Tinseltown goes green (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Living an eco-friendly lifestyle has spilled into the lifestyles of many Hollywood stars who are walking the higher road in their Birkenstocks, saving the planet one celebrity at a time....more...Natural fertilizer from geese creates unwanted vegetation in city's lakes (Nevada Daily Mail)
Canada geese eat a lot and anyone who has visited Radio Springs or Walton lakes in recent weeks knows where all that food ends up. While the goose waste creates a hazard to the shoes of people walking around the park, it creates a bigger problem for the lakes and the fish that dwell in those lakes....more... How Chocolate Can Save the Planet (NPR)
Chocolate is a wonderful thing, but how can it help combat global climate change? Cacao trees -- the source of chocolate -- grow well in rainforests, and rainforests store carbon. So researchers are working to help preserve the forest and to grow more chocolate....more... Campbell Murder (WKBN 27 Youngstown)
Campbell Police need your help tracking down a murder suspect. Workers Sacked at Beeghly Oaks A number of local health care workers are feeling angry and betrayed. Their employment suddenly vanished on Friday night, atthe Beeghly Oaks nursing home in Boardman....more... Solid foundation for the arts (Kingston Daily Freeman)
Peter Barker, executive director of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, stands in the Fine Crafts and Arts Gallery at Hunter Village Square....more... Composting facility looking chipper (The Morning Call)
Seven years in making, East Allen center finally ready to break down. Just in time for leaf-raking season, the first intermunicipal composting center in Northampton County is up and rotting in East Allen Township. ...more... Unique stones, gems and metals make North Carolina ... a treasure state (Burlington Times-News)
Above are North Carolina freshwater pearls and faceted gemstones from the collection of William West. The Old North State is a veritable storehouse of gems and precious metals....more... Solid foundation for the arts (Kingston Daily Freeman)
Purchase a copy of this photo."> Peter Barker, executive director of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, stands in the Fine Crafts and Arts Gallery at Hunter Village Square....more... Ocean Plankton Reducing Greenhouse Gases By Using More Carbon Dioxide (Science Daily)
Microscopically tiny marine organisms known as plankton increase their carbon uptake in response to increased concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide and thereby contribute to a dampening of the greenhouse effect on a global scale. In simulations of the future ocean, scientists measured an increased carbon dioxide uptake of up to 39%. The unexpected positive effect for the global climate ......more... |