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Ali Canary @AliCanary (4427) 12 Jul

My dad was a packrat. Not a hoarder, just someone who would save things in case he thought they might be useful. He had a "project bench" and was very handy with gardening, canning, and various carpentry projects, having grown up...

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Too Funny

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 17 Feb 21

I saw this meme going around social media, and it cracked me up too much not to share. Whatever you think of things like climate change & such, I'm sure you can admit the humor in the meme, unless you're a sour sack, lol. I don't...

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Environmental Stupidity

Gary Sibio @garysibi (702) • Chicago, Illinois 6 Aug 19

From the "Someone Needs a Good Butt-kicking" Department... McDonald's in the UK and Ireland made the switch from plastic straws to paper ones. Good idea, right? Wrong. You see, the plastic straws they previously used could be...

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How Darwinian

Four Walls @FourWalls (86703) • United States 15 Apr 18

To tell you the truth, I feel a little guilty about reading about the “Darwin Awards,” the list of people who died in “here, hold my beer and watch this” moments. Some of them are funny....but you are talking about a human...

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Article Review: "The Lost World" by Elizabeth Kolbert

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 6 Oct 16

On April 4, 1796, twenty-six-year-old Georges Cuvier lectured on elephants, both living and fossil, to the National Institute of Science and Arts in Paris. He demonstrated the differences in anatomy between elephants from Cape of...

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The greatest environmentalist ever, Genghis Kahn?

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 14 Feb 13

Genghis Kahn led to the death of so many people, that farm land turned back to forest, carbon levels plummeted and without him our population today could be billion or more higher. Does this make him the greatest...

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The Language of the Wise.

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 9 Oct 11

Environmentalism is a major interest for many mylotters. My own interest ended up being the theme of a PhD thesis, and even some of my songwriting found its way into the Green realm. BEYOND RECALL CH. In the language of...

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Did you join the Earth Hour today?

livvy @livvy092002 (1033) • Philippines 27 Mar 10

I have looked forward to this day because we will celebrate the Earth Hour. It is an indication that we are already becoming aware or conscious of how to make our environment become healthy again, preservation of natural...

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FernGully

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11287) • United States 15 Dec 09

Do you think this movie deserves a re-release??That it would be more relevant today with all the talks about environmentalism up in the air or do you think it was just as relevant then as well?? Whatever the case, my main question...

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Oil Drilling Deemed Unprofitable In US - Crisis or Boon?

colaandtwinkies @colaandtwinkies (129) • United States 17 Mar 09

The great American drilling boom is over, experts are saying. The New York Times have detailed exactly why. Mainly, it just isn't worth it at this point. With oil prices plummeting - two thirds since last summer - it costs more...

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Selective Logging and Malaysia's Tiger Population

colaandtwinkies @colaandtwinkies (129) • United States 16 Mar 09

The WWF has done extensive studies on selective logging in Malaysia and how it can benefit the native tiger population. Selective logging is a forestry practice that aims to better conserve forests. Only certain trees or small...

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Adapting To A Changing World

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 4 Feb 09

Our climate is changing. Debates rage about this change being due to our nastier habits or natural climatic conditions in concert with the sun. Regardless, we are seeing serious impact, even here in the United States with serous...

End of Flushing Toilets?

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 20 Nov 08

If World Toilet Organization founder Jack Sims has his way, the flush toilet will be in the sewer of history replaced by dry composting toilets. "The concept of the flushing toilet was unsustainable."* Australia is proposing a...

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Hypocrite 'Green' Celebs

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 22 Jun 08

Hypocrites really blow the cheese off my cracker. The biggest hypocrites on the planet are so called 'Green' celebrities who cry about how our carbon gas emissions are killing the planet yet they themselves emit more greenhouse...

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Go Green! Eat bugs!

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 4 Jun 08

Fried scorpion? Cricket salsa? Tarantula tempura? Wax worm larvae popcorn? Some say bugs are high in protein and use far less resources to grow and harvest than beef and poultry.. So what think you? Do you think (for instance)...

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Insectarium in New Orleans to open a Bug Cafe eatery

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 4 Jun 08

Are you ready to go green by eating bugs? Do you think this will catch on? There's also a cookbook out called "Bug Eatery" - will you be ordering this book?

Mother GAIA, save me, PLEASE!

redyellowblackdog @redyellowblackdog (10629) • United States 25 May 08

Corporations are sometimes without limits as to their estimation of the lack of intelligence of their customers. Yes, it is true. http://www.sanyo.com/thinkgaia/english/index.html At the link you can read about the SANYO...

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California's Un-Zipping

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 12 May 08

Looking at this picture of recent and current quakes, it looks like California has a zipper and it's getting unzipped. The 'zipper' is along the Hayward and San Andreas fault lines in red. * The provided Link gives you the...

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"Global Warming Takes Holiday" BBC News Says

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 2 May 08

According to the BBC news article Next decade 'may see no warming' the dredded Global Warming phenomenon, man made or not, may be taking a ten year...

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hydroponics on the cheap

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 6 Apr 08

Hydroponics makes people think of futuristic and expensive growing systems for sustaining people in space stations and other planets. Did you know that you can grow a plant in a hydroponic (soil-less system) for less than $30? It...

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