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Dallas-based Centex Corporation has rolled-out a green line of home development in St. Louis, building new homes with its Centex Energy Advantage designs. The homes the company has begun building in the St. Louis metro area are considered as much as 40 percent more efficient than the typical 10-year-old home. In a region of the [...]
Sopo Bicycle Co-op’s annual fund raiser, bicycle scavenger hunt, and dance party is coming up this weekend in Atlanta! At least year’s event, 150 cyclists raised over $2000 for the local nonprofit. Located right in the heart of East Atlanta, Sopo Bicycle Co-op is an amazing resource for local cyclists. The shop provides tools, education [...]
187,800 acres of some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world have been set aside as the first national conservation area in Papua New Guinea’s history. The newly protected region is home to a swath of endangered species, most notably the IUCN-listed tree kangaroo. Dubbed the YUS Conservation Area, named after the Yopno, [...]
A German study found that cows are major contributors to global warming, and it doesn’t matter if they’re raised on a conventional or an organic farm. [Creative Commons photo by Jelle] I’m with Stephanie Ernst over at change.org on this one, though: let’s not blame the poor cows. The culprit here is humans’ taste for [...]
[metacafe=http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/2077856/man_eats_big_bowl_of_worms.swf] Eating worms has definitely been a huge topic of conversation recently. And I don’t mean that as a euphemism for the recession but rather as a literal statement. This man from Madras, India ate a bowlful of live worms and then threaded a live snake through his nasal cavity. A good source of protein, [...]
