The North Pacific Tropical Gyre also known as the Garbage Patch - seven millions tons of floating plastic waste spanning an area twice the size of Texas. There is six times as much plastic in the gyre than there is plankton. Plankton is the area's...
Topics: Eco-Videos, Ecotoxins, Environmental Issues, Food Safety, Health, landfills, oil, PCB, Pollution, Recycling

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"This is the only organism that has ever been shown to produce such an important combination of fuel substances," said researcher Gary Strobel from Montana State University. "The fungus can even make these diesel compounds from cellulose,..
Topics: biodeisel, Biofuel, Eco-Science, oil

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This was too funny not to post. Over at TreeHugger the 5 best green ass filled video ads were posted earlier this morning and I wanted to share the one that cracked me up...Warning: Ugly Butts Are Exposed. Just kidding, it's all in good green...
Topics: Compact Fluorescent Lighting, Eco-Videos, environmental ads, Laugh!

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If you are pursuing a respectable career path in the ecological and environmental fields and have even considered expanding your horizons by traveling to new and exotic places to fulfill your dream of helping the planet, then try your search at...
Topics: environmental jobs

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If you have a blog you might be interested in this new wiki, Million Blog List . One million blogs will be able to
Topics: blogging

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