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Time in Memorial
Maya Lin's latest memorial will pay tribute to the planet |
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01 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:45 PM on 01 Apr 2008 Maya Lin, an artist best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is making plans for a tribute to what has passed from the earth -- literally. Her planned memorial will list the names of animals, birds, and plants that have gone extinct. "The top 10 songbirds we grew up with are in a 40 percent to 70 percent decline. Our oceans are being devastated by o ... |
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| Topics: art, endangered species, extinction, green living, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Muskrat Love Ain't Got Nothin' on This
Romance novelist accused of plagiarizing green group's magazine |
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14 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:02 AM on 14 Jan 2008 Bloggers at Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books have accused popular romance writer Cassie Edwards of plagiarism in a number of her tomes, including Savage Longings, Savage Moon, and Savage Beloved. Among the accusations of Edwards -- who, it may surprise you to know, often writes about the lustful dalliances of Native American characters -- is that a descripti ... |
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| Topics: books, green living, news, sex, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Beak In Review
West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study |
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18 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study The West Nile virus soldiers on, declares a report published yesterday in Nature. Eight years after the virus left the West Nile and made its way to the U.S. Northeast, chickadee populations in the region have dropped 53 percent, while Eastern bluebird populations have been diminished by 44 percent. American crows have been hit the harde ... |
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Buzz Light Year
Could cell phones be the culprit in honeybee disappearance? |
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17 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Buzz Light Year Could cell phones be the culprit in honeybee disappearance? Apiarists in the U.S. and Europe have been scratching their heads for months over rapidly waning honeybee populations. Now some scientists who have combed through the data are all abuzz with a new theory: cell phones. In bad news to mobile-attached ears, British researchers are suggesting that phone radiation could be disrupting bees' navigation system ... |
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Ape of Good Hope
King Kong director campaigns to save wild gorillas |
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10 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Ape of Good Hope King Kong director campaigns to save wild gorillas The original 1933 King Kong gave gorillas a bad rep and inspired an upsurge in gorilla hunting, but the director of the 2005 remake hopes to use his blockbuster's appeal to help keep the apes from going extinct. Peter Jackson is backing efforts by the International Gorilla Conservation Program to save Kong's smaller and less terrifying prototypes. Jackson's co ... |
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Black and White and Studio Head All Over
Hollywood studios see greenbacks in them thar flightless waterfowl |
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29 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Black and White and Studio Head All Over Hollywood studios see greenbacks in them thar flightless waterfowl The summer's big hit documentary isn't about the antics of political weasels, or children at spelling bees; it's a nature film about flightless Antarctic waterfowl. French-made March of the Penguins, a heartstring-yanking saga about emperor penguins, cost $7 million to make. It's already earned over $10 million in North ... |
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Doom and Bloom
Most Mother's Day flowers are far from green |
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05 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Doom and Bloom Most Mother's Day flowers are far from green Oodles of Americans will buy flowers for their moms for Mother's Day (that's this Sunday, you slackers), but not many will consider the environmental impacts. Conventionally grown flowers "are such a high-value crop that it takes a huge amount of pesticides to make them perfect," said Pesticide Action Network's Martha Olson Jarocki. And nearly 70 percent of ... |
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