UN World Water Day - 22 March 2012

Every time humans disrupt the natural water cycle there is a consequence. When large quantities of water are diverted or taken out of the natural system this affects the local surface water supply, which, in the long run, affects the ecosystem, plants and animals, as well as the local communities. This animation highlights how the Water Cycle works and how we sometimes disrupt it.

www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/

The REAL cost of gas....

What's the price of gasoline? In the U.S. it's about $4 a gallon. But some experts say the true price of gas is much higher. What about the costs of pollution, and the global and local problems caused by it? Who pays for those? This animated feature from the Center for Investigative Reporting calculates the carbon footprint and other "external costs" of gasoline use in the U.S.

Reported by Sarah Terry-Cobo
Produced by Carrie Ching and Sarah Terry-Cobo
Sound mix and editing by Carrie Ching
Animation and illustration by Arthur Jones

The End of the coal era..?

With the 100th coal-fired power plant retirement announced in February 2012, the Sierra Club reached a major milestone in its goal to retire one-third of the nation's aging coal plants by 2020 and replace them with clean energy.

For more info go to http://www.beyondcoal.org/

To Take Action go to http://www.beyondcoal.org/act-now

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Mark Mathews does Organic Steak Salad...

Known for his huge big wave appetite, Mark Mathews shares one of his staples of the gastronomic kind...

1. Organic steak cooked in coconut oil with garlic and organic pepper
2. Salad of organic lettuce, beans tomato and avocado
3. Organic olive oil , lemon and salt
4. Cooking time approx  10 mins, equals...

Earthship Biotecture...

Earthship Biotecture creators Michael and Jonah Reynolds with the team at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens on their first Earthship tyre pounding and the beginning of a demonstration wall. Demonstrating the simple yet revolutionary construction method which is specific to Earthship buildings--pounding tyres to form a durable thermal mass wall.

Go to http://www.earthship.com/

Radio Head returning to Australia...

After 8 long years Radio Head have announced they are coming back...!

Triple J are running a sick competition

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/comps/secret.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/radiohead/compterms.htm

Good Apple,,, Bad Apple...

A very well balanced & written piece of journalism, a must read...
Apple Lifts the Curtain on Chinese Labor and Environmental Manufacturing Practice.
As transparency in China increases in the wake of Apple's reaction to the Foxconn scandal, what can we expect?: http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/apple-lifts-curtain-chinese-labor-environmental-manufacturing-practices.html