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2008 eco-friendly & socially conscious gift guide November 25, 2008 My, my, my. It seems that the month of November has rushed right past us rather quickly. Today marks exactly one month until Christmas. For many, Christmas is a pretty stressful time of year because they have to buy gifts for loved ones, friends and even co-workers. And with many people choosing to go “green”, the task of buying that present for a special someone who is eco- or socially conscious and that doesn’t totally
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It is rare you’ll see such a high-ranking ex-NASA official being so blunt with his criticism of the US space agency. Alan Stern resigned as associate administrator on April 11th this year under a cloud of controversy after it was reported the Mars Exploration Rover budget would be cut; with an emphasis on switching Spirit [...]
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Shawn — a globetrotter dedicated to reducing global poverty and posting reports of his work to his YouTube channel, the Uncultured Project — heard about a new water purifier system in Kenya that leverages nanotechnology to purify water from even the dirtiest sources. He decided to test it out himself…on water that had been contaminated by fecal matter, no less. Watch his video to see how things turned out…
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Nasa is having problems with a $250 million system it just delivered to the International Space Station to recycle urine and other wastewater into drinking water for astronauts.
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LifeStraw Water Purifier Turns Cow Poop Into Water You’ve probably heard about the LifeStraw which lasts up to three years and uses crazy nanotechnology to purify any kind of contaminated water into crystal clear drinking water. To prove that it actually works the UnculturedProject went to Kenya where they took rain water and actual cow manure and ran it through the LifeStraw system, and then drank the filtered water that came out! After some digging we’ve discovered that you can’t actuall
