EarthFix Snippets
In Eugene, Oregon there’s a funeral home that does ‘green’ burials. You can get a bamboo coffin and a ride to the grave site in the tricycle hearse.
Green labels deter conservatives from buying energy-efficient bulbs
A bunch of folks at the recent TedX event at Concordia University shared their stories of change with EarthFix and OPB. Here are a few who shared some of their work making environmental change.
Do you want to share your story? If you’ve got a SoundCloud account, you can join our group EarthFix Community.
Do you car share? Ecotrope looks at the pros and cons of various car sharing services.
- Seattle’s Bullitt Center: Ready To Debut As World’s Greenest Office Building
- After 90 Years A Southern Oregon Mill Shuts Down
- Getting Ready For World’s Largest Underwater Observatory
- Carbon Controversy: Should The Northwest Grow Markets For Forest Biofuels?
- Beneath The Surface: An EarthFix Special
- Conservation Group: Oregon And Idaho Rivers Among Nation’s ‘Most Endangered’
- Zumwalt Prairie: Oregon’s Newest Natural Landmark
- New Protections Proposed For Octopuses in Puget Sound
- Bringing Art To Narwhal Research In The Arctic
- Jail Sentence For Southern Ore. Man Keeping Illegal Ponds
A student science fair project goes legit! She found out fruit flies are healthier when they eat organic.
When Ria Chhabra, a middle school student near Dallas, heard her parents arguing about the value of organic foods, she was inspired to create a science fair project to try to resolve the debate.
Three years later, Ria’s exploration of fruit flies and organic foods has not only raised some provocative questions about the health benefits of organic eating, it has also earned the 16-year-old top honors in a national science competition, publication in a respected scientific journal and university laboratory privileges normally reserved for graduate students.
The research, titled “Organically Grown Food Provides Health Benefits to Drosophila melanogaster,” tracked the effects of organic and conventional diets on the health of fruit flies. By nearly every measure, including fertility, stress resistance and longevity, flies that fed on organic bananas and potatoes fared better than those who dined on conventionally raised produce.
Seattle’s Bullitt Center might just be the greenest building in the world. It’s trying to live up to the Living Building Challenge of having net zero energy, water and waste. It’s a project of Denis Hayes, the organizer of the original Earth Day celebration.
After you take the virtual tour, see lots more at EarthFix.
Perhaps the prettiest shipping container ever.
