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GMO Fail: Monsanto Foiled By Feds, Supreme Court, and Science
Offbeat  (tags: eco-friendly, environment, green, organic, interesting )

Marty
- 56 days ago - grist.org
It's been a good week if you enjoy a little GMO schadenfreude. The FDA has reportedly bowed to public pressure to extend the comment period on its approval of genetically engineered salmon, and Illinois, Maryland, and Iowa are the latest states to buck
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Eliminating the Idea of Waste : Living Green Magazine
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Christeen
- 132 days ago - livinggreenmag.com
Food for thought................
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Surprising Uses for Your Dishwasher
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Susan
- 325 days ago - shine.yahoo.com
22 unexpected items you can put in the dishwasher and 13 things you shouldn't. Plus, how to cook salmon in the dishwasher (seriously).Baseball caps can get bent ,Action figures and other small toys ,Rain boots should have the liners removed and lie horizo
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Mysterious Object Fell From Sky
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, Connecticut, science, interesting, bizarre, mystery, investigation, object, ocean, green, glowing, alien, police, Litchfield )

Mari
- 404 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Authorities in northwestern Connecticut say they didn't find anything after a state trooper and another person reported a large object falling out of the sky in Litchfield.
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Woman Burns Down 3,500 Year Old Tree In Florida
Offbeat  (tags: destruction, green, trees, fire, Senator tree, burned, sad, environment )

Lindsey
- 448 days ago - wftv.com
The tree was believed to be the fifth oldest tree in the world and the largest bald cypress tree. It was 118 feet tall with a diameter of approximately 18 feet. It was named after Senator M. O. Overstreet who donated the tree.
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'Green Tunnel' Helps Visitors Stay As Cool As Cucumbers
Offbeat  (tags: eco-friendly, green, Green Tunnel, gourd, cucumbers, cool, Nagoya, Japan, summer heat )

Naoko
- 671 days ago - asahi.com
Thanks gourd! The Nagoya Agricultural Centre in Nagoya's Tenpaku Ward is offering relief from the relentless summer heat with a 14-meter-long "Midori no Tunnel" (Green tunnel) made of eight types of gourd.
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The Green Heart of Tokyo
Offbeat  (tags: city, Tokyo, park, traffic, concrete structures, Maiji Jingu, birds, quiet, trees shrubs, shinto, shrine, protection, green, garden, environment )

Naoko
- 823 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
Over the last 60 years, as Tokyo has sprouted great and towering concrete structures, and as traffic jas swollen and clogged its conduits for movement, quiet havens within the city have become fewer but ever more important.
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Big and Colorful Flower Photographs
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Vikey
- 870 days ago - wallpaper-tadka.blogspot.com
Big Flowers,Flowers in different colors,Photographs of big flowers,Pink Big Flowers Photogrpahs,White Pink Big Flowers Photogrpahs,White Big Flowers Photogrpahs,Yellow flowers,Yellow Big Flowers Photogrpahs,Pink Flowers,
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FriendsForSeals.Org
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FriendsFo
- 915 days ago - friendsforseals.org
Fisherman kill 99% of the seals. 95% of those killed are between 12 days and 12 weeks old. Boycott Canadian seafood. Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/FriendsForSealsOr
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Put Down Your Placard & Plant Trees Instead
Offbeat  (tags: climate-change, conservation, animals, energy, environment, CO2emissions, forests, government, habitat, healthconditions, protection, pollution, water, wildlife, Sustainabililty, architecture, children, CO2emissions, coolstuff, eco-friendly, environment )

Nikki
- 921 days ago - wtcampaigns.wordpress.com
This simple, online gizmo gives you the freedom to take to the streets in a 'virtual' demonstration, using a vintage 'fuzzy felt' (remember that?!) -style tool, revamped for the 21st century. MyView lets you redesign your worst grot spots with trees
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10 Most Unusual Mountain Huts
Offbeat  (tags: climate, environment, weather, wildlife, world, green, interesting, humans, eco-friendly, greenliving, interesting, health, humans, technology, discovery, unusual )

The
- 926 days ago - weirdlyodd.com
You have embarked on a climb in the toughest, most challenging spot of land; mountains. You want to live the nature, experience the raw feeling but it is inevitable that a time will come when you wish for a hot cup of cocoa, a crackling fire, the comfort
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San Diego to Unveil Nation's Largest Wind-Powered LED Light Show
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Merissa
- 943 days ago - inhabitat.com
Attention, residents of San Diego, California: keep an eye out for the launch of the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America! The Port Commissioners and Caltrans just unveiled plans for a programmable LED light show on ...
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The Essential Ingredient Behind the Costly Perfumes
Offbeat  (tags: coolstuff, green, humans, interesting, environment, odd, off-beat, humans, unusual, technology, bizarre, society )

Ghazali
- 967 days ago - quazen.com
Bulgarian attar is considered the liquid gold of the perfume industry. It is sells for about $450 an ounce. Attar produced in France and Morocco is only about half as costly. Unlike Bulgaria, these two countries rely mainly on the centifolla, or carbage
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