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Comment by Sydni Moser on November 4, 2010 at 11:02am

Comment by Sydni Moser on October 18, 2010 at 6:43am

Are Refurbished Computers Really Just as Good as New?

My old laptop was a real dinosaur. At age six, it took its sweet time to complete even the simplest of tasks. I developed a nervous tic of saving my blog posts every two or three minutes, since I never knew when my browser would freeze or suddenly quit. And since its battery was only good for about five minutes, my laptop was basically a desktop with a tiny screen.

I considered replacing it with a refurbished model, but in the end I was seduced by a brand new laptop that I figured could probably do more tricks than a used one. Besides, I had heard that newer models were actually better for the environment, since they used energy more efficiently than older models.

So was I right? Are new computers really a better deal than refurbished models in the long run? And which kind is better for the planet? To find out the answer, click here. [READ MORE]

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 13, 2010 at 1:27pm

Automaker Rankings 2010: The Environmental Performance of Car Companies

In a photo finish, Honda claimed a narrow victory over Toyota and Hyundai as the Greenest Automaker in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2010 comprehensive environmental rankings.

Comment by Sydni Moser on October 11, 2010 at 11:10am

Stefano Mancuso: The roots of plant intelligence


Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

http://www.ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelli...

Comment by Adrian on October 7, 2010 at 10:44pm

If you go to YouTube and search for "The death of the oceans?" you will find the clips for David Attenborough's latest documentary for the BBC Horizon series, which documents the ongoing census of the oceans, an international collaborative project to establish a baseline of what actually inhabits our oceans.

Comment by Adrian on October 1, 2010 at 8:38am

A wee clip for our New York friends, and anyone visiting New York.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psnFMLXcvxM

Habana Outpost - New york's first eco-eatery.

Comment by Sydni Moser on October 1, 2010 at 7:22am

If you are interested in seeing the full documentary of Meat The Truth here is the LINK:

And here is some additional info on the doc.

Meat the Truth is a high-profile documentary, presented by MP Marianne Thieme (leader of the Dutch party for the Animals), which forms an addendum to earlier films on climate change. Although such films have succeeded in drawing public attention to the issue of global warming, they have repeatedly ignored one of the most important causes of climate change: the intensive livestock production. Meat the Truth draws attention to this by demonstrating that livestock farming generates more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together. The calculations used in the film derive from and have been validated by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN (FAO), the World Watch Institute, the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Free University Amsterdam and numerous other authoritative sources. 'Meat the Truth' is presented by Marianne Thieme, leader of the Dutch Party for the Animals. A range of international celebrities, such as Pamela Anderson, Bill Maher, James Cromwell, Emily Deschanel, Tony Denison, Esai Morales, Megan Blake, Debra Wilson Skelton, Elaine Hendrix, Kate Flannery, Carol Leifer, Joy Lauren, Hal Sparks, Constance Marie, Kristina Klebe, Skyler Gisondo, Graham Patrick Martin, Greg Vaughan and Touriya Haoud Vaughan, participated in the making of the international version of the film

Comment by Sydni Moser on October 1, 2010 at 6:53am

Urinal For Women

A urinal is pictured under a signboard with instructions for women on how to urinate standing, at a toilet at Shanxi Normal University in Xian, northwest China's Shanxi province. The university claims "Our university can save 160 tons water everyday, if each female student urinates standing"

Comment by Sydni Moser on October 1, 2010 at 4:43am

Comment by Sydni Moser on September 13, 2010 at 1:52pm

Collapse: Based on the Book by Jared Diamond

How could a civilization that mastered the planet suddenly Collapse? Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed", NGC time travels 200 years into the future to see what the world would look like after civilization as we know it collapsed. Guided by author Jared Diamond, we'll piece together the remarkable story of what on earth triggered our decline.

WATCH>> SEPT. 18 - 8 PM - on the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Channel

VIEW Trailer HERE:
If humans don't make changes in how we grow food, our species could be headed towards extinction.

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