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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 27
Written by Madeline Breen | June 27th, 2012
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Helicopters, whales and aliens (yes, aliens) take the spotlight in today’s green news.
- Photos: meet the most at-risk species. (National Geographic)
- You snooze, you lose. The world’s slowest shark hunts by sneaking up on sleeping seals. (Wired)
- Do aliens exist? We don’t know, but now you can tweet them. (Mashable)
- Who needs AAA batteries when you have human power? (Scientific American)
- Speaking on human power, that’s a human! Powering a helicopter! (Christian Science Monitor)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 6
Written by Madeline Breen | December 6th, 2011
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The Amazon gets an A+ in today’s green news.
- Back to the basics: farmers are favoring horses over John Deeres. (Grist)
- Annual destruction of the Amazon rain forest fell to its lowest recorded level. (Washington Post)
- Bittersweet news from Afghanistan: Persian leopards — and poachers — caught on camera. (TreeHugger)
- Mr. President, parks bolster state economies. (Green)
- All we want for Christmas is to visit the newly discovered Christmas Planet! (Mashable)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, November 17
Written by Madeline Breen | November 17th, 2011
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Can sports teams save the planet?
- The Green Sports Alliance encourages teams to clean up their acts. (Grist)
- Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, cut down on landfill by turning trash into ash. (Popular Science)
- How many mobile-phone apps does it take to change a light bulb? (Green)
- Time lapse video takes you on a glorious ride around Earth. (Mashable Tech)
- Done right, ‘sharrows’ can point the way to the future for a bicyclist. (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 15
Written by Brad Parker | October 15th, 2010
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It’s Blog Action Day 2010! More than 4,600 blogs from 134 countries are looking to spark a global discussion about this year’s topic, water. We’ll have a post by Jeff Opperman, the Conservancy’s senior advisor for sustainable hydropower, later today. For now, here are some water stories that caught our eye this morning.
- See 5 facts about what you might not know, but you should. (Blog Action Day)
- Here are 5 simple ways to conserve water. (Mashable)
- Is the U.S. already past the point of peak water? (Treehugger)
- Senator John Kerry explains why it’s clear there is a worldwide water crisis. (Change.org)
- Check out this roundup of cool water-themed apps. (Mobiletuts+)
