BILL MAHER RIPS TODAY’S ...

Aug 22, 2015 by

[Translate]     “The one thing we’re not sharing are the profits.” Bill Bradley Associate TV Editor, The...

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ECOVILLAGE SURVIVES AS A HAVEN...

Aug 22, 2015 by

ECOVILLAGE SURVIVES AS A HAVEN FOR DEEP ECOLOGY IN MEXICO’S CENTRAL MOUNTAINS

[Translate]   By Christy Rodgers, Upside Down World | Report A building within the “ecovillage” of Huehuecoyotl in...

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PICTURING THE END OF FOSSIL FU...

Aug 22, 2015 by

PICTURING THE END OF FOSSIL FUELS

[Translate] Common Dreams “It’s all of us, the little guys, against the immense, concentrated wealth and power of the biggest...

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THIS JAW-DROPPING RESORT IS 10...

Aug 22, 2015 by

[Translate] INHABITAT The project’s solar panels, which are treated as a design element, generate around a megawatt of energy per day...

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LONDON’S SKY POOL WILL L...

Aug 22, 2015 by

LONDON’S SKY POOL WILL LET THE SUPER-RICH SWIM THROUGH THE AIR

[Translate] By James Vincent  THE VERGE (Ballymore Group)   Developers in London are building what they claim is the world’s...

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INDIA REVEALS WORLD’S FI...

Aug 22, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Ariha Setalvad  THE VERGE Tesla’s Elon Musk has long propagated the idea that solar is the power source...

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HOW THE EPA AND NEW YORK TIMES...

Aug 22, 2015 by

HOW THE EPA AND NEW YORK TIMES ARE GETTING METHANE ALL WRONG

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Pretty much every recent news article you’ve read about the global...

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HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT...

Aug 22, 2015 by

HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT NUCLEAR FALLOUT FROM FUKUSHIMA?

[Translate] Scientists are still trying to understand the radioactive effects of the world’s second biggest nuclear disaster....

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WHAT KIND OF DESIGN TRIGGERS H...

Aug 21, 2015 by

WHAT KIND OF DESIGN TRIGGERS HEALING?

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Figure 6. Biophilic design is better for both architect and user, because the...

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MODERN ARCHITECTURE TELLS AN I...

Aug 21, 2015 by

MODERN ARCHITECTURE TELLS AN INCOMPLETE STORY

[Translate] Nikos A. Salingaros  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Figure 8. Philip Johnson’s Glass House moved to a parking lot has no biophilic...

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STUDY FINDS A LINK BETWEEN NEO...

Aug 21, 2015 by

STUDY FINDS A LINK BETWEEN NEONIC PESTICIDES AND HONEYBEE DEATHS

[Translate] A beekeeper in a field of rapeseed some 145 miles west of Bucharest, Romania    REUTERS/Radu Sigheti Johnny Neonic By...

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WHAT’S BEHIND THE SPIKE ...

Aug 21, 2015 by

WHAT’S BEHIND THE SPIKE IN EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY OKLAHOMA HAS SEEN THIS YEAR?

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Jess Burrow, left, and James Patterson, look over the...

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THE SCIENCE OF WHY THE VIRAL B...

Aug 21, 2015 by

[Translate] by Laurel Raymond THINK PROGRESS   The popular YouTube channel Bad Lip Reading has given us another gem — a hilarious...

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AUGUST 20, 1998: THE U.S. BOMB...

Aug 20, 2015 by

AUGUST 20, 1998: THE U.S. BOMBS A SUSPECTED QAEDA-RUN CHEMICAL PLANT IN SUDAN

[Translate] Africa 150th Anniversary “It’s not the cigar, stupid. It’s the cruise missiles launched to cover the shame.” By Richard...

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IRAN IS NOT THE GREATEST THREA...

Aug 20, 2015 by

IRAN IS NOT THE GREATEST THREAT TO WORLD PEACE

[Translate] There’s a sure way to maintain a nuclear free middle east, but Washington is not interested. By Noam Chomsky   THE...

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HOW SUBURBAN SPRAWL CAUSES SEG...

Aug 20, 2015 by

HOW SUBURBAN SPRAWL CAUSES SEGREGATION AND ISOLATES THE POOR

[Translate] Shutterstock By Ben Adler   GRIST As any sharp sociology major could tell you, a lot of the problems we associate with...

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HOW MICROBES CAN MAKE PLASTIC ...

Aug 20, 2015 by

HOW MICROBES CAN MAKE PLASTIC FROM SUNSHINE, CARBON AND A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE

[Translate] Shutterstock By Suzanne Jacobs   GRIST We build with it, eat from it, wear it, let our kids play on it, drive around in...

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COULD THE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE ...

Aug 20, 2015 by

COULD THE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE COME FROM THIS CASTLE?

[Translate] POC21 By Katie Herzog  GRIST For six weeks, over 100 entrepreneurs will be living communally in a16th-century castle...

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SELLING UGLY FRUITS AND VEGETA...

Aug 20, 2015 by

SELLING UGLY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES COULD BE KEY TO SOLVING AMERICA’S FOOD WASTE PROBLEM

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Jordan Figueiredo Jordan Figueiredo wants you to be able to buy these amorous...

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HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S...

Aug 20, 2015 by

HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA’S DROUGHT WAS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE? SCIENTISTS NOW HAVE THE ANSWER

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File In this May 18, 2015, file photo, irrigation...

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NEW MONSANTO SPRAY KILLS BUGS ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

NEW MONSANTO SPRAY KILLS BUGS BY MESSING WITH THEIR GENES

[Translate] Tom Philpott   MOTHER JONES B Brown/Shutterstock In a fascinating long piece in MIT Technology Review, Antonio Regalado...

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The TV Segment That Lays Bare ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

[Translate] Media Softballs for Amazon’s PR rep, superficial questions, and a former WH press secretary: this segment has it...

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Picking Apart One of the Bigge...

Aug 19, 2015 by

Picking Apart One of the Biggest Lies in American Politics: ‘Free Trade’

[Translate] Economy It just enriches huge companies at everyone else’s expense. By Thom Hartmann / AlterNet In 1992, Ross Perot...

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We Have Autism All Wrong: The ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

We Have Autism All Wrong: The Radical New Approach We Need to Understand and Treat It

[Translate] Autism often gets portrayed as checklist of deficits. Rather than curb these behaviors, we should enhance abilities. By...

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HERE’S WHY THE CLOSE COL...

Aug 19, 2015 by

HERE’S WHY THE CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NSA AND AT&T MATTERS

[Translate]   By Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson, ProPublica  VIA TRUTHDIG Rob Wilson / Shutterstock This piece originally ran on...

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DO YOU BUY STUFF TO FEEL ACCOM...

Aug 19, 2015 by

DO YOU BUY STUFF TO FEEL ACCOMPLISHED?

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Behaviour I spend a good deal of time outside and since it’s typically sunny in New York...

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CAN TECH COMBAT TECH ADDICTION...

Aug 19, 2015 by

CAN TECH COMBAT TECH ADDICTION?

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Behavior There is a new software system called Phylter developed by a group of scientists...

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HOW CAN WE GET TREES TO COMMUN...

Aug 19, 2015 by

HOW CAN WE GET TREES TO COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THEM THE MOST?

[Translate] THE DIRT         by Liz Camuti The science is increasingly clear: trees are central to healthy, livable cities. New...

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CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA LOST $5 BILLION IN PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS LAST YEAR

[Translate] by Samantha Page THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Riede New legislation calls for California’s pension funds...

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LARGEST ...

Aug 19, 2015 by

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LARGEST CITY IN THE U.S. DECIDES TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS?

[Translate]  by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Bryce Covert A receptionist at the Goddard Riverside Community Center takes a 311...

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