A Green Living Blog » complete http://agreenliving.org Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:46:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Life Cycle Analysis of Electric Car Shows Battery Has Only Minor Impact http://agreenliving.org/life-cycle-analysis-of-electric-car-shows-battery-has-only-minor-impact/ http://agreenliving.org/life-cycle-analysis-of-electric-car-shows-battery-has-only-minor-impact/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:59:47 +0000 http://agreenliving.org/life-cycle-analysis-of-electric-car-shows-battery-has-only-minor-impact/ Nissan LEAF batteries. Photo: Michael Graham Richard Copper and Aluminium Actually Worse than Lithium Speaking of lithium-ion batteries , a recent life-cycle analysis (a type of study that aims to find the complete environmental impact of something, taking into account manufacturing, usage, and disposal) of the lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars had some very interesting findings. It turns out that batteries have an even lower impact than most of us thought.

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]]> http://agreenliving.org/life-cycle-analysis-of-electric-car-shows-battery-has-only-minor-impact/feed/ 0 Construction Complete on the UK’s Stunning Seed Cathedral http://agreenliving.org/construction-complete-on-the-uk%e2%80%99s-stunning-seed-cathedral/ http://agreenliving.org/construction-complete-on-the-uk%e2%80%99s-stunning-seed-cathedral/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:24 +0000 http://agreenliving.org/construction-complete-on-the-uk%e2%80%99s-stunning-seed-cathedral/ The brilliant bristling structure you see above is not the world’s largest pincushion – it’s Thomas Heatherwick ’s recently completed UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo . Dubbed the “Seed Cathedral”, the six-story high structure is studded with 60,000 translucent rods that act as fiber-optic filaments that channel sunlight into the pavilion’s interior.

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]]> http://agreenliving.org/construction-complete-on-the-uk%e2%80%99s-stunning-seed-cathedral/feed/ 1 The Surprisingly Bold and Beautiful World of Sea Slugs (Slideshow) http://agreenliving.org/the-surprisingly-bold-and-beautiful-world-of-sea-slugs-slideshow/ http://agreenliving.org/the-surprisingly-bold-and-beautiful-world-of-sea-slugs-slideshow/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:54 +0000 http://agreenliving.org/the-surprisingly-bold-and-beautiful-world-of-sea-slugs-slideshow/ Photo via jon hanson @ flickr Slugs as we know them aren’t the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning “naked gills”), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members of this species are each entirely different. In most cases, their brilliant colors come from the food they eat–and do double duty as a protective feature: Some slugs are poisonous, and some aren’t, but what kind of predator would want to take the chance?

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]]> http://agreenliving.org/the-surprisingly-bold-and-beautiful-world-of-sea-slugs-slideshow/feed/ 0 Starbucks’ Farmers Discuss the Impact of Fairtrade http://agreenliving.org/starbucks-farmers-discuss-the-impact-of-fairtrade/ http://agreenliving.org/starbucks-farmers-discuss-the-impact-of-fairtrade/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:24 +0000 http://agreenliving.org/starbucks-farmers-discuss-the-impact-of-fairtrade/ Images by B. Alter It’s been Fairtrade Fortnight , and in celebration Starbucks has released a special new Fairtrade coffee from Rwanda.

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