Enjoy a Gorgeous Five-Day Cruise in Just Five Minutes (Video)

Image via YouTube video screengrab Holy wow. This video is such a trip (har har). It’s not quite as relaxing as if you were on the cruise enjoying it in real time, but if you don’t have the funds or vacation time from work, the five minutes it takes to experience five days aboard this ship is sure amazing — and, we must admit, a whole lot greener…

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Enjoy a Gorgeous Five-Day Cruise in Just Five Minutes (Video)

British Columbia Man Faces Six Months in Jail for Growing Food

Image: Dirk Becker Last week Colleen brought us the story of a woman in Michigan who is facing jail time for planting a garden. Sadly, this type of heavy-handed by-the-letter enforcement of bylaws exists at the same time as people embrace urban agriculture as a viable source of high quality nutrition. A man in Lanztville, British Columbia is facing a similar battle with the local government after converting his 2.5 acre “residential” lot from a gravel pit into a thriving organic farm.

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British Columbia Man Faces Six Months in Jail for Growing Food

Seaweeds Could be a Source of Next-Gen Biofuels

Photo: Wikipedia , CC Offshore Wind Farms Might be Best Place to Grow Seaweed ‘Farms’ Biofuels made with food crops are generally a bad idea. By competing with food production for land, they increase the price of many commodities which are already expensive for the poorest people on Earth

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Seaweeds Could be a Source of Next-Gen Biofuels