, here are 7 more reasons for you to ponder…
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5 things you will remember from the 2010 World Cup
Posted on 15 July 2010.
Which are the 5 things that will stand the test of time when we think back at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa?
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A guide to using recycled newspaper in construction
Posted on 29 June 2010.
We all know that we can recycle newspaper. It is perhaps the most commonly recycled item in our households. But where does Recycled newspaper end up? Where can you use recycled newspapers? What can you make from recycled newspapers? Find out in this Guide to using recycled newspapers in Construction
Posted in Architecture + Design, Green Tips, Planet Earth7 Comments
The Galapagos in crisis: is tourism damaging the islands?
Posted on 07 June 2010.
Learn how the constant stream of eco-tourism is greatly affecting the Galapagos islands.
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Internationalize the Amazonia? Insights from Cristóvão Buarque…
Posted on 16 May 2010.
Does the Amazon belong to Humanity? It is so often described as the “lungs of humanity”, however to a lot of people in Brazil, its a home and a source of national pride.
Posted in Critical issues, Planet Earth2 Comments
Filling the void, Architecture from wood pallets…
Posted on 12 May 2010.
4600 shipping palettes were stacked in a gallery space, adjoining a courtyard of identical shape. Using elliptical geometry an ovoid volume was carved from the palette stack. Simultaneously, the removed pieces were reassembled in the courtyard as an ovoid solid.
The work functions as a scale, balancing positive and negative, apogee and centre. A lever of space.
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Einstein’s prophecy: the fall of the honey bee
Posted on 06 May 2010.
It is estimated that one third of the world food production depends on the honey bee and its relatives, but unfortunately for us they are disappearing…
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Stop drinking bottled water, Save the Planet!
Posted on 29 April 2010.
By 2030 the United Nations estimates two-thirds of our planet will lack access to clean drinking water. Tapped a new documentary by the producers of the mesmerizing ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’ illustrates the massive ecological damage that the lucrative bottled water industry is causing to the environment.
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Permaculture , a basic intro…
Posted on 26 April 2010.
{ Permaculture… } …expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it. Penny Livingston is a permaculture expert and founder of the Permaculture Institute of Northern California and the Regenerative [...]
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City in Peru is Being Eaten By an Open Pit Mine
Posted on 25 April 2010.
Cerro de Pasco in Peru is Being Eaten By Open Pit Mine. The city is being swallowed by ever-expanding, open-pit zinc and lead mine. A colonial church dating back to 1748 has disappeared, along with the town’s center square.
You can see the shocking, Sarlacc-like situation from satellite images, notes theGoogle Earth Blog.
Posted in Architecture + Design, Critical issues, Planet Earth3 Comments
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