Archive for December, 2010
Everyone wants to ring in the New Year with peace; both personally and globally. And while the concept of a nearly 60-foot-tall solar-panel-clad peace sign made of oil barrels doesn’t necessarily translate into world peace, it certainly marks a unique sustainable effort that rings hopeful in the time of new… Read the rest
A team of researchers in Israel and the United Kingdom have discovered that the Oriental hornet has the ability to capture and harvest the power of the sun through its small brown and yellow body.
The discovery came about in part because of the unusual behavior of Oriental hornets; unlike… Read the rest
During the consumer-based, high waste season of Christmas, people try different things to maintain some semblance of their “green” self. Some wrap presents in newspaper; some purchase a small potted tree, opting out of the tradition to cut one down; and others, apparently, rocket-launch their tree when it’s time is… Read the rest
This electric eel, located in an aquarium in Japan, is giving what it has to offer this season; lending its electricity to power a nearby Christmas tree’s light display.
An aluminum electrode was placed in the eel’s aquarium, and every time it moves, about 800 watts of energy is powered… Read the rest
(To the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”) On the worst day of Christmas Monsanto Claus gave to me, six bucks per acre and toxic herbicides from some other company…
Last year’s Monsanto Claus cartoon–“Monsanto Claus: Ho Ho Oh No!”
…and the rest of my Monsanto-related cartoons.… Read the rest
The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium drew extra attention last Sunday, as a waterlogged Santa Claus joined the fish for a swim. But the point wasn’t just to inspire Christmas cheer; the ‘Swimming Santa’, as he’s called, was hoping to inspire conservation efforts.
With the purpose of catching people’s attention, the Shanghai… Read the rest
Every fall Bob Granstrom of Buffalo Mountain Outfitters leads elk hunters into Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains. Lately he’s been packing people into Rock Creek, not for hunting, but to show them why he thinks this 34,000-arcre area should be designated wilderness, added to the adjacent Cloud Peak Wilderness.
Several local… Read the rest
It shouldn’t be this hard to kick the coal habit.
Unfortunately, fighting against billionaires and their subsidy-driven profits takes some time. Don’t fret, we’ll come out of it clean.
…we just may be a bit bloody and limb-less.
Related info:
Ecopolitology’s Coal article archive
My Coal cartoon archive (with great… Read the rest
Lorikeets living in the northern Australian town of Palmerston have veterinary surgeons stumped. The birds are acting inebriated; falling from trees due to lack of coordination; passing out and then curling up and hiding under objects in their cages in a hangover-like state.
A local veterinary clinic, Ark Animal Hospital,… Read the rest
