| "Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler." - Albert Einstein |
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Mega Movers on Easter Island 8:30 -10:00
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- Dragonflies that cross oceans TED Talks December 09
- Ecological Footprint Calculator from Global Footprint Network
- Global ecological footprints Scientific American, March 06
| "Biology is applied chemistry." - Anon. |
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- How an Evaporative Cooler Works California Energy Commission 2006
- How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04
- Rocky Mountain System US Geological Survey 10/10/00
| "Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits." - Charles Darwin |
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- Australian Lungfish Shedd Aquarium 2011
| "The hound is running for his dinner, the rabbit is running for his life" - Aesop |
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- Parasite Infection May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Patients ScienceDaily 1/18/07
| "Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia." - Napoleon |
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- NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
- Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
- Dishes Still Dirty? Blame Phosphate-Free Detergent NPR 12/15/10
- Dishes Still Dirty? Blame Phosphate-Free Detergent NPR 12/15/10
| "As you improve health in a society, population growth goes down. You know, I thought it was... before I learned about it, I thought it was paradoxical." - Bill Gates |
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- A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy TIME Magazine 7/27/09
- U.S. & World Population Clocks from U.S. Census Bureau
- World Population Clock from Worldometers
| "The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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- Drummer Silty Clay Loam Gets Its Due Chicago Tribune 5/13/91
| "Worrying about starving future generations won't feed them. Food biotechnology will." - Monsanto |
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- We Have No Bananas New Yorker 1/10/11
- Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06
- Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03
- Genetically Modified Grass Could Make Superweed Problem Worse Wired Science 7/11/11
- Eating plants with animal genes does not make you a carnivore. Reason Magazine 11/27/02
- Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe To Eat? Mother Jones 9/30/11
- NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
- Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
| "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein |
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- What Became of the Megafauna? (BOOK REVIEW) American Scientist May-June 06
- How to save Hawaii's endangered birds? Get rid of the mosquitoes Scientific American 6/5/09
- The Story of the Stephens Island Wren BBC 6/2/06
- Shipwreck Rat Fears For St Kilda Birds Scottish Daily Record 2/2/08
- Trapped like vermin Times Online, UK 2/9/08
| "A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one." - Aristotle |
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- Emanuel Calls For Large-Scale Bike-Sharing Program CBS Chicago 3/14/12
- California Grapples With High-Speed Rail Debate PBS NewsHour 3/1/12
- Light Pollution National Geographic Magazine Nov 2008
- Chicago takes the LEED in eco building Grist Magazine 9/9/10
- Canada Gas Prices (3.8 liters in a gallon)
| "Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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- Mitigation Banking Factsheet EPA 1/12/09
- Chicago-area wetland mitigation banks are bogged down Chicago Tribune 1/28/09
- Lake Michigan water supply: Something to be treasured Medill Reports, Northwestern University 3/3/09
- Food Containers Leach a Potentially Harmful Chemical Scientific American 2/19/08
- No BPA For Baby Bottles In U.S. Washington Post 3/6/09
- Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005
- Reverse auction in Valparaiso, Ind. helps reduce neighborhood flooding Metropolitan Planning Council 3/5/12
| "Either we have sustainable fisheries, or we have no fishery." - David Anderson |
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- Louisiana's Marshes Fight for Their Lives New York Times 11/15/05
- 'Eco-Friendly' Chilean Sea Bass May Not Be So Green ScienceNOW 8/22/11
- Farmed Salmon Decimating Wild Salmon Worldwide National Geographic News 2/12/08
- Farmed Salmon - Seafood Watch Monterey Bay Aquarium
| "Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get." - Mark Twain |
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- Nitrous oxide fingered as monster ozone slayer Science News 8/27/09
- The Political History of Cap and Trade Smithsonian magazine August 09
| "It's important to rescue the frog." - Al Gore |
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- Greenhouse Effect on Venus Space Today Online 2005
| "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." - George W. Bush |
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- Cuadrilla admits drilling caused Blackpool earthquakes The Telegraph 3/4/12
- Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas Pollutes Water Wells Scientific American 5/9/11
- The Golden Age of Fracking in Europe and China Time 5/21/12
- FutureGen 2.0 Moving Forward, But Outlook Remains Uncertain Progressive Illinois 12/9/11
- Cost of Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Is High, but Cutting Them Is Tough New York Times 12/23/11
| "Relying on nuclear power to reduce CO2 emissions is like smoking to lose weight." - Martina Kruger |
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- Nuclear Waste: Yucca Mountain’s Scrapped, So What Now? Wall Street Journal 2/26/09
- Greater Danger Lies in Spent Fuel Than in Reactors New York Times 3/17/11
- Scientists Link China's Dam to Earthquake Wall Street Journal 2/6/09
- Algae: Biofuel Of The Future? ScienceDaily 8/19/08
- Pond Scum Biodiesel Biodiesel 2/3/07
- Ethanol, E85, Flex Fuel Discovery Channel 9/20/11
- New Enzyme Could Make Cellulosic Ethanol Competitive With Fossil Fuels Forbes 2/22/12
| "Someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun." - Thomas Edison |
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- The Solyndra Mess New York Times (editorial) 11/24/11
- Purple Bacteria Best for Harvesting Solar Energy ScienceDaily 5/5/10
- Mirrors, not panels, hold key to solar energy future Greenbang 3/9/12
- Federal Solar Tax Credits Extended for 8 Years Solar Energy Industries Association 10/3/08
- Bats and Birds Face Serious Threats From Wind Energy New York Times 8/8/11
- Chicago Suburb Approves Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm AOL Real Estate 4/15/10
- Wind turbines stir up bad feelings, health concerns in DeKalb County Chicago Tribune 3/14/10
- Geothermal quake risks must be faced Nature 12/16/09
| "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." - Ronald Reagan |
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- The Garbage Barge No One Wanted greenopolis
- Lead-Free Semiconductor Industry SiliconFarEast.com 2005
- EPEAT Environmental Criteria EPEAT, Inc.
- Chicago’s blue bag recycling program: Garbage in, Garbage out Chicago Daily Observer 5/12/08
- Why Can't Chicago Recycle? Chicago Reader 7/22/10
- Freecycle: donate (and get) used stuff
| "Empowering a generation to power a nation." - Focus the Nation |
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- Focus the Nation: a youth empowerment organization promoting transition to clean energy
- Zipcars in Chicago
- I-GO cars in Chicago
