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arrests at white house re: stop the pipeline
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago activists opposing the keystone xl tar sands pipeline staged a sit-in on saturday august 20 2011 at the white house about 50 to 60 of the activists were arrested for engaging in an act of civil disobedience to learn the exact number arrested and the charges against each go to: http:wwwtarsandsactionorg |
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immanuel velikovsky: pole shift
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago immanuel velikovsky provided evidence of global cataclysm and pole shifts which occur periodically due to celestial events he incorrectly blamed venus for the effects of planet x nibiru as put forth by zecharia sitchin |
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my sacred places - a visit with uncle les kuloloio
Bookmarked 764 weeks ago http:voicesoftruthtvcom - like many people uncle les goes to church regularly but his church has no walls that039s because the beaches of maui are his sacred places and les knows them like few others don039t miss our walk along the sand with one of maui039s treasured elders as uncle les opens our eyes to the breathtaking beauty of one of these very special places |
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green engineering and sustainability 12
Bookmarked 753 weeks ago part 1 of 2earth week at virginia western community collegesean mcginnis the director of the vt green engineering program discusses the concept of life cycle analysis and why it is integral for assessing the environmental impacts of any product process or system these analyses relate to a wide of potential environmental impacts including climate change mcginnis provides frameworks to consider environmental actions based upon potential risk |
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jennifer morris: effective models for sustainable growth entire talk
Bookmarked 731 weeks ago in this informative lecture conservation international executive vice president jennifer morris shares her organization039s commitment to creating programs to support sustainable development morris articulates the importance of developing innovative financing and business models to address ecosystem services and resource management issues she also describes the entrepreneurial initiatives her organization has built to sustain partnerships between corporate partners and local communities around the globeview more clips and share your comments at http:ecornerstanfordeduauthormaterialinfohtmlmid=2689 |
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how airplanes are designed to feel bigger on the inside
Bookmarked 468 weeks ago ever wonder why some airplanes feel big on the inside when they039re actually small engineers use some special tricks to make that happenhere039s why wings don039t fall off airplanes - https:youtubejmsoky_mv6wsign up for the seeker newsletter here - http:bitly1uo1pxi for more about boeing and a century of innovation check out http:theageofaerospacecomread more:extreme engineering: the boeing 747https:sciencebasedlifewordpresscom20110725extreme-engineering-the-boeing-747quotat 31285 cubic feet 876 cubic meters the 747-400 has the largest passenger interior volume of any commercial airliner which is equivalent to more than three houses each measuring 1500 square feet 135 square metersquotboeing 707 airplane modelhttp:amhistorysieduonthemovecollectionobject_202htmlquotthe jet airliner offered more than an advance in speed it revolutionized the cost and comfort of flying greatly reduced maintenance costs resulted in lower fares |
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scott brown: gone washington
Bookmarked 733 weeks ago scott brown039s gone to washington and something039s gone horribly wrong brown sided with big oil -- taking thousands from oil companies just weeks before he voted to keep their special tax breaks and brown voted repeatedly against protecting our environment and public health no wonder brown got a zero rating from the league of conservation voters tell senator brown enough039s enough ask him to support the quotclose big oil tax loopholes actquot |
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andrew revkin: the language of climate change
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago the words we use to talk about global warming matter why is language important when framing the climate change debate how do different political groups respond to quotclimate changequot versus quotglobal warmingquot |
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epigenetics
Bookmarked 721 weeks ago hank ampamp his clone circus hank explain the power of epigenetics which studies the factors that determine how much or whether some genes are expressed in your bodylike scishow on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomscishowfollow scishow on twitter http:wwwtwittercomscishowmore scishowsolar energy - http:youtube4upvzutlavafoldit gamers ftw - http:youtubejdbcpdh_ptaepigenetics scishow hank green dna genomes cloning clone heredity epigenome methyl groups |
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through the lens: the dalian oil spill
Bookmarked 767 weeks ago in july 2010 chinese photographer lu guang documented the oil spill at the city of dalian for greenpeace the pictures he took portraying the death of firefighter zhang liang won a world press photo award in 2011 third prize spot news stories follow us on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcomgreenpeacevideo |
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view on earth039s colder future: mind the gap
Bookmarked 663 weeks ago what impact would an ice sheet have on a swedish final repository for spent nuclear fuel and how does a final repository affect the surroundings if the ground is constantly frozen the answers to these questions can be found in greenlandin kangerlussuaq in western greenland swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company skb is participating in a major international research project that investigates how glacial meltwater flows through and under the ice sheet and forms groundwater that in turn would be able to affect the safety of the repository the project is called the greenland analogue project gap for shortto view multimedia news release go to http:wwwmultivucommnr58701-swedish-nuclear-fuel-waste-management-skb |
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invisible giants by lindsay levin available today
Bookmarked 662 weeks ago invisible giants: changing the world one step at a time tells the stories of some extraordinary people who whatever their background and status are stepping up to overcome obstacles and change the world around themauthor lindsay levin is the founder and managing partner of leaders quest a social enterprise that brings together a diverse global community of 6000 leaders from ceos of multinational companies to grassroots activists working in some of the poorest communities on the planet all of them share a commitment to using their unique influence to create positive changeto view multimedia news release go to http:wwwmultivucommnr58705-invisible-giants-london |