Tag: Germany - Page 10
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Massive Algae Bloom Spreading Across Baltic Sea
The 30 bottles of pre-French Revolution champagne recently recovered from the bottom of the Baltic Sea were a pretty awesome find. But the latest thing to show up in
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German Autobahn Closed for Gigantic Party - 1 Million Cyclists Celebrate
From Manhattan's Summer Streets to Bogota's Ciclovia, TreeHugger is a big fan of reclaiming asphalt in favor of human interaction. But I'm not sure we've ever seen anything on this scale. A town in Germany recently shut
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Hessnatur by Eviana Hartman: Relaxed, Versatile Eco-Fashion for Fall (Photos)
In April, we announced that Bodkin's Eviana Hartman would design a thirteen-piece collection for organic apparel brand Hessnatur. Well, dear readers, it's that time of year: Hessnatur has
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'Psychic' Octopus Picks Spain as World Cup Champ (Video)
The owners of a German aquarium feel pretty confident they've got the outcome tomorrow's Spain-Netherlands match in the bag, thanks to their "psychic" octopus Paul, who has correctly predicted the results of six World Cup games thus far.
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Germany Targets 100% Renewable Electricity by 2050?
Image credit: Recharge News Germany is already a global leader in solar power, but that's just a start as far as Germans are concerned. It's already been shown that Germany could produce 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2050. Now the country's
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German Government Proposes Eco-tax on Air Travel
Everyone knows by now that the European member states have started a belt-tightening kick. Germany's Chancellor Merkel has presented an austerity plan that includes an eco-tax on air travel. And the air is already heating up:
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Chocri Customized Chocolate Bars: Organic, Fair Trade, Tasty
As a dark chocolate fan who happens to be surrounded by some of the tastiest locally made cocoa treats (like Brooklyn's Mast Brother's Chocolates)--I wouldn't often put in an overseas order for German-made bars. I like chocolate but I don't need a
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Road Plan Threatens World's Best Riesling Vineyards
On the steep hillsides of the Mosel valley, in southwestern Germany, the vineyards are tended by hand, as they have been since Roman times. It is not uncommon for a modern vintner to have a family history
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German Airports Use Bees As Biodetectives For Air Pollution
The Düsseldorf International Airport and seven other airports in Germany have decided that bees are the
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The Power is in Pedals, Says WorldWatch Institute
It was with a sad heart I learned that the WorldWatch Institute have decided to mothball their illustrious print magazine after 136 stellar issues.* But at least it goes out with a bang, by including an article on bicycle transport,
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Flatpack Unfolds Into Instant Shelter
Designboom shows us a clever flatpack shelter design from Adrian Lippmann of Form-Al. "these tent like structures are unsupported mini-houses made of light composite panels to be used as disaster relief shelters. developed with
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Mozart Makes Microbes Eat Sewage Faster
It looks like Mozart has billions and billions more fans than we thought -- and much smaller ones, too. Evidently, sewage-eating microbes are major appreciators of the Austrian composer. One pioneering waste treatment plant in Germany
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Beehive Jacking More Lucrative Than Carjacking?
The UK Telegraph is reporting that German beekeepers are now using tracking systems to locate beehive bandits, that's right, beehive theft is on the rise. Gaede & Glauerdt, a Hamburg-based insurer specializing in apiculture, reported
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Great White Idea: More Efficient Windmills, Airplanes and Ships With Shark Skin
We're gonna need a bigger wind turbine. Or maybe not. German researchers are using shark skin to make windmills spin more efficiently, and generate more electricity. Not real shark skin, thankfully. This is
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Clever Reuse in Hamburg: German Publisher Sells Books out of Old Cigarette Vending Machines
Lots of people talk about the need to get kids and adults "in the habit of reading," but one German publisher has taken this idea to somewhat literal -- and very clever --
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Driver Abducts Child Who Threw Flowers at His Porsche
Two eight-year-old boys had quite a scare after the driver of a Porsche became enraged that the youths had thrown flowers at his car in Germany yesterday. A bus driver who was witness to the scene says the man then grabbed one of the
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iPad Fails Beer Garden Test
In the interest of minimizing e-waste, it is important that potential customers understand the limitations as well as the advantages of new electronic gadgets. And since the Apple iPad is being welcomed with open arms as the go-anywhere
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The Monowalker. An Answer Looking for A Question?
The Monowalker is curiously clever, but we wonder how big the market niche is for a bike trailer, that converts to a backpack, that converts to hand pulled wheeled sled.
