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Shark fishers adopt conservation for livelihood
Oct 1 2008, Christi

Until today poachers and hunters are thought of as the villains when it comes to conservation, and there is no doubt that most of them are. They are the ones fueling the markets, increasing the wildlife trade around the world. But only when people...

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Recycled fashion rolls mighty at Berlin Fashion Week
Aditi Justa, Shimla
The Berlin Fashion Week brings the fashion industry to Berlin this week. The bold, the beautiful and the fashion-obsessed have been in town to witness the fashion...
The Berlin Fashion Week, Recycled material, Liza Arico, Isabelle Teste
made popular 17 hr. ago
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Greenpeace’s Annual Green Electronics Rankings: Cellphone makers outsmart the PC giants
Desh, Shimla
Greenpeace International has just released its Guide to Greener Electronics wherein Nokia enjoys the top ranking. It is quite heartening that the cellphone...
Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba, Nintendo
made popular 17 hr. ago
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Canada Sucks When It Comes to Climate Change
Tobin, Ottawa
If you were doing worse on climate action than Russia and the United States after eight years of Bush’s environmental policies, you’d know you had a problem. So it...
Climate change, Kyoto protocol, Environment
made popular 19 hr. ago
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Fears for poor countries as the rich grab land to grow food
Korey, Houston
The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size...
Poor countries, Farmland, Aquisition of farm land
made popular 22 hr. ago
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SAHIMO takes you around Turkey in just three liters!
Desh, Shimla
The Sakarya University Advanced Technologies Implementation Group (SAITEM) sets a record in fuel efficiency. Having been adjudged the third best fuel-efficient car in...
Sakarya University, SAITEM, Shell Eco Marathon, SAHIMO
made popular Jul 4 2009
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Eco Cars: 110kg car does 568km on a single liter of hydrogen
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Zero-emission car running on hydrogen gets 568km per liter of hydrogen. Soaring fuel prices and the rise in global warming have always made inventors put...
SAHIMO, Sakarya University, Hydrogen, Eco Cars
made popular Jul 4 2009
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Brad Pitt’s foundation ‘Makes It Right’ in introducing 14 duplex designs
Desh, Shimla
Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
Brad Pitt, Make It Right, Solar Energy, Duplex Design
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Cheap Chic Wedding Contest recycles toilet paper into beautiful wedding gown
Aditi Justa, Shimla
Cheap Chic Weddings.com, is a wedding website that helps you plan a beautiful and elegant wedding without spending your life savings on your big day. The contest called...
Cheap Chic Wedding Contest, Ann Kagawa Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii
made popular Jul 3 2009
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New dinosaur species discovered in Australia
Keith, London
Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Queensland, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting...
dinosaur, dinosaur Fossils, Velociraptor
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Eco Tech: Hydrogen fuel from urine to power cars tomorrow
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Urine broken down into hydrogen using electrolysis. With the dearth of low-emission fuels and the high cost of renewable energy generating system such as...
Urine, Hydrogen, Cars, fuel
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Slovenian Hydro-pump: Now open for bike-stunts
Aditi Justa, Shimla
The Slovenian hydro pumped storage power plant has given all the bicyclists a reason to smile. Built with an innovative approach, it provides riders with an open plain...
Slovenian hydro pumped storage power plant, Bicyclist, Capacitor, Wind power
made popular Jul 3 2009
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UK eyes new Mobile Pollution Sensors ‘Pedestrians and Cyclists’
Desh, Shimla
The UK is serious about cutting down on its CO2 emissions and reducing the ever-increasing noise pollution. As it’s quite imperative to monitor the air quality before...
MESSAGE, Mobile Pollution Sensors, Imperial College London, John Polak
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Eco Tech: ‘Greener’ fireworks burn nitrogen and lots of money
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Nitrogen-fueled fireworks produce less smoke and lesser toxins. Be it Diwali in India or the Fourth of July celebrations in U.S., people love to watch...
Fireworks, DMD Systems, Green fireworks, smokeless fireworks
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Not the Humans, Ants colonizing the world
Andrew, Tempe
A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong...
Ants, Megacolony, Argentine ants
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Energy-efficient intelligent home adapts to owner’s lifestyle
Aditi Justa, Shimla
InterHome, a new home that is capable of learning and adapting to its residents and take critical actions. In case the doors are left unlocked or burglers intrude, you...
InterHome, University of Hertfordshire, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Cairo
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Solar Ivy: Photo-piezo-electricity generating panels
Desh, Shimla
SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology) does a great job in making solar panels to flutter and gleam while lending a perfect grace to your abode. The siblings,...
Piezoelectric generator, Photovoltaic Panels, Solar Ivy, SMIT
made popular Jul 3 2009
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Motorola offers TETRA solutions to Denmark’s SINE Network
Aditi Justa, Shimla
Motorola, one of the world leaders in the development and deployment of TETRA communication solutions, has been commissioned by Sine Network to install a total of 40...
Motorola, Inc., TETRA communication solutions, Sine Network
made popular Jul 2 2009
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Toyota Prius’ Recycling: Vows to remain eco-responsible forever
Desh, Shimla
One of the world’s best hybrid cars, Toyota’s Prius thinks ahead of the times. Even before hitting the market, Toyota has plans to keep it fully recyclable when it...
Toyota Prius, Hybrid Car, Sedan, Hybrid Synergy Drive system
made popular Jul 2 2009
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Eco Tech: Electric lawnmower provides three hours of mowing on a 12-hour charge
Anupam, Shimla
Eco Factor: Zero-emission lawnmower is powered by electricity. Gone are the days when mowing your lawn in the morning could have triggered a neighborhood brawl....
Lawnmower, Electric Lawnmower, Energy, Electricity
made popular Jul 2 2009
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Gray Organschi Architecture’s eco- friendly solar-powered barn
Aditi Justa, Shimla
The architects at Gray Organschi Architecture have designed a simple but innovative structure from raw materials giving a completely new meaning to creativity. This...
Gray Organschi Architecture, Barn, Translucent, Polycarbonate panels
made popular Jul 2 2009
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Ecotourism might benefit Indian Himalayan regions
Apabrita, Kolkata
The Indian Himalayas are extremely fragile. With zillions of regular tourists visiting the popular hill stations, places are becoming more crowded and nasty. Regular...
Ecotourism, Indian Himalayas, WorldWatch institute, Travel
made popular Sep 10 2008
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Costa Rican ecosystem under pressure due to tourism boom
Jitaditya, Ahmedabad
As we all know, there is a flip side to everything. Tourism has been the largest foreign exchange earner for Costa Rica over the last decade and this is what keeps this...
Costa Rica, ecotourism, biodiversity, ecosystem
made popular Jun 21 2008
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Coral Sea to be protected under the aegis of WWF to form the world's largest marine reserve
Kanchan, New Delhi
As shark populations, deplete the world over, predators of the Coral Sea appeal to illegal fishers that hunt for shark fins. As it is climate-sensitive, reefs are...
sharks, coral-sea, largest-marine-reserve, great-barrier-reef-reserve
made popular Sep 18 2007
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Sinking ships would boost ecotourism and environment, group says
Irani, New Delhi
It is perhaps an effective idea to earn economy, while pampering the environmentalist within you. If you own a barge and a sailboat, just hand it over to the Reefmakers...
North Carolina Artificial Reef Coalition, Reefmakers Inc., artificial reefs, Eastern Carolina Artificial Reef Association
made popular May 26 2007
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Ecotourism success becomes an environmental concern
Irani, New Delhi
Ecotourism officials have a serious issue to address after industry experts claimed that ecotourism may be causing as much damage to the environment as the traditional...
Ecotourism, Global Ecotourism Conference, Costa Nature Air, Alexi Huntley
made popular May 17 2007
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Over fishing of Anchovies: Threat to Magellanic penguins and Guano Bird populations
Kanchan, New Delhi
Patagonia is the southern-most portion of South America. The western portion is in Chile, and the eastern portion is in Argentina. The waters off the Patagonian coasts...
Anchovies, Magellanic penguins, Guano Bird populations, Food chain
made popular Jan 10 2007
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Mesmerising Lights of Nature
Kanchan, New Delhi
Want to see them? Then Color and Light in Nature by David K. Lynch (Author), William Livingston (Author) is the right book for you. At a Price of $43.00 As reviewed...
Color and Light in Nature, Ecotourism, Sunset, Rainbow
made popular Sep 19 2006
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Ecotourism on Md. Eastern Shore booming
Irani, New Delhi
To mature up the tourism industry in the Cecil County, the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal waterside road will be converted into a biking and hiking path —...
Ecotourism, Md. Eastern Shore, tourism industry, Cecil County
made popular Sep 5 2006
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More Valuable Sunk than Sailing.
Kanchan, New Delhi
The Queensland Tourism Minister says the scuttling of HMAS Brisbane , off the Sunshine Coast has brought in a million dollars in tourism profits. The former Navy ship...
Queensland, Scuttling, Brisbane, Sunshine coast
made popular Aug 1 2006
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Is it really Ecotourism?
Kanchan, New Delhi
Ecotourism also known as ecological tourism, means where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. It is defined both as a concept-tourism movement and...
Ecotourism, Ecological, Tourism, Sustainable
made popular Jul 9 2006
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