September 2nd, 2010 / Comments Off / by Kristen Banker
Although June may still be the most popular month to say, “I do,” autumn is quickly climbing the ranks as one of the most popular times of the year to get married. With deep, dazzling hues and crisp, fresh air, Mother Nature herself offers a stunning, romantic, and eco-friendly backdrop for a fall wedding. Lest [...]
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Tags: Autumn, Backdrop, Fall Wedding, Fresh Air, Hues, Mother Nature, Wedding Guide
August 31st, 2010 / Comments Off / by Steve
Thinking of getting away from it all on a deserted desert island? Getting there & back isn’t always easy – if it were, most of these amazing islands would likely be inhabited. Luckily that’s not the case and we can still enjoy, albeit temporarily and virtually, some of the planet’s most exquisite and pristine islands.
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Tags: 7 Wonders, Coral Atolls, Cross Hairs, Desert Island, Height Above Sea Level, High Tides, Howling Winds, Island Vacations, Maldive Islands, Place On Earth, Poster Child, Robinson Crusoe, Sea Levels, Southern Latitudes, Storm Surges, Temperate Climate, Travel Images, Tropical Beauty, Uninhabited Islands, Zealand Images
August 30th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Kristen Banker
There are new words on every French lips: Verrines and apéritifs dînatoires. And if you wanted to go full-French, you could have an apéritif dînatoire during which you would serve des verrines délicieuses. Verrines are a beautiful way to serve food, and as the name indicates, the food is served in a glass, which allow [...]
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Tags: Beautiful Way, Eco Friendly, French Lips, Verrines
August 30th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Steph
Whether it’s adventure or necessity that ultimately propels us to venture beyond our shores and build new communities in the sea, we’ve got plenty of space to work with: over 70% of the Earth is covered with water. The world’s oceans can provide a dreamy setting for all manner of submerged societies, from self-sustaining utopian [...]
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Tags: Amp Design, Amp Research, Biome, Design Science, Floating Platform, Gyre, Jellyfish, Massive Ships, Necessary Equipment, Nuclear War, Ocean Cities, Sci Fi, Scraper, Seed Bank, Solar Wind, Syph, Underwater Cities, Utopian Cities, Wave Energy, Wind And Wave
August 27th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Katie Nielsen
I’m a big fan of the color blue and my Macbook (as a freelance writer, I rarely leave home without it). Subsequently, I was thrilled when GreenSmart requested MEH review one of their eco-friendly laptop sleeves. Not only was I (conveniently) in the market for a new one, the sleeve looked stylish and durable – [...]
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Tags: Eco Friendly, Freelance Writer, Laptop Review, Laptop Sleeve, Laptop Sleeves, Macbook
August 27th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Steph
The summer gardening season may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean you should stop composting, especially when you could easily divert more than half of your trash into a free source of soil. And with all of the fun and seemingly crazy things you can actually compost – from condoms to masking [...]
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Tags: Biodegradable Material, Compost Bin, Compost Pile, Cork Forests, Crazy Things, Dryer Lint, Home Amp, J Bakker, Latex Balloons, Latex Gloves, Masking Tape, Natural Corks, Natural Sponges, Plastic Corks, Renewable Natural Resources, Smaller Pieces, Trash Types, Trec, Wine Corks, Zero Waste
August 26th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Marc
Transportation is one of the main differences between present day and the day of tomorrow in pop culture: People with jetpacks, flying cars, and zooming vehicles will whiz around with no environmental impact, super speed, and total safety. That future hasn’t arrived as quickly as we hoped, but it is on the way. Here are [...]
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Tags: Amp Research, Auto Transportation, Balancing Technology, Creative Hobbies, Environmental Impact, Flying Cars, Lightweight Vehicles, Personal Transport, Personal Transportation, Pop Culture, Present Day, Research Technology, Road Maintenance, Segway, Teleportation, Traffic Road, Two Wheels, U3, Unicycle, Whiz
August 25th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Katie Nielsen
With the ever-growing buzz of green living reaching fever pitch, it comes as no surprise that there are those hoping to cash in on the trend. Case in point: there are many companies – large and small – that have adopted a false eco-spin in hopes to sway consumers and boost profits. So how can [...]
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Tags: Boost Profits, Buzz, Case In Point, Consumers, Fever Pitch, Guile, Spin, Surprise, Trend
August 24th, 2010 / Comments Off / by Steve
Seeing is believing? Not so fast there – these 10 amazing animals believe they’re doing mighty fine without seeing their surroundings, so much so that they don’t waste precious resources growing eyes. It’s a strategy that makes, er, sense when living in an environment where vision is impractical, unnecessary and even impossible.
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Tags: Amazing Animals, Amp Research, Bishop Museum, Cave Men, Dinaric Alps, Dreamstime, Earlham College, Ecological Requirements, Ecosystems Science, Hawaiian Island, Limestone Caves, Precious Resources, Sense Of Touch, Southeastern Europe, Spider Images, Troglobite, Troglodites, Volcanic Caves, Vulnerable Species, Wolf Spider
August 23rd, 2010 / Comments Off / by Steph
The inescapable cycle of life, death and decay will have its way with us all, and virtually everything else on earth… and while most people find this reality of nature less than pleasant, others seek to magnify and exploit it. Because while decay can certainly be disgusting – as some artists have portrayed with rotting [...]
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Tags: Amp Design, Birdseed, Cycle Of Life, Decay, Dempster, Dieter Roth, Falling Victim, Health Nature, Lacquer, Life And Death, Life Death, Maggots, Moma, Mysterious Artist, Pigments, Process Of Weathering, Steph, Tides And Currents, Wikimedia Commons, Wind And Rain