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Turtle passes 100 pieces of plastic while recovering from surgery The turtle, named Zatanna, passed over 100 pieces of plastic in one week. Everything from bottle caps, plastic cutlery, garbage and zip lock bags.

Can a crop based power system form a part of our overall solution?

A Potato Battery Can Light Up a Room For Over a Month A crop-based power system coming out of Israel is significantly cheaper than batteries, but why isn't anyone interested?

Cuba found to be the most sustainably developed country in the world Cuba is the most sustainably developed country in the world, according to a new report launched on November 29. The socialist island outperforms advanced capitalist countries including Britain and the United States, which has subjected Cuba to a punitive six-decades-long economic blockade. The Susta...

“Stop the Money Pipeline”: 150 Arrested at Protests Exposing Wall Street’s Link to Climate Crisis Nearly 150 people were arrested on Capitol Hill Friday in a climate protest led by Academy Award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda. Fonda has been leading weekly climate demonstrations in Washington, D.C., known as “Fire Drill Fridays,” since October. For her last and 14th protest, actors Ma...

Clever New Uses For WD-40 That Have Not Been Thought Of Before We take a look at all the crafty things that can be done with the world’s greatest multi-purpose product.

Glyphosate impairs honeybee sensory and cognitive abilities New review shows exposure to the herbicide could have "implications for overall long-term colony survival"

Study: The More Trees We're Surrounded By, The Lower Our Stress Levels Lining city streets with trees reduces physiological symptoms of stress in humans. The thicker the tree cover, the lower the stress levels, study finds. We all know that a walk in nature can help slow the maddening pace of modern life and bring us back into the moment, but a …

Plant these cups and they grow into trees....

Coffee Cups Embedded with Seeds Grow Into Trees and Wildflowers Instead of sending your coffee cup to a landfill, you soon might be able to plant it and watch it grow into a wildflower or tree Americans consume 400 million disposable coffee cups a day. Almost all of them end up in a landfill (or the ocean) where they take …