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18 of Nature’s Most Powerful Medicinal Plants 2008-09-30 14:06:02 Don't get caught in nature without knowing these medicinal plants. Learn what you're likely to find in the wild - or even someone's backyard - that can help with minor injuries, scrapes, bites and pains. Read more:Medicinal
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Elemental ‘Earth Art’: 15 Epic Landscape Formations 2008-09-28 13:56:20 See some of the most profound, stunning and awe-inspiring examples of earth's artistry, from soaring caves to mysterious rock formations to towering peaks and massive holes. Read more:Earth
, Landscape
25 Environmental Agencies and Organizations 2008-09-24 14:07:57 Learn all about the most important, active and dynamic environmental organizations working to solve the climate crisis, save endangered wildlife, and preserve land. Get informed and get involved. Read more:Organizations
25 Vibrant HDR Photos: Pets, Tame and Wild Animals 2008-09-23 15:56:19 (Images via: upton, chefrandan and gatoazul)
Depending upon how a shot is set up, HDR animal photography can bring out the best and brightest or darkest and most terrifying sides of domestic and wild animals. Vivid contrasts can make staring down a crocodile all the more intimidating while blended grays can illustrate just how well squirrels [...] Read more:Animals
Going Green: Meals, Food and Shopping [15 Tips] 2008-09-22 12:18:11 Green your diet with this handy reference guide: learn how to scout the best farmers' market, identify organic food labels, try out urban gardening, reduce your carbon footprint and even enjoy a vegan meal. Read more:Going
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Killer Insects: 6 Natural Born Anthropod Assassins 2008-09-21 12:59:36 Guest article submitted by Lost in Arizona
These deadly insects are naturally designed to kill. The effects of their bites range from painful to deadly for humans, and they inject their prey with lethal salivary secretions that immobilize them and ease ingestion and digestion. These six represent some of the stranger and more interesting assassins of [...] Read more:Insects
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Secret Eco-Village Saved (and Other Green Utopias) 2008-09-20 17:17:57 From the mud-and-grass huts of eco-villages in Wales to theoretical sci-fi sustainable cities like the Superstar, alternative housing developments are increasingly entering the realm of reality. Read more:Green
, Village
25 Environmental Forums and Social Media Sites 2008-09-17 14:06:07 The curious and the educated alike can glean a lot from participation in green forums. Add to your green web experience by joining green social news sites. Read more:Forums
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25 Scorching HDR Sun, Smoke and Fire Photos 2008-10-16 16:13:49 Themes of fire and light are at the heart of photography, which traditionally has a difficult time representing these visual phenomena as they truly are. Using HDR, some photographers are able to depict everything from sunlight to firelight in ways that are hard to catch in most media. A range of techniques is needed to [...] Read more:Smoke
6 Worst Raging Fires and Explosive Volcanoes 2008-10-15 16:14:50 From astonishing wildfires that engulf whole regions to massive volcanic explosions that shroud surrounding areas in ash, these blazing natural disasters are some of the 'hottest' on record. Read more:Explosive
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20 More Tasty Vegan Recipes … That Don’t Suck! 2008-10-14 16:21:54 In this tasty follow-up to amazing vegan meals that never require tofu or rice cakes, you will find 20 delicious vegan desserts, snacks, and healthy treats - plus five lettuce-free salads (it's possible). Read more:Tasty
16 Painless Green Habits for Living Greener 2008-10-13 15:51:31 A green lifestyle is formed by sensible, simple green habits that are easy to implement yet effective when done consistently. Learn some great ways to go green at work, at home, at play and with friends. Read more:Green
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25 Chilling HDR Water, Snow and Ice Photos 2008-10-09 11:59:54 (Images via: Doc Marton, Mugley, Adselwood and Dpurdy)
Photographing water and ice presents unique challenges but also incredible opportunities to show off the myriad properties of water in its many forms - the reflectivity of pools, the transparency of ice, amazing color ranges and other curiously variable properties. From the amazing beauty of water phenomena and [...]
6 Chilling Ice Storms, Tsunamis and Floods 2008-10-08 14:01:13 Nature's famous duality - beautiful landscapes of nature and terrifying natural disasters - fills all of us with a reverence for her power. See some of the most powerful storms in recent history, from sudden ice to racing tsunamis to vast floods. Read more:Floods
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100 of the Most Essential Green Web Resources 2008-10-07 18:47:56 The green web is growing faster than over-fertilized bamboo and many websites have cropped up to fill the ever-growing green movement. This guide will help you navigate the vast array of environmental websites starting with the best green blogs, tools, applications and resources and ending with forums, social media sites, environmental agencies and organizations. The [...] Read more:Essential
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25 Solutions to 7 Common Green Living Challenges 2008-10-06 21:34:02 You know to reduce, reuse and recycle. You have the canvas shopping bag and maybe even a bike. But as you go green, challenges are bound to pop up. Here are the most common issues - and easy, painless ways to overcome them. Read more:Common
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15 Epic Water and Ice Formations and Phenomena 2008-10-05 18:46:44 From massive glaciers to jagged fjords to bizarre ice formations and a dragon lake, these incredible elemental images highlight some of the most beautiful and inspiring 'earth art'. Read more:Phenomena
16 Hydroelectric, Wave and Tidal Power Designs 2008-11-09 15:39:15 (Images via: OceanWorld, CNN, HIE and Geekologie)
Water power is arguably the most valuable renewable energy resource - and also could be considered the most ignored, until recently. Tidal
power farms sustainably harnass renewable energy generated by lunar cycles, wave power parks take advantage of the natural repetitive motion of the surface of water and hydroelectic [...] Read more:Designs
World’s Biggest and Most Expensive Green Homes 2008-11-07 13:35:30 Green homes are becoming an increasingly popular trend, with eco-friendly dwellings - from apartment buildings to monstrous mansions - popping up all over the world. Unsurprisingly, America’s got the largest of them (we are expecting Dubai to catch up any time now, though). The fact that an unnecessarily large space isn’t very environmentally friendly hasn’t [...] Read more:Green
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8 of the World’s Most Fantastic Endangered Fish 2008-11-06 14:16:17 From tuna to carp, from sharks to sturgeon, stunning creatures of the deep and the not-so-deep are being threatened by human carelessness and brutality. See the gallery of eight of the world's most majestic fish species on the endangered species list. Read more:Fantastic
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12 Tips & Recipes for Eating Eco-Friendly Meat 2008-11-05 16:35:59 From sustainable shopping tips to 12 delicious recipes to exotic eco-friendly meats you may have overlooked, this article guides you to sensible, tasty choices and information for going green without giving up meat. Read more:Friendly
9 of the Most Bizarre Animal Defense Mechanisms 2008-11-04 15:37:08 The frog that breaks its own legs and grows claws. The beetle that sprays a jet of boiling fluid at predators. The fish that engulfs its enemy in a thick casing of slime. The ant that explodes. Learn all about these and more bizarre animal defense mechanisms. Read more:Animal
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15 Eccentric Endangered Trees, Plants, and Flowers 2008-11-03 15:03:12 From the flower that looks like meat to the blossom that is unmistakably phallic to the tree that retains water like a camel, here are some of the most unusual trees, plants and flowers on earth. These endangered flora are visually and ecologically distinct - and in need of protection. Read more:Flowers
, Plants
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Biomass & Thermal Power: 25 Cutting-Edge Designs 2008-11-02 13:17:09 Did you know that a river could cool the second tallest skyscraper on the planet or that chicken droppings could power thousands of homes? Unlike solar and wind power generators, earth-based energy sources such as geothermal or biomass power systems are often completely invisible in the finished design of a building with one. However, in [...] Read more:Cutting
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30 Devastating Land, Water, Fire and Sky Disasters 2008-10-30 13:59:42 There is nothing like a natural disaster to remind humans how little control we have over the most powerful forces on the planet. Fortunately, too, there is nothing like an environmental catastrophe to bring people together and show the positive power of human collaboration in the face of adversity. Grouped into the four ancient elemental [...] Read more:Disasters
8 Majestic but Critically Endangered Mammals 2008-10-29 14:51:09 (Part 1 in a 5-Part Exclusive WebEcoist Series on Endangered Animals)
Scientists say that an astonishing 1 in 4 mammals worldwide are in critical danger (either threatened or endangered) - not just the polar bears we all hear so much about. The top ten most endangered mammals are: the Yangtze River Dolphin, Vancouver Island Marmot, Seychelles [...] Read more:Majestic
14 Quick Vegetarian Recipes for the Hopeless Cook 2008-10-28 10:46:38 These delicious vegetarian recipes are not only planet-friendly - they're friendly to your wallet, waistline and schedule. Even the hopeless cook can't ruin these tasty, simple, easy vegetarian meals. Read more:Hopeless
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