Friday's Big Green Question: is Climate Change Hijacking the Environmental Agenda?

Friday's Big Green Question: is Climate Change Hijacking the Environmental Agenda?: "
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It's Friday, and quite frankly, my brain hurts. It's been a long week, filled with dismembered tigers, robots designed to keep plants alive on Mars, the noisy end of Cash for Clunkers, and me getting yelled at (via civil and intelligent comments, of course) for suggesting we're in the beginning stages of a Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Roving Giraffe - says is it not time to stop all this tinkering with the edges and look at the real problems, we do not need to make robots to put on Mars to feed the world, or other items that will only fill the pockets of people saying " l am green buy this product " when the only people that are really green are the people parting with money believing they are helping the environment. G

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Beyond Parabens: 7 Common Cosmetics Ingredients You Need to Avoid

Beyond Parabens: 7 Common Cosmetics Ingredients You Need to Avoid: "
Photo credit: DA Creative Photography

Consumer choice is a powerful thing. Say 'jump or I'll spend my cash somewhere else' and you'll set executives scrambling to use one another as makeshift human trampolines. It's for this reason and this reason alone—at least for the major corporations—that we're seeing such a proliferation of products cheerily proclaiming that they're BPA-free. Well, parabens are the bisphenol-A of the beauty industry, from t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Roving Giraffe - says this is a follow-up to my article released through digg and commented on sometime ago about the dangers of make-up and Parabens and how when challenged manufacturers start find alternatives and thank you to treehugger for a great article. If we all boycott these products {yes even men} l do not need make-up as l am a Giraffe and have great colour and l can hide in the environment quite easily from the poachers.

Sorry got carried away back to " Not using these ingredients that are not BPA free " so let us get them stopped ? G

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Sheep Grazing A "Best Practice" For Maintaining Ground-Level Solar Arrays

Sheep Grazing A "Best Practice" For Maintaining Ground-Level Solar Arrays: "
Sheep grazing amidst a solar panel array.
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Grazing sheep are a practical means of controlling weeds and grasses that otherwise would block the sun from ground-level solar arrays. The practice, begun in Europe, may well become a world standard, and has already spread to America (see below for example).

The requisite fence around the solar farm perimeter not only 'keeps the sheeps,' it fences out peeps who might otherwise steal the sheeps...and panels. So, it's something insurance companies have come to insist upon.

How to keep the...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Roving Giraffe - says that this maybe the way farming will become in the future as it has spread to America and what happens in the US will make its way here eventually, worst luck. But is one insurance company says we can save money then others will follow, as l found out many years ago when l worked for them " The leopard does not change its spots comes to mind " G

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A Minneapolis Couple Celebrates Their 50th Anniversary By Installing Rain Gardens For Their Block

A Minneapolis Couple Celebrates Their 50th Anniversary By Installing Rain Gardens For Their Block: "
photo: Ecoscapes Sustainable Landscaping

Most couples toast to 50 years with a nice bottle of champagne, flowers, or maybe a weekend away. But not the Wolks, instead they chose to mark the occasion with a rain garden block party. See why their anniversary will not soon be forgotten....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The roving giraffe says that this was an incredibly unselfish act that instead of receiving on their anniversary they gave something back to other people and thanks from G to the " WOLKS " for caring and that is why l shared this article with my network.

SHARE SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THE GIRAFFE AND LET US SEND IT TO EVERYONE AND ANYONE TO SAY THANK YOU

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Off Road Vehicles vs Wildlife: Cape Hatteras Under Threat

Off Road Vehicles vs Wildlife: Cape Hatteras Under Threat: "
Image credit: Audubon NC

I've never really understood the attraction of 'off roading' - in fact, until I started brewing biodiesel with some Off Road Vehicle (ORV) enthusiasts, I didn't even really know what it was. I am, for the most part, a believer in personal freedom but, like Lloyd's take on ATV's and the environment, I find it hard to see how off roading can be done without significant ecological damage (I'm sure my biodiesel buddies will disagree!). Whether or not 'sustainable off roading' is even possible, it seems obviou...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Giraffe says that only farmers ever needed a 4 x 4 this was until people that wanted to live in the country and have a second home in another area decided that a designer vehicle was required to look the part. So now we have more problems than just environmental including people that are local in villages being unable to afford a home as prices were pushed through the roof, by programmes promoting live in the country and become a self sufficient home owner. Personally and l know people that follow me may disagree all villages should not allow people that are not local to purchase any properties and this should be enabled by locals having a village council of people that have lived in the village for at least 10 years deciding. Well l am sure this may cause a barrage of comments. G

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Here Come the Tar Sands

Here Come the Tar Sands: "
Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline and Refinery Network, excerpted from original.
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We were surprised and disappointed last week when we heard that the State Department issued approval for a controversial pipeline designed to carry the dirtiest oil on Earth from Canada into the United States.

The State Department decision will allow construction of Enbridge Energy’s Alberta Clipper pipeline, which will carry tar sands oil from Canada into the United States. Tar sands oil is extremely dirty--It not only creates 3-5 times the greenhous...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Giraffe says this is another proof that governments do not care about our environment and really want alternative sources of energy, be it wind, solar or any other forms. The oil magnates have massive great profits and the sooner we stop gambling on stock-markets with this worlds resources then oil will become affordable as will fuel costs. Then the next step before all our resources run out is real investment into alternative energy without the oil companies controlling what will be allowed.

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Starscape Enterprise: DIY Planetarium of Reused Objects

Starscape Enterprise: DIY Planetarium of Reused Objects: "
Artist Drew Denny with Environmentaland exhibit of sustainable planetarium. Photo by RCruger

Beyond an unmarked doorway, only distinguishable by a Land Shark Ale advertisement splashed across on its curved glass walls, lies Environmentaland. Set in a Hollywood mega-mall, home to the Oscars’ Kodak Theatre, it opens into a warehouse-like room. The so-called “eco-theme park” from nonprofit Global Inheritance, displays energy exhibits including alt-fueled golf carts, painted waste bins, and a se...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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