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Filed under: Environment, green, Uncategorized
The world of snowflakes and frost in the macro
by Admin on Dec 21st, 2010
British microbiologist Brian Valentine is always keen on macro photography. According to him, now, when he retired, he had to devote much more time creating their amazing pictures taken by SLR. Most of the shots taken in his own garden, because apart from interest in photography, Brian is also an avid gardener. ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green
Green Oasis in the Desert of Cold Steel Constructions
by Admin on Apr 19th, 2010
We are witnessing the fact that our urban settlements are becoming cold and dark bunch of steel and concrete. That is against the humans nature and is against the nature at all. Humans naturally do not feel comfortable in such urban areas where you cannot see a single plant. Studuio Seilern Architects came to an interesting idea to create a building which will not bounce from the standards of urban life and still it will be eco-friendly an...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green, Organic
Wooden Obsession: Complete House Interior Made From Wood
by Admin on Feb 28th, 2010
Wood is really nice material to build anything that is touchable and I have seen a lot of different wooden house interiors but this one is way more bizarre of all of them. Venetian sculptor Livio De Marchi wasn't satisfied only with regular furniture that can be made from wood, he decided to make almost everything in his house from wood and as you can see from following photos he done that pretty well. If you look in his wardrobe which...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green
Animal Sculptures Made of Hundreds of Plastic Pieces
by Admin on Feb 23rd, 2010
Sayaka Kajita Ganz is an artist that creates amazing unique sculptures made from a different plastic pieces like spoons, forks, toys and similar. She creates sculptures of different animals from a thousands of plastic pieces. The final result is amazing. She says that she creates those sculptures from a different discarded objects from peoples' houses. She claims that the fact that those objects were part of other peoples' lives before she t...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green
Inexpensive Home Built With Recycled Containers
by Admin on Feb 9th, 2010
Building a home that is inexpensive and unique in same time is real challenge today. A perfect example how home can be built with less money is this house which is designed by architects Claire Helene Drouin and Jean Marie Sanchez. The entire house is built with 15 recycled shipping containers. After it is finished, you would never notice that it is built from containers and it has a very fashionable design. This home is built in Marseille, F...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green
Beautiful Home Built From Recycled Materials
by Admin on Jan 27th, 2010
Those people have decided to create something unique and something that you don't see everyday and yet it is cheap and it is built from a recycled materials. This house is one of the examples how home can be built without spending much money. This house has been built from a cheap recycled materials. But those people are not just savvy they are also pretty creative, you can see how some of the walls, doors and roof are mosaic-like decorat...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green
Reducing Use of Plastic Bags for a Better Environment
by Admin on Nov 23rd, 2009
This is the time to look on the cute, cozy plastic carry-bag, which you are carrying to home after a big purchase. Yeah, you are doing a big mistake which you cannot take back and which will donate to a deadly pollution. The ill-effects are irretrievable and capable of getting out to numerous generations to come. Plastic is one of the few new chemical materials which create environmental problem. Plastic is the general common term for a wide r...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, Global Warming, green
Scientists Asserts Greenhouse Gas Cuts Must Begin At Home
by Admin on Nov 6th, 2009
It is believed that greenhouse gas emissions are related to industries, and various rules and regulations are placed on industries in order to limit them. But a new report as published by scientists indicates that there is a lot you can do at home to reduce greenhouse gases. Thomas Dietz, a professor at Michigan State University, says that household energy consumption is responsible for up to 38% of United States carbon emissions (that counts ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: green, Organic
How do I know if I am buying organic foods
by Admin on Nov 3rd, 2009
A very good question always arises when we talk to people, “How do I know if I am buying organic foods…” Well, we have 5 sure tell signs that a food product is organic: The Food and Drug Administration, as well as your state, set guidelines as to what ingredients make up organic products. There should be a special certification label on all organic foods. Check out the packaging… If a company is truly committed to being 100...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Environment, green, Research
In Quest of Aquatic Disaster
by Admin on Nov 2nd, 2009
Now as we are reaching towards the environmental disaster we are getting aware of the bad effects of insecticides on flora and fauna. Researchers round the globe are trying hard to find out the limit of such destructive level of pesticides that are goading the global aquatic life to the verge of extinction. It is noted by a group of researchers that human life as well as the aquatic life is really at stake at this present moment. According to ...Read More » Tags
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