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Thanks to treehugger_007 (license to hug trees) for clarification of the 'mystery sphere'...
The plant in question is called - Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis. This a very good macro of the amazing form of the flower heads. In NE OH, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and the Spicebush Swallowtails love to nectar on this wetland shrub.
Okay,
So this was just a random idea that popped into my head.
I don't know that it came out as well as I imagined it in my brain, though.
But it's all about how guys sometimes have it easier.
They aren't emotional very often.
They don't have to sit down EVERY time they use the toilet.
They don't bleed for 7 days every month.
But they DO deal with us women =P
Ohhhh mannn.
My hair was a mess to fix after all that teasing o_O
I've figured it out.
If I work on school for the morning and then take a photography/lunch break - then I work better on the rest of my school work for the afternoon.
I think the creativity release really helps.
These are ‘dolly sheep’ and what Peter Yealand is currently using to control the grass in his vineyards, but the story is that he used to use guinea pigs in the same capacity. This is such a ludicrous concept that I assumed it was a wind-up, (he is one of Marlborough’s biggest wine producers) but I have a feeling it was more about gaining a recent ‘Sustainability Award’ than keeping his grass down. View On Black
www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/ways-to-wine-from-bottle...
www.sustainabilitymatters.net.au/news/30045-Grapes-vines-...
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This Red Panda, climbed all over this tree licking the bark. Salt perhaps? Something he liked a lot anyway.
Indian summer in an oasis of silence: Lake of the Gileppe. Swimming is however forbidden. Not because a giant crocodile haunts the lake (yes, i adore the B-movie Lake Placid), but because the water is so acid that no fish or bird will live in it. All the acidity of the fagne is concentrated in the water.
I'm a tree hugger, haha, just kidding. Today was a beautiful day. Of course I live in the midwest so anything above zero is considered beautiful. Today however was exceptionally beautiful, almost 50 and partially sunny! So I decided to celebrate my finding my image card and go outside in the nice weather and take a picture. It took quite a while to figure out what I wanted to do. I finally just thought, hey I'll hug my favorite tree! There ya have it. That is one of my favorite hoodies (I own like..twelve, seriously), but not my favorite pants. I love wearing blue, yellow and purple. I love those colors.
It's only February though. I can't wait until it gets really warm out.
The Original Solar Trees (from Adelaide)
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All the acclaim afforded to Ross Lovegrove's solar tree lighting in Vienna, Austria has made this TreeHugger turn a little parochial. 'Coz, you see, that country with the confusingly similar name; Australia, already had gorgeous and fully functioning solar trees way back in September 2005. Known as the Solar Mallee Trees, (more pics below) because they bear a visual association to their tough eucalyptus namesake.
"Each of the solar trees produces an average of 864 kWh per annum but uses only 125 kWh of energy, returning excess energy generated to the power grid. That saves about two tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year and is the equivalent of planting six 'real' trees every year." Said a state minister PDF, when she unveiled them just before the arrival of the photovolatic cars in the 2005 World Solar Challenge.
The Solar Mallee Trees as designed by local architects Materne Pennino Hoare
We did refer to Adelaide's solar trees in passing, a couple years ago, when discussing the South Australian capital's win in the Solar Cities grant. But the Solar Mallee Trees are no mere affectation. In the city precinct where they appear, photovolatic panels have also been installed on the nearby Parliament House, South Australian Museum, Art Gallery and the State Library.
Plus the trees as part of the Green City project have spawn a dozen single solar street lights, with similar curvaceous looks. These feed electricity into the grid during the day and drawn some back at night for lighting. But they generate about 100kWh more electricity than what they use each year, making them greenhouse neutral.
NB: We'll cover Adelaide's wind power program in another post.
The TreeHugger Project was the featured environmental art project at the United Nations Climate Change Conference this year to be held in December in the beautiful city of Poznan, Poland, December 1-12th
The installation “Lonely Tree, Lonely People” invited all passers by to join the line just for a moment, to feel how it may be if there is indeed just one tree left to hug, or just even to look at.