Several science based IMAX movies are having trouble getting into cinemas in the US’ deep south because of fundamentalists objecting to anything that mentions evolution. It’s time for some scientists to turn around and demand the teaching of non-Christian creation myths in religious studies.
Technorati tag: Creationism, Evolution, IMAX
The worrying tale of a blogger strip-searched and then barred from entering the United States because the guy on the border didn’t believe he could make a living from the internet.
via BoingBoing
A highly successful Government grants scheme designed to increase the uptake of solar power, and consequently improve the market and drive costs down, is to be scrapped three years into its supposed ten year lifespan. The Government has a new programme, called Low Carbon Buildings, in the pipeline, but there’s likely to be a gap between the old scheme being phased out and this one coming online.
Technorati tag: Solar Power
I don’t have the time to read these right now, so I’ll come back to them later.
Trailbreaker: Climate change update.
New Lab Delves Into Plants For Fuels
Aim: To Measure Green against Green
Alternative Energy California: A Million Solar Power Homes?
Green Energy Sector Should Stop Squabbling – Banker
Technorati tag: Climate Change
Joel Makower set a challenge to find a good way to teach a one hour class in sustainability. Winner of the challenge was Vinay Gupta, whose plan is reprinted in full in the post.
via Sustainablog
Technorati tag: Sustainability
Boing Boing tells me that I can now reveal to the world the gross amount of money I’ve earned from GoogleAds, if not the details of how I got the required clicks. So, drumroll please, Spinneyhead today cleared 100 dollars. Admittedly, that is since last August, but I think the next century should come around sooner.
Technorati tag: Google Ads
A highly successful Government grants scheme designed to increase the uptake of solar power, and consequently improve the market and drive costs down, is to be scrapped three years into its supposed ten year lifespan. The Government has a new programme, called Low Carbon Buildings, in the pipeline, but there’s likely to be a gap between the old scheme being phased out and this one coming online.
Technorati tag: Solar Power
Texas, of all places, is racing ahead in the renewable energy stakes- looking like it will hit a self imposed target for 2009 by the end of this year. In the grand scheme renewables only count for 3% of the state’s power, but it’s a start.
Technorati tag: Renewable Energy
It’s a touch fatalistic, but many climate scientists now accept that there will be some level of climate change as a result of global warming and argue that we should prepare for it.
Technorati tag: Climate Change
A meet and greet social event for eco types. Greendrinks meetings are similar to Critical Mass rides, they just sort of happen because a bunch of like-minded people decide they should. There isn’t a Manchester one set up, someone should sort that out (don’t look at me, I’m crap at that sort of thing. I signed up to loads of MeetUp events and haven’t been to one yet, I’m not the organising sort.)
via Treehugger
Technorati tag: Green
It was an awful shade of green, wasn’t it. I didn’t drink a single guinness on St. PAddy’s day! My Irish quarter (or is it eighth? I forget) is terribly upset.
Technorati tag: Spinneyhead
Oh dear, I’m losing the day to the Internet Archive’s moving images section. I was pointed there by a Coudal Partners video editing competition. If I’d got it done in time, I should have entered the Take My Breath Away video in their last competition.
Technorati tag: Video
So you don’t have to paddle out to the waves, a jet propelled surfboard.
via Jalopnik
Technorati tag: Toys
Digital lego Batman! With the voices of Adam West, Mark Hamill and Dick Van Dyke.
Technorati tag: Video
Yes, Spinneyhead has gone a sickly shade of green. It’s a colour change for St Patrick’s Day. I’m putting it up early and changing the CSS back some time on Friday because I’m too lazy to be there at midnight two days running.
Technorati tag: St. Patrick
The Guardian’s alternative, sports journalist’s, view of the Budget.
1pm “Peter Hain is officially Tangoman,” opines Martin Williamson. “He has a permatan … proof that too much sun causes you to spout utter *******”. I know who Tangoman is – I loved those ads, the ones with football’s Ray Wilkins – but Peter Hain? Is he in politics?
Technorati tag: Budget
Air freightng food overnight just so we can have out of season veg is the worst offender when it comes to the hidden cost of our food, but domestic production, being much larger, causes more damage overall. The best solution is to get food as near as possible to straight from the farmer, preferably grown within 20km of your home. Which is close to what Northern Harvest achieves, so I’m a bit smug.
Technorati tag: Food Miles
Sheep make friends. Though ewes can be sluts, quickly forgetting those they’ve been “closely associated with”.
found by Tim.
Technorati tag: Sheep
The ENV is a fuel cell powered motorbike that runs so silently its manufacturers are thinking of adding an artificial vroom.
Technorati tag: Transport