London wants to allow cyclists to pick up one of 6,000 bikes at the 400 docking stations planned for the capital by 2010. Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced this week by the mayor, Boris Johnson.
London Plans Bicycle Sharing Program
May 3, 2009 By 4 Comments
Can We Escape the “Meatrix”?
May 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
The Meatrix is a clever animated short that explains how incredibly cruel, destructive and dangerous factory farming truly is. Even the recent over-hyped outbreak of swine flu has been linked to poorly managed factory farms in Mexico, that are actually owned by US Agribusiness giant Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest industrial pork producer. “Industrial farms [...]
Google Rents Goats to Mow Office Lawn
May 2, 2009 By 7 Comments
At the Mountain View, CA headquarters of Google, goats have been employed as a low-carbon alternative to gasoline lawnmowers. About 200 goats are used for a week at a time to trim weeds, eat grass, and clean up brush. They also fertilize as they consume. A border collie named Jen keeps the goats in a [...]
Giant Sea Turtle Gives World 1st Complete Set of Migration Data
May 1, 2009 By 28 Comments
Over the past 2 weeks a number of organizations including National Geographic, Conservation International, and several famous rock bands helped facilitate the “Great Turtle Race”: a fun effort to scientifically track the migration of 11 endangered leatherback sea turtles on their journey from Canada to the Caribbean. In addition to building awareness of the need [...]
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill – 20 Years After: The Analysis
May 1, 2009 By 7 Comments
Twenty years ago last month, the supertanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Prince William Sound and ran aground, releasing 40 million liters {approximately 10 million gallons) into the surrounding sea and onto the beaches. It remains the worst oil spill in US maritime history. In the days that followed, impact inventories revealed the lethal [...]
