April 26, 2013 6:05 AM
Ever wondered if your garden comes alive when you’re not looking? As a child I loved to think that, like in Toy Story, my toys came to life when I was at school and played together, just to kill time until I was back again. Imagine if your garden was [...]
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April 25, 2013 5:59 PM
A new Kickstarter project has launched with a nearly unbelievable environmental goal: to create a glowing plant that emits light naturally and sustainably. Check out the video below for details on the incredible project. Using glowing genes from bacteria and fireflies, the team of synthetic biologists aim to create [...]
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April 24, 2013 7:20 AM
Laws making it illegal to document animal abuse or food-safety violations on farms are taking the nation by storm. There’s nothing like a proposed ag-gag law in California to burst my little bubble of faith in a progressive-thinking state. I was floored when I got the email asking for an [...]
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6:15 AM
The world today is the most aware of environmental threats that it has ever been, and yet the efforts being made to alter the course of our earth are still not enough. Some of us are discouraged or confused about what an individual can do to help make the earth [...]
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April 23, 2013 8:30 AM
The rainforests are often referred to as “Earth’s Lungs” because of the importance they play in our global ecosystem. However the trees and animal life that call the rainforests home are in serious danger. Check out the infographic below to discover interesting facts about rainforests, and find some inspiration for [...]
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April 22, 2013 6:13 PM
Earth Day can be daunting when you don’t know where to begin lending aid to the planet. 50 Ways To Help.com offers ideas for celebrating Earth Day that can easily translate into being environmentally-conscious any and every day of the year: 1. CHANGE LIGHTBULBS If every household in the [...]
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9:15 AM
The Time Lists has released its ‘Top 20 Green Tech Ideas’, and what a list it is. At Decipher CM, we’ve picked our Top 5 favourite futuristic green energies to share with the new breed of technological hippies out there. 1. Biofuels One of the ‘green industries’ best kept secrets [...]
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April 20, 2013 8:46 AM
Biofuels are a great alternative source of energy to consider as they burn cleaner than fossil fuels, releasing fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere. And, they’re essentially renewable. There are two main types of biofuels: bioethanol, which is used as gasoline, and biodiesel, which [...]
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April 17, 2013 7:49 AM
According to a recent study by Australian and British researchers, as initially reported by Reuters, the rate at which ice is melting in Antarctica during the summer is at the highest level in 1,000 years. The researchers—from the Australian National University and the British Antarctic Survey—found from data taken at [...]
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April 12, 2013 6:41 AM
The already endangered manatees are not even more threatened in their environment, courtesy of a toxic read algae bloom off the western coast of Florida, reports The New York Times. “The tide has killed 241 of Florida’s roughly 5,000 manatees, according to the state Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and [...]
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