Francesca Pastine Carves Artforum Magazines to Make Amazing Sculptural Topographies

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Francesca Pastine Carves Artforum Magazines to Make Amazing Sculptural Topographies

Francesca Pastine Carves Artforum Magazines to Make Amazing Sculptural Topographies

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A Prototype of the AbleNook Rapidly Deployable Emergency Modular Living Unit is Now Complete

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A Prototype of the AbleNook Rapidly Deployable Emergency Modular Living Unit is Now Complete

No, One Dead Horse Shouldn’t Be the End of Carriage Rides

Jaymi Heimbuch / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 A news story about a carriage horse that dropped dead in NYC has raised attention on the issue of the care of working animals. Rachel reported on it yesterday, bringing up some points on animal welfare. However, there has been a strong reaction by animal rights activists looking to ban carriage horses in the city on the basis that it qualifies as abuse — and that needs to be … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mitt Romney’s Energy Plan: Boost Big Oil, Slash Environmental Protections

Gage Skidmore via Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Time to face the facts: Mitt Romney is going to win the GOP nomination. Barring some totally crazy left-field development, Romney is on track to become the Republican presidential candidate. As such, we should be taking his energy proposal seriously — and it’s 100% ugly. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Texas, Summer 2011: Officially the Hottest in U.S. History

Photo: accent on electric via Flickr/CC BY Yes, yes, you know it’s been hot and fiery and dry down there, and every subsequent news report you read only tells you things are getting worse. This one will be no different: Texas has officially experienced the hottest summer in recorded US history. The drought that stretched throughout the Dust Bowl may have been longer (we’ll see, we’ll see!), but this summer was hotter. Texas resembles hell right now, and least because a raving, science-denying religious zealot run… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wind Farm Noise Complaints – Bunk, Not Bunk, A Bit of Both?

photo: FranceHouseHunt.com / Creative Commons We’ve covered the issue (or non-issue, depending on which side you’re on) of wind farms causing health problems in people living nearby for some time–the whooshing sound is reportedly disruptive of sleep if you’re constantly and closely exposed to it. But if you need an overview of s…

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Quote of the Day: Frank Gehry on Green Building

Chicago Tribune Blair Kamin quotes Frank Gehry speaking at the annual Cindy Pritzker Lecture on Urban Life , on the issue of energy saving green architecture and global warming: “I think the issue is finally a political one,” Gehy sai… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hit or Miss? Smart Packaging Design – Yogurt Lid Becomes the Spoon

Image via Yanko Design When you grab packaged food for lunch, especially something like a salad or yogurt where it’s not possible (or at least not easy) to eat it without cutlery, you also have to grab an eating utensil. And if you aren’t carting around your To-Go Ware cutlery , then too often that means grabbing a plastic spoon from the deli counter so you can avoid the rather messy alternative of pouring the yogurt into your mouth

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Hit or Miss? Smart Packaging Design – Yogurt Lid Becomes the Spoon

Democrats Are Most Trusted on Energy Issues. So Why Can’t They Get Their Act Together?

Photo via Life A recent Washington Post/ABC poll reveals that the issue which Democrats are most trusted with is Energy Policy –by a long shot. The poll asked citizens this question: “Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling (Issue)?” And when “Energy Policy” was placed in the “Issue” box, 49% of respondents said that they trusted Democrat… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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