By David Hay – January 14, 2007 via The New York Times
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Designed by Paul Rudolph in 1972, this home in Westport was on the market for months before a buyer decided to build a new house on the land.
January 14th, 2007
Modernist No More: Home by Famous Architect Is Razed
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January 13th, 2007
Compare Hybrid Cars
January 13, 2007 via FuelEconomy.Gov
Greenhouse gas emissions expressed in CO2 equivalents. Estimates include the full fuel cycle and exclude vehicle manufacture. (U.S. Department of Energy, GREET Model, Argonne National Laboratory)
Color vehicle photographs [...]
January 13th, 2007
TreeFlights.Com
January 13, 2007 via TreeFlights.Com
Ethos
At Treeflights we plant trees to withdraw carbon from the atmosphere. We mostly plant for people who fly but we are also happy to put trees in the ground for anyone engaged in a carbon-intensive activity or to replace consumed resources.
Trees and flights.
When we travel in an aeroplane we use loads [...]
January 13th, 2007
Solar cooking system for apartments developed
HouseOfPulp in Architecture, Carbon Reduction, Design, Eco-Friendly, Energy Efficient, Products, Solar Power, Technology, The Hindu
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January 12th, 2007
The smoothies that have more sugar than Coke
12th January 2007 via DailyMail.Co.Uk
Cool, refreshing and bursting with fruit, smoothies are the drink of choice for health-conscious Britons.
Grabbed on the go as a quick alternative to breakfast or sipped leisurely as an afternoon snack, their popularity is soaring.
But what few smoothie devotees will have realised is that many of the colourful drinks are actually [...]
January 12th, 2007
Eating tofu can slash ovarian cancer risk
12th January 2007 via DailyMail.Co.Uk
Eating tofu regularly can almost halve a woman’s chances of developing ovarian cancer, according to researchers.
A study found that a daily portion of 10gm of the food, a meat substitute made from soya bean curd, cut the risk by 44 per cent.
This level of consumption releases around 3mg or more of [...]
January 11th, 2007
2007 Detroit Auto Show: Green in Real Terms
By Bradley Berman – January 11, 2007 via HybridCars.Com
I just returned from three grueling days with thousands of journalists at the kickoff of the 2007 North American Auto Show in Detroit. During the media days, the world’s top broadcast and print publications, with rare exception, become a de facto public relations agency [...]
January 9th, 2007
U.S. automakers unveil sleek eco-friendly cars
by CTV.ca News Staff – Jan. 9 2007 via CTV.ca
The big three U.S. auto manufacturers have their sleek, environmentally-friendly concept cars on display at Detroit’s International Auto Show. But analysts say Toyota is set to become the new heavyweight champion of car companies.
DaimlerChrysler AG is now trailing behind both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor [...]
January 7th, 2007
Sheep Poo Paper
via CreativePaperWales.Co.Uk
Welcome to Creative Paper Wales the only craft paper mill in Wales.
We are makers of beautiful handcrafted papers and paper products including the unique and wonderful Sheep Poo Paper™.
All our paper is made from recycled materials and our processes are designed to live up to the highest environmental and quality standards possible.
Why not have [...]
January 6th, 2007
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing
January 6, 2007 via Bindt.Org
About Us
A look back at the origins of NDT and BINDT
Case histories going back as far as World War I show that the science of non-destructive testing was understood and practised in the UK that long ago, especially in the field of military aviation. But it was not until 1954 that [...]
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