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Wrinkle cream could heal wounds, study finds
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The first study to investigate the chemical structure of an advanced class of anti-wrinkle cream has shown that it could be used to promote wound healing and regenerative medicine. Chemists at the University of R...
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NASA Investigates Chicken Fat As Eco-Friendly Jet Fuel
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It reads like a plot line from one of the National Lampoon movies... "A team of uber nerds set out on cross-country road trip in an RV nicknamed after an urban assault vehicle, hell bent on convincing the governm...
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Buys out entire store to charity
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When Rankin Paynter learned that the Kmart in his Kentucky town was closing, he decided to buy everything that remained on the store's shelves -- and give it all away. Four cash registers and six-and-a-half hours...
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Resurgence magazine celebrates 45 years
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Positive News's Stephen Lewis speaks to Satish Kumar, the long-standing editor of the pioneering environmental magazine Resurgence, about the publication’s philosophy and achievements. Forty-five years ago, Brita...
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Spain sees rise in discount dining
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BARCELONA — Spain is known for three-hour, Michelin-starred meals with bottles of vino, often accompanied by the sounds of live flamenco. While the luxury and tourism industries are still flourishing with expats, the ...
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Philippines to curb worst forms of child labour
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The Philippines has vowed to crackdown on the worst forms of child labour under a new programme for its estimated 2.4 million underage workers, officials said Tuesday. The scheme aims to halve the number of ch...
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The Next Quarter Century’s Organic Market Place
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Fascinating article here By Gary Hirshberg, Chairman and Cofounder, Stonyfield Farm & Chairman, Just Label It Source: http://greenmoneyjournal.com/the-next-quarter-centurys-organic-marketplace/
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Mozambique’s war-hit Gorongosa park slowly recovers
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By Johannes Myburgh (AFP) GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique — As warthogs play in the mud behind him, park ranger Charles Pereira Aranje scans the savannah for poachers, while waterbuck and reedbuck antelopes g...
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Electric Garbage Trucks Hit The Paris Streets
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The City of Lights will be home to the first fleet of fully-electric garbage trucks. Created through a collaboration between Dow Kokam and PVI, the electric fleet will boast an advanced lithium polymer battery system...
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EU bans BASF pesticide over bee health fears
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union added a pesticide made by German chemical firm BASF to its blacklist of substances suspected of playing a role in declining bee populations. Member governments banned the ...
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Algeria plans rapid green energy ramp-up
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Algeria is aiming to generate 40 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, energy minister Youcef Yousfi has announced. About 60 renewable energy projects will be launched to give a capacity of ...
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BT ArtBox Creative Vision – To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ChildLine
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BT ArtBox will be an open-air art exhibition, celebrating 25 years of ChildLine. Life sized fibreglass replicas of the iconic Sir Giles Gilbert Scott K6 telephone box will be transformed into stunning artworks and ...
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Shark Fin Soup Off The Menu At China Luxury Hotels
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Somewhere deep in the Pacific Ocean, seventy million reef sharks are saying thank you in their own sharky language. A number of Chinese luxury hotels and popular restaurants have decided to take shark fin soup of...
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UN project helps West African farmers cut pesticide use, boost incomes
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20 December 2010 – A project executed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in West Africa has succeeded in slashing the use of toxic pesticides, increasing yields and incomes, and diversifyi...
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Chinese Villagers Get Free Gold And Silver Bars In Changjian, Jiangsu, China
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3,000 villagers hit a windfall last week after a locally-owned business in eastern China gave each resident 100-gram bars of gold and silver in honor of the company's 40th anniversary, the China Money Report writes. ...
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Instead of giving google your data for free you can now donate it for agood cause
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Menendez, who lives in Barcelona, is setting up an alternative data brokerage called The GoodData. It's a co-operative owned by its members--the people providing data--and it's designed to do good. Instead of selling ...
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EU reports biggest ever fall in car emissions in 2009
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(Reuters) - Average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union dropped by 5 percent last year, the biggest annual fall ever recorded, European climate chief Connie Hedegaard said on Wednesday...
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First London Olympics Gold Medal Should Go to the Velodrome
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The London 2012 Olympics are coming up pretty quickly. Tickets are on sale, the clock is ticking away (sometimes when it works) on Trafalgar Square and slowly buildings are being completed and unveiled. The Gold Me...
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Carbon credits to benefit farmers
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Improved farming practices, especially in rice cultivation, would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and provide economic benefits for rural farmers in Viet Nam through participation in a carbon-credit programme, accor...
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New software FLIGHT could improve aeroplanes’ impact on environment
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Aeroplanes could be far better for the environment, create less noise and be safer for passengers thanks to the development of new software. The programme FLIGHT, developed by a University of Manchester academic,...