By Posted on Posted in Climate Change

Original story at TreeHugger

“Officials at Lennar Homes said they will begin with 258 houses at their Chateau at Cathedral project in Clovis and Orchard Estates II in Reedley, and then spread the program to other projects as they come on line. Each house comes with a rooftop solar electric power system as standard equipment. The 2.3-kilowatt system, which would cost between $15,000 and $20,000 to install on an existing house, is expected to cut energy bills 40% to 60%, said Charles Schein, ma keting manager”

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If anyone can pull this off, I think it’s Gore.

via Glenn Hurowitz
“This could be Al Gore’s Gandhi moment (especially appropriate for a Nobel Peace Prize nominee). It would be great if you (in conjunction with say, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, and other civil disobedience-oriented environmental groups) announced a day of civil disobedience to confront polluters — and were the first one to get arrested.”

Visit the blog posting — it provides a link to a site that is faxing your interest to Gore.
Huffington Post

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By Posted on Posted in Stuff

The passing of a truly amazing and inspiring woman.

New York Socialite Brooke Astor Dies at 105

Her words to live by: “Power, for me, is the ability to do good things for others,” she once told Harper’s Bazaar magazine. “I have the means to do it, thanks to Vincent’s money, and the act of giving makes me powerful inside. I would tell anyone, if you have enough money for three meals a day and you’re not too busy, you ought to do something for others.”

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By Posted on Posted in Animals

the trees start dying from the top down, then animals begin to turn on humans…

First up: the story about the feeding frenzy that happens when the owner of 130 cats brings in the Kibbles & Bits

Next, the story about the woman who strangled a rabid racoon

There was another animal story I saw at one point but I couldnt find it when I went back to look (and can’t remember what it was) but I did find this elephant story from last month.

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By Posted on Posted in Health & Med
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on Aug 08, 2007

Mark Frauenfelder: A couple of years ago, Rudy Rucker posted an entry about the boy scout who tried to make a nuclear reactor in his garden shed. Years later, he’s been caught again trying to do the same thing.

200708081034 Now, it seems as if he has yet to learn his lesson, as he has been busted once again, this time for stealing smoke detectors in an effort to experiment with radioactive materials.

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