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Importance of Medical Geology in present environment.

It is now a globally emerging discipline. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Humans live in lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked infl… Continue

Added by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi on January 6, 2010 at 6:19am — No Comments

Portable Cubes: The Quick Eco-nomical Solution to Ice

portable ice makersPortable cube ice makers are the newest trend to any home, kitchen or gadget enthusiast. Going far beyond outdated ice trays, take the freezer concept of assembly-line ice and bring it outdoors - or at least moving it beyond your fridge. These neat compact appliances are quick, efficient, quiet, and stylish. Because of this reason, they've received raving reviews among a multitude of publications,… Continue

Added by Shireen Qudosi on January 5, 2010 at 6:15am — 2 Comments

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year Everybody!!! Firstly I would like to say thank everybody whom suppoted me, encouraged me and gave me a Season's Greeting Card. Its really wonderful and everything were touch my heart a lot. I really appreciate it. This year on 7th of January I will leave Japan and 10th of January, I will go to… Continue

Added by Yuji Miyata on January 4, 2010 at 9:15am — 1 Comment

A green blog for you to check out

Hi everyone, I am new to this community, that I joined thanks to Shane D. Shirley-Smith. She told me you might be interested in our sustainable development association's blog : http://humanityy.com/blog I actually refused a paid webmarketer job to be able to fund this association and the blog related to it, on which I work as a volunteer. Take a tour and tell me what you think about it, feel free to adress me your remarks ! :-) By the way… Continue

Added by slyvershyne on January 3, 2010 at 3:19pm — 1 Comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL FROM PATAGONIA

Photo: Lovely Little Bird at Puyuhuapi Fiord, Patagonia Wishing all my friends and memebrs of this Earthday Network a very Happy New Year. It's pouring down, but we're all cosy inside the internet cafe and ready to see how New Year is celebrated in La Junta. We've got our New Year's wish list pinned to our wall and this year it's a long one… Continue

Added by Paul Coleman on December 31, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

The 2010 New Year's Ball Drop Goes Green

The New Year's ball drop goes green Tuesday, December 29, 2009 From elightbulbs.com The sparkle of Times Square this New Year's Eve keeps getting greener as we get closer to 2010. Earlier this week, the ball got a sparkling… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 30, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature. Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment. Subject : In a fast society slow emotions… Continue

Added by sushil yadav on December 28, 2009 at 11:19pm — 2 Comments

BWCA wilderness is in jeopardy from potential mining project

Please speak up and spread the word on this folks. If you have never been to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota, please go! Its unique in the world for the cleanness of the water and the hundreds of lakes that are totally pristene and clean and linked together via portages in a mosaic of jurassic era nature with huge rocks and lakes and animals. Watch this movie here to learn about the mining project that could ruin it all. http://www.preciouswa… Continue

Added by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on December 28, 2009 at 11:09pm — 2 Comments

Arsenic alarm in Bihar and Jharkhand Villages of India.

Bihar and Jharkhand State is facing one of the gravest natural disasters in the form of arsenic contamination of ground water. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Thousands of people living in over hundreds of villages in different district of Bihar and Sahebganj district of Jharkhand state in India are facing serious threat to their health due to ala… Continue

Added by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi on December 28, 2009 at 8:04pm — 2 Comments

Green Movement Good Business for Restaurants

Jason Capps, owner/chef of Bella Sera on the Square, Downtown, demonstrates his Natura water purifier. The system filters tap water and re-uses glass bottles. Sunday, December 27, 2009 By China Millman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Chefs are predicting that green restaurants will be more popular than ever in 2010, according to the National Restaurant A… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 27, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

PURPLE PATAGONIA, PUYUHUAPI FIORD, NO LAMBS, BUT FLOWERS GROW ON OUR LAND

Two weeks ago we had to make a journey to Coyhaique, the only big town in Patagonia (pop. 40,000) to buy the things we need to build our… Continue

Added by Paul Coleman on December 26, 2009 at 2:41pm — 1 Comment

Shrek Ever After: Will It Have An Eco Theme?

Back in May of 2007, on the eve of the third Shrek movie, Cameron Diaz let drop that she was really interested in the fourth movie featuring some kind of environmental theme. “‘That’s something I’ve been on Jeffrey’s (producer Katzenberg) ear about, that the swamp possibly could be in danger,’ she said. Joining Diaz in the green push was also Julie Andrews (who voic… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 22, 2009 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Aim for an eco-friendly Christmas

* Originally published December 21, 2009 at midnight, updated December 21, 2009 at 1:10 a.m. The tree is decorated, the stockings are hung, and Santa's cookies are in the oven. Christmas has arrived, as unbelievable as… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 21, 2009 at 5:43am — No Comments

フレンドリー＆ピースフルなパタゴニア Friendly and Peaceful, Patagonia

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Added by Konomi Kikuchi on December 18, 2009 at 3:13pm — 2 Comments

Not Having Children is the Greenest Thing You Can Do? Have people lost their minds?

The craziness that is the Copenhagen climate-change summit continues for a second week, with calls from the right and the left for strict population controls in a desperate bid to turn down the world's thermostat. Leading this mad green charge is not only the Chinese government, but also high-flying Toronto business columnist Diane Francis, who insi… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 15, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

To Create Sustainable Home From Zero 何かをゼロから作り上げるということ　

ラフンタはカウボーイの町。馬に乗っている人はしょっちゅう見かける。スーパーの前に馬を止めて買い物している人もいる。 La Junta is a cowboy town. People are regurarly on the horse. People park their horses in front of the supermaket.

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Added by Konomi Kikuchi on December 9, 2009 at 4:04pm — 1 Comment

What is Climategate and What Should Be Done About it?

I just ran across this picture on one of our member's blogs and it intrigued me. The article did not disappoint. Check it out HERE on CalFinder Solar and tell us what you think. Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 9, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Modern Organic Architecture: Hybrid Urban Housing Units

Frank Lloyd Wright is usually the first architect who comes to mind when someone mentions modern ‘organic architecture’ – this incredible Japanese Â housing structure is a strange new take on the fusion of modernistic ideas and naturalistic aesthetics. Perhaps the most important distinction: FLW was inspired by horizontal landscapes of the Midwest, but th… Continue

Added by Shane D. Shirley-Smith on December 8, 2009 at 4:34am — No Comments

Tree rings and Pollen helps in measuring global temperature.

For a scientist studying climate change, “eureka” moments are unusually rare. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi In 1938, British meteorologist Guy Stewart Callendar made the first proper measurement of global temperature. He gathered data from weather stations worldwide and found that the average temperature of the earth has increased between 1880 and 1930. Sadly, no one took his findings seriously. In 1957, two scientists set up instruments on the Mauna Kea Volcano in Hawaii to measure the leve… Continue

Added by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi on December 8, 2009 at 12:16am — No Comments

CRYSTAL CLEAR FAST FLOWING WATER MEANS NICE BIG PATAGONIAN FISH, VERY HAPPY FISHERMEN

The sun is now shining bright and it's tourist and fishing season in Patagonia. We've had plenty of rain recently, the rivers are powerful and the fish are biting. Each week we… Continue

Added by Paul Coleman on December 6, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

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