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Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:11:41 EDT

While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn.

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Water Trading in China: A Step Toward Sustainability

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:15 EDT

In recent years, scarcity and pollution of water have become the paramount environmental woe in China. Numerous reports and books have exposed China's water crisis, depicting a nation suffering in the face of black-running rivers and dried-up waterways. Nationwide, the per capita availability of fresh water is only one-quarter of the world average.

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Utilities and Auctions: There Is No Free Power Lunch

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:28:07 EDT

An economy-wide cap on climate warming emissions Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" our preferred climate policy Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" has one enormous sticking point: once the cap is in place, who gets the right to pollute?

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Carbon Accounting in New Zealand

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:26:24 EDT

Carbon trading is making headlines in New Zealand with changes to the way the government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be phased in over the next few years.

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Green Jobs Find International Support

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:11 EDT

Many predict that the future of job growth lies within a green economy. Expanding renewable energy industries, such as wind and solar, can offer high-paying jobs for skilled workers. Sitting in a warm Capitol Hill office building last week, a panel of green-collar job activists attempted to rally support among a room of sleepy Congressional staffer

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The Chinese Far West

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:23:17 EDT

For the 500.000 Chinese who have emigrated to the 'dark continent' there is the promise of a 21st century Wild West. Some have struck gold and run large conglomerates that span whole regions of Africa, others are still selling their cheap goods on the burning hot roadsides of the poorest countries in the world.

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TerraPass' New and Improved Flight Emissions Calculator

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:57 EDT

The new calculator Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬Ã;Â¦ takes into account a range of factors including plane type, route anomalies such as weather detours and holding patterns, cargo loads, seat pitch and width, etc. TRX engaged an outside expert to validate their emissions methodolo

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Using Disasters for Systemic Change

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:19:53 EDT

Article Photo After reading Justus Stewart's recent article about a BIM collaboration I immediately thought of the Earthquake in China, the Cyclone in Myanmar, Hurricane Katrina and the SE Asian Tsunami, and last year's mini-disaster in the San Francisco Bay Area where I live, the collapse of the "MacArthur Maze" Interstate 580 connect

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Where On (Google) Earth Is Waldo?

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:17:13 EDT

A great video to get you thinking about.... where Waldo might be.

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Wooster Collective: Seen On The Streets Of Athens

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:15:48 EDT

Greek graffiti.

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When Artworks Collide

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:14:33 EDT

"Who's Afraid of Jasper Johns?," a group show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Chelsea, is the latest proof that you don't have to be a museum to shake things up. It was organized by Gavin Brown, who has a downtown gallery of his own, and Urs Fischer, a Swiss artist he represents.

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From Around the Globe, a Mustering of the Tribes

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:14:30 EDT

All art fairs are messy, but the New York International Tribal & Textile Arts Show is messier than most. It assembles a ridiculously broad range of tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and North and South America. It is a forceful, entrancing ensemble nonetheless.

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Things that oughtn't be flying

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:13:38 EDT

From a design standpoint, birds look like they can fly. They're small, light, feathery and they've got, you know, those wings. But did you ever realize every manmade thing that can fly, from blimps to 767s to Sikorsky helicopters, don't look like they can, or should?

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A "transitional chair"

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:12:10 EDT

Raj and the boys would have felt right at home in Andrea Ruggiero's Tempo chair, an unusual seat that forgoes a back in recognition of the fact that, well, there are plenty of people who don't sit normally.

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New Design for Serving Coffee

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:07:33 EDT

Laurent Corio has served up a nifty solution for all you jet-setters who drink coffee from Paris to New York. His espresso cup lid-cum-saucer transforms to suit both street and cafe culture. Smart solution, but where's the packaging for the snotty French waiter in all this, Laurent?!

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Camera concept with serious problems

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:06:30 EDT

This SLR concept, alas, is a prime example of what happens when a designer tries to "push the envelope" without doing any research. We've seen concepts that weren't awesome making the blog rounds before, but never one with as many flaws as this one, which is why we bring it up.

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new products division, and some concepts from the past

Digidave — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:58 EDT

According to bicycleretailer.com, bike manufacturer Cannondale is putting together a sort of product dream team, its new Advanced Product Division:

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Campaign Fundraising

Digidave — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:38 EDT

From buying airtime to printing those indispensable bumper stickers, running for president is expensive. The candidates need to stick up whoever they can for cash. In this original GOOD Video we look at where the presidential hopefuls are getting their money, and the record-breaking totals.

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A Conversation With Ehud Olmert

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:15:39 EDT

With serious criminal charges reportedly pending against him, Ehud Olmert admitted that he was giving some thought to the ramifications of stepping down as Israel's prime minister.

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Architect Rem Koolhaas saw what Vegas didn't have, not what it needed

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:14:40 EDT

Dutch architect's Guggenheim Hermitage Museum closes at the Venetian Hotel, evidence that the city's visitors seek glitz and gambling, not art and culture.

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Stop Signs with tounge firmly planted in cheek

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:47 EDT

Citizens of Oak Lawn, IL have a history of coasting through stop signs and in response the city installed smaller signs below their larger, legal counterparts to get motorists attention while providing them a tongue in cheek appeal to their conscience.

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Seen On The Streets Of Paris

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:12:40 EDT

A creative way to cover a building for renovation...

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When burning gas is good for the planet

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:11:19 EDT

Rural families can slash their energy costs, improve their health and help preserve local forests by harvesting natural gas from rotting manure, researchers argue.

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Costs of Text Messaging vs. Space Transmissions

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:10:25 EDT

Need another reason to get angry at your next cell phone bill? Turn to Nigel Bannister, a space scientist at the University of Leicester in Britain, who has concluded that sending a mundane, ubiquitous text message costs at least four times as much as transmitting scientific data from the Hubble telescope

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The Wall Between Europe and Africa

Digidave — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:36:13 EDT

The European Union has allocated 40 million Euros for the construction of a wall in Morocco intended to prevent illegal immigration along a route used primarily by Africans from such countries as the Republic of Cobgo and French Guinea. Kito Isimba has trained himself to become a video journalist to report upon hundreds who have made their way over

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Design Change Sought for King Memorial

Digidave — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:06:10 EDT

The United States Commission of Fine Arts has asked the creators of a sculpture of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Washington Mall to change it.

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How to Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist

Digidave — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:05:33 EDT

BY celebrity standards the cartoonist Lynda Barry leads a reclusive existence.

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Losing a Home, Then Losing All Out of Storage

Digidave — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:04:18 EDT

Some people cannot keep up with storage bills any better than their mortgages, and their property is being sold off.

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A brilliant deconstruction of the Keen argument

Digidave — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:02:11 EDT

This meme Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" this attack on everyday people with access to knowledge Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" has been picked up by others with something to lose in the culture clash and is now rather widespread among all elites. And

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The Blood of Upton Sinclair

Digidave — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:00:40 EDT

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), the author of 79 books, including the novel The Jungle (1906), the most celebrated muckraking work of its time and the only one widely read a century later, is enjoying something of a revival these days.

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A Silver Lining for Burma?

Digidave — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:02:17 EDT

The silver lining, say some optimists, is that Cyclone Nargis might accomplish what the United Nations and decades of outside political and economic pressure have failed to Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" break the military's stranglehold on Burma's democratic movement and usher in a new era of greater

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The Car of the Future Will Know You Can't Drive

Digidave — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:59:57 EDT

Someday soon your car may be able tell you about an oncoming vehicle in your lane on a blind curve or even calm you down on a harried commute. But it may also tell your insurance company how often you drive over the speed limit or alert Starbucks when you drive by so that you can be offered a discount on a latte.

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An Identity Crisis? Hirshhorn Embraces It

Digidave — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:58:22 EDT

It is not the kind of question that employees of art museums hear very often. But then again, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the oddly turret-shaped gallery just across the street from its always mobbed neighbor, the National Air and Space Museum, has never been like most other Modern- and contemporary-art museums.

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Nick Walker Hits New York

Digidave — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:56:46 EDT

Ran into Nick Walker the other day here in Manhattan. Good to see that he's bringing a bit of life back to the streets of New York (which as of late have been pretty dormant of new work.) He tells us that there's lots more to come...

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Bargain Builders

Digidave — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:55:37 EDT

Sustainable design is too often a luxury, available only to a wealthy few. But first-time developer Chad Ludeman wants to change that. His company, Postgreen, is building an attractive sustainable house in slowly gentrifying North Philadelphia for $100,000.

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It's Obama, Warts and All

Digidave — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:50:50 EDT

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each took a state Tuesday. But the result was a damaging loss for the woman who was once the overwhelming front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Here are some observations on the race:

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Online Moms Find New, More Modern Ways to Nag

Digidave — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:46:08 EDT

Web savvy moms are logging onto Facebook and creating Instant Messenger accounts to keep in touch with Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" and keep tabs on Ã;Â¢Ã¢â;;Â¬" their kids.

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Is Lying to Others a Form of Lying to Yourself?

Digidave — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:45:00 EDT

A study published in the journal Emotion says that embellishing stories to friends is not really an attempt to deceive others, but rather, an attempt to express your true hopes and goals.

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Contemporary May be Hot, but Here the Focus Is on Comfort

Digidave — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:43:58 EDT

The International Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, now in its 15th year, is a good place to find highly decorative examples of familiar styles.

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An Alien Sighting on Planet Pittsburgh

Digidave — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:43:15 EDT

Lately, it seems, biennial exhibitions don't do much except sit there, looking good and offending no one. The 55th Carnegie International is no exception.

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