Green Holiday wallpaper
Amazon deforestation accelerates
The destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has accelerated for the first time in four years, Brazilian officials say.
Satellite images show 11,968 sq km of land was cleared in the year to July, nearly 4% higher than the year before.
This follows three years in the Brazilian government had been able [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Green Holiday wallpaper, Amazon deforestation accelerates, LA Proposes Major Solar Initiative
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-General, Society & Culture, wallpaper on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lady Bug Yellow Flower wallpaper, Melamine standards and health policy, Mercury remains a problem in Florida fish
Posted in Environment-wildlife, Health, wallpaper on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lady Bug on Yellow Flower wallpaper
FDA Sets Melamine Standard for Baby Formula
Less than two months after federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.
Food and [...]
2008 Holiday wallpaper, Milford Sound wallpaper, Worm glue to repair humans
Posted in Environment-wildlife, News, wallpaper on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
2008 Happy Holidays wallpaper – large
2008 Holidays wallpaper 1440x
Milford Sound New Zealand wallpaper
Some turkey facts from 2007 and the University of Illinois Extension,
* Ben Franklin, in a letter to his daughter, proposed the turkey as the official United States bird.
* In 2007, the average American ate 17.5 pounds of turkey.
97% or Americans surveyed by the [...]
Misurina Lake wallpaper, Solar powered slug, Sustainable holidays
Posted in Environment-General, Environment-wildlife, wallpaper on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Misurina Lake wallpaper
Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes – “Video: Watch a sea slug eat algae to nab some of its chloroplasts, and the genes that keep them functioning”/ Most of us have probably seen the insects that camouflage themselves as leaves or tree twigs, but this sea creature looks like a leaf with [...]
Olympic National Park wallpaper, Windspire’s innovative wind tower, Which mass transit is greener
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-wildlife, Humor, wallpaper on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Olympic National Park wallpaper
The Windspire wind turbine
The Windspire is a low cost, attractive, plug-n-produce wind power appliance that provides a safe and attractive method for harnessing power from the wind. At only 30 feet tall and 2 feet in radius, Windspire is distinguished by its sleek propeller-free design, ultra quiet operation, rugged construction, and affordable [...]
