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The Week in Pictures: Russian Mir Submarines to Stop Oil Leak? Brazilian City Ends Hunger, Invisible Tree House, and More (Slideshow)
Jul 16th
This week, news–ahem–surfaced that Russian Mir submarines could stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The Russian sub team is offering their help to BP, but so far they haven’t got a request or even a formal sit-down with BP. NASA released dramatic satellite photos of the north branch of Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier that show it retreated one mile overnight(!); Jim Bohlen, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, died on Monday, a day after his 84th birthday; and an almost invisible tree house opens in Sweden.
Click through to find out what else made headlines in the world of green this week, includin…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Thoughts on Cheese, Chores, and Harvesting Pigs At The Fabulous Beekman Boys Farm
Jul 8th
Episode five in week four of The Fabulous Beekman Boys. As far as I know, neither the number four nor five are considered lucky or holy or particularly special. But this episode, I’m betting this episode is something special. Real special, real real, superduper special. As always, I’ll be working with the goat scale. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Stephen Colbert Blasts BP For Sending Fake Journalists to Cover Spill (Video)
Jun 30th
The story was pretty amusing when it surfaced last week: the Wall Street Journal gained access to BP Planet, an in-house company magazine, only to discover that the oil giant had sent out its own ‘journalists’ to cover the spill, and were sending back dubiously rosy reports. But the whole thing grew even more amusing in the hands of Stephen Colbert:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
London Festival of Architecture Covers the City and John Nash
Jun 21st
Image by B. Alter
The London Festival of Architecture 2010 is a huge two week extravaganza that spans the city. There is a big international element this year, with more than 30 embassies opening their doors to present new work by their country’s architects. Private architects’ studios will be open to the public, cycle tours, walks, talks and displays will keep city-lovers busy for days.
Each week has a theme, and this one was Nash Ramblas. John Nash designed a very elegant part of the city in 1811 and this week celebrates his legacy and future plans …Read the full story on TreeHugger
