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4:46 pm in artists, arts, Culture & Celebrity, drinking water, exhibits, italy, turkey by TreeHugger
Ayşe Erkmen's 'Plan B.' Photo: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV).
Water-treatment plants might not seem to have much aesthetic potential. But Turkish sculptor Ayşe Erkmen is making a splash at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:41 pm in alternative energy, italy, renewable energy, solar power by TreeHugger
Italy continues to shake things up in solar power. New stats from Gestore dei Servizi Energetici being highlighting by Wind-Works.org show that Italy is now the number two nation in the world for solar photovoltaics. Not much to report beyond the stats, but new installations so far this year mean Italy has passed the 7 GW mark and overtaken both Spain and Japan.
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3:41 am in botanical, cooking, do it yourself, eco-tips, food, Food & Health, italy, local food, organic agriculture, recipes, Take Action, vegetarian, waste not want not by TreeHugger
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Lisa Casali is an environmental risk expert by day, and an eco-food blogger by night. Her passion for cooking got her to think about all the stuff that usually doesn't enter the recipe, such as the outer leaves of artichokes, the stems of asparagus, peels, pods, cores,... A few years ago she asked herself: Is it really necessary to throw aw...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:27 am in conservation, greece, israel, italy, lebanon, oceans, palestine, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
The EcoOcean research vessel R/V Mediterranean Explorer. Photo: EcoOcean.
Countries around the Mediterranean have been abuzz in recent weeks over currently thwarted plans to sail a flotilla of ships to run Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip -- an action that ended in nine deaths, and ongoing regional tensions, last year. Meanwhile, a less-heralded seafaring expedition took to the sam...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11:40 am in Business & Politics, italy, urban life, waste by TreeHugger
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Naples has a major trash problem, and it's nothing new. The City's sanitation department is heavily influenced by mafia control, and as a result its streets are often littered with uncollected trash, and the improper disposal of toxic waste poses a major problem. And with local elections being held today and tomorrow, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berusconi needed a quick fix. So he called in 200 soldiers to remove 4,000 tons of garbage from the streets, and not for the first time. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:17 pm in animals, endangered species, italy, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
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In the forests of Italy's Abruzzo National Park live one of the rarest creatures on Earth: the Marsican brown bear. For the last several decades the species has been on the brink of extinction -- with current estimates putting their population at less than 50 individuals, down from over 100 in the early 1980s. Recently, a program funded by the EU set out to help preserve the threatened animals, though a sad event today suggests that it may not be enough....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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