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Information on Vegetarian cuisine
Vegetarian cuisine refers to food that meets vegetarian standards by not including meat and animal tissue products.
Climate Change threatens world's poorest says Oxfam
The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger
European Retailers Adopt Voluntary Sustainable Business Code
I have to bite my tongue when I hear people claim how progressive Europe is when
it comes to sustainability and consumerism. Take Amsterdam, where in May I worked and
traveled for two weeks. True, bicycles are everywhere, public transport works, and you can
find great locally grown food. But step into an Albert Heijn supermarket, and you will see
that the capital of tulips and bicycles is also the capital of processed food,
over-packaged in plentiful plastic.
Learning at Home
Our homes are powerful places for living and learning. As we move through the daily and weekly rhythms of home, we discover a panoply of learning moments for our young children.
These moments are not tied to a curriculum, not focused on standards or expectations. They happen naturally, organically, as our children follow their innate instincts to explore the important tools of their culture with curiosity and enthusiasm.
US House committee approves daylight saving time amendment
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee passed an amendment on Wednesday to extend daylight saving time by two months. The bipartisan measure is sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, and Rep. Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts.
New Zealand recycles old computers for free
Saturday, September 2nd, Wellington held a computer recycling day for free hosted by computer maker, Dell. Now Auckland is looking to host one of their own.
The Energy Impact of Light Bulbs
See how much you can save with LEDs and CFLs over regular old incandescents. Then preorder the book Green Lighting.
Indian iPad
It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.
If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of "world's cheapest" innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery.
The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too - important for India's energy-starved hinterlands - though that add-on costs extra.
"This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer," human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device on Thursday.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/technology/india-unveils-prototype-of-35-tablet-computer-39424
Largest mass extinction in 65 million years underway
Environmental scientists say they have concrete evidence that the planet is undergoing the "largest mass extinction in 65 million years". Leading environmental scientist Professor Norman Myers says the Earth is experiencing its "Sixth Extinction."