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There is nothing like a good shower to revitalise the inner man. We take it for granted these days that most modern homes have at least one shower even if it might be one over the bath. It was not always like that though. Showers were first developed by the Romans and Greeks. In Britain, [...]

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Farming is one of those businesses that is under more financial pressure than ever before. With the current economic climate, supermarkets are more desperate than ever to offer good deals to consumers while maintaining their own profitability. Unlike the governments dubious cutting waste economy drive a policy that gets wheeled out with each new administration, [...]

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On what otherwise might have been an average excursion through Australia’s Kakadu National Park, tourists were treated to an epic battle between two of nature’s most ferocious predators, a crocodile and a shark. There’s no saying just how long the pair were at it for, but by the time the tour boats arrived on …Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Liev Schreiber was spotted biking around the SoHo section of New York City Wednesday afternoon. The eco-friendly actor can next be seen in the thriller Repo Men alongside Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.

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I stumbled over this whilst doing some research on charities using seld storage, check this out. About three weeks ago, Texas-based EEstor Inc. was granted a patent for what is being considered a form of ultracapacitor. An extremely lightweight, very high energy dense storage unit that could possibly revolutionize all industries involved in the use [...]

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How do wind turbines work? Humans have been harnessing the winds energy for oooooh a very long time indeedy, the egyptians first used wind power by it capturing in the sails of their boats and traveling up the nile, then around 200 BC the Persian were building windmills to use the winds energy and later [...]

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The Loch-luichart wind farm gets the GREEN flag In an effort to make our very own bonny Scotland the green energy captial of Europe, a 17 turbine wind farm has been given the go ahead in the area of Loch-luchart. It is estimated that the new development will produce enough electricity to power 23,000 homes [...]

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The New Scientist has reported that the creation of Biofuel is creating a new generation of Bugs: The rapid expansion of maize production for biofuels has been criticised for raising food prices, but it is great news for a troublesome species of bug. Read More about the bio bugs here

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Saving money and energy with the Eco Button I have been looking around for the eco button and found that alot of the well known eco stores such as Nigels eco store and all things green charge over £14.00 not including P&P, so i decided to look else where. If you are looking for an [...]

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