Hinterland’s Scatter/Gather Lamp is Made from Found Driftwood

Hinterland ’s eclectic Scatter/Gather chandelier combines rustic-chic with glamor. The low-energy chandelier is made from artfully arranged, salvaged driftwood and branches collected from the coasts of British Columbia. The hand-made pendant centers around the warm glow of an LED bulb, making a truly unique chandelier that appeals more to the nature-lover than the glamazon. Read the rest of Hinterland’s Scatter/Gather Lamp is Made from Found Driftwood Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: driftwood lamp , eco design , green design , Hinterland , ICFF , recycled lamp , Riley McFerrin , Scatter/gather lamp , sustainable design , sustainable lighting        

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Meteorologists Suggest Power Of Oklahoma Tornado Dwarfs That Of The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

On Monday, the world once again witnessed that when it comes to destruction on a massive scale, nothing can rival Mother Nature. Since the giant Oklahoma tornado struck, the National Weather Service has designated it with the highest rating of EF-5 due to its high wind speed and the breadth and severity of damage. However several meteorologists, who used real-time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm’s life span, have estimated that it released anywhere from 8 to 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb . Read the rest of Meteorologists Suggest Power Of Oklahoma Tornado Dwarfs That Of The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Hiroshima , moore tornado , natural disaster , oklahoma , oklahoma tornado , Red Cross , rescue shelters , tornado        

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Indoor Vertical Farm ‘Pinkhouses’ Grow Plants Faster With Less Energy

Indoor farms need light—and a lot of it—to grow their crop, but that energy adds up big time in terms of cost and environmental impact. Pinkhouses are a new type of indoor farm that use a pink-colored light to grow their crop. Rather than flooding the plants with “white light”, which has all the colors of the spectrum, researchers have narrowed it down to a mix of just red and blue light that are needed. By not using all the other colors, indoor vertical farms can cut down on their power bill with low-energy LED lights using just the right shade of magenta. Read the rest of Indoor Vertical Farm ‘Pinkhouses’ Grow Plants Faster With Less Energy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: caliber biotherapuetics , eco lighting , energy efficient farming , green lighting , indoor farm , indoor farming , indoor vertical farm , LED lights , pink light , pinkhouse , red and blue light , Urban Farming , vertical farm , vertical garden        

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Ny Anstalt Prison Heals With a Connection to Light & Nature

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Huge 200mph Tornado Devastates Oklahoma City Suburb, Find Out How You Can Help

A huge tornado more than one mile wide touched down in Oklahoma Monday afternoon, flattening a community of 41,000 south of Oklahoma City and killing roughly 91 people. Eye witnesses report that the tornado, which has received a preliminary rating of four out of five on the Enhanced Fujita Scale and reached wind speeds of up to 200mph, tossed around cars during its 20 mile journey, crushed homes and ripped apart buildings – including two schools. Twenty children are among the dead and scores more were rushed to various hospitals with injuries. This tornado is the worst to hit the suburb since 1999 and officials from the National Weather Service warn that more could be on their way. Meanwhile, hundreds of people have lost their homes and many are looking for loved ones. Hit the jump to find out what you can do to help. Read the rest of Huge 200mph Tornado Devastates Oklahoma City Suburb, Find Out How You Can Help Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Environment , environmental destruction , how to help Oklahoma tornado victims , locate Oklahoma tornado pets , locate Oklahoma tornado victims , natural disasters , News , Oklahoma tornado destruction , Oklahoma tornado relief , photos of Oklahoma tornado        

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Climate Change and Melting Ice are Shifting the Polar Poles

Every year since 2005, the North Pole has shifted several centimeters, and researchers have now attributed those rapid changes to climate change . While the location of the geographical poles are always in seasonal flux, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin used data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to establish whether the melting Greenland Ice sheet and other ice losses are responsible for the accelerated yearly polar drift. Read the rest of Climate Change and Melting Ice are Shifting the Polar Poles Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Climate Change , Environment , global warming , melting greenland ice sheet , melting polar caps , Nature , News , Shifting polar poles , university of texas        

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England’s Essex Wildlife Trust Turns Landfill into 120 Acre Nature Park

Image© Frank Lumsden In an effort to create a cleaner and greener future, last week the Essex Wildlife Trust officially opened the new Thurrock Thameside Nature Park – a 120 acre reserve built on top of a former landfill . Over the past half a century London has shipped piles of trash up the River Thames to the Mucking Marshes Landfill where it festered as a blemish reminding the world of how messy the human race can be. But after many years of rejuvenation, this new nature park has proven that we can make substantial efforts to reverse what past generations have trashed. Read the rest of England’s Essex Wildlife Trust Turns Landfill into 120 Acre Nature Park Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: conservation , England , Essex Wildlife Trust , green renovation , landfill , Mucking Marshes , nature reserve , river thames , Sir David Attenborough , Thurrock Thameside Nature Park , van Heyningen and Haward Architects        

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Sonia Rentsch Creates Harmless Weapons from Organic Materials

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Mark Tercek in conversation with Joel Makower

The CEO of The Nature Consevancy talks about his new book and the future of business and natural capital.

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Corn Silos Reimagined as Bed and Breakfast in Oregon

Written by Clint Williams, Mother Nature Network Famers are known for making do with what they have. Turning a bit of inner tube into a tractor fan belt, for example. Or, say, converting idle grain silos into luxury suites for …

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