EARTH Portation curated news: EARTH PORTATION News April 23rd

ANIMALS
- INSECTS - Scientists call for global ban on bee-killing pesticides Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
http://www.naturalnews.com/035652_pesticides_honey_bees_ban.html#ixzz1st0Dm0ia

BOOKS
- The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers [Kindle Edition]
http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Skills-Self-Sufficiency-Pioneers-ebook/dp/B007TXWR0C/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

CLIMATE
- Who Should Pay For Damage From Climate Change?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevezwick/2012/04/22/take-two-who-should-pay-for-damage-from-climate-change/

- New iPad App Uses Photo Timelines to Show Climate Change
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2012/04/20/new-ipad-app-uses-repeat-photos-to-show-climate-change/

- Researchers develop new CU-NOAA monitoring system to answer the murky atmospheric questions
http://www.ecofriend.com/researchers-develop-new-cu-noaa-monitoring-system-answer-murky-atmospheric-questions.html

- Mexico Unanimously Passes New Climate & Energy Law
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/mexico-new-climate-energy-law.html

- How Planet Earth Got its Name
In the fifteenth century, as intellectuals began to reconsider our planet's shape and position in the Universe, the word 'Earth' first came to be used in reference to the planetary body we know it as today and the term considered comparable to Mars, Venus, Saturn, and the other spheres of space.
Photographic evidence of our round, blue planet Earth didn't appear until the 1950s.
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/how-planet-earth-got-its-name.html

ECONOMICS
- Santiago Siri - World Economic Forum 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQgiGOBlXk&feature=share

- Environmental Heroes Can Inspire Economic Reformers
http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/836/1/

- Richest Green Billionaires 2012
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2012/04/20/the-richest-green-billionaires-2012/

- Climate Change May Create Price Volatility in the Corn Market
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120422134957.htm

- One Food Bank Opening In UK Every Four Days
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16213051

- Greek Town Develops Bartering System Without Euro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y9R0v96K48

- German Bank Won’t Finance Arctic Ocean Drilling, Saying The ‘Risks And Costs Are Simply Too High’
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/23/469076/german-bank-wont-finance-arctic-ocean-drilling-saying-the-risks-and-costs-are-simply-too-high/

- U.S. Economy Demands New Policy to Rescue Jobs and Growth
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougguthrie/2012/04/23/u-s-economy-demands-new-policy-to-rescue-jobs-and-growth/

ENERGY
- Powerpot Generates Electricity From Your Campfire
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/powerpot-generates-electricity-your-campfire.html

The PowerPot: New thermoelectric generator charges USB devices

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bpekzkJ1Rhs

FASHION
- Solar-Powered Clothing With Natural Fabrics Perfect For Joggers, Hikers
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/solar-powered-clothing-with-natural-fabrics-perfect-for-joggers-hikers.html

GARDENS
- 10 Vegetables You Can Grow in Shade
Salad Greens, such as leaf lettuce, arugula, endive, cress, and radicchio;Broccoli; Cauliflower; Peas; Beets; Brussels Sprouts ; Radishes ; Swiss Chard ; Leafy Greens, such as collards, mustard greens, spinach, and kale ;Beans
http://www.inthegardenonline.com/picks_10vegforshadeC21.htm

- Hanging Vegetable Garden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66176388@N00/270635143/in/photostream/

- Guardianes del Ambiente
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/544666_2818058264807_1659392754_1859098_2088112433_n.jpg

HOMES
- More Hot Poop on Composting and Alternative Toilets
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/bathroom-design/more-hot-poop-composting-and-alternative-toilets/

- Uiliuili outdoor furniture is a smooth flow of design and eco friendliness
http://www.ecofriend.com/uiliuili-outdoor-furniture-smooth-flow-design-eco-friendliness.html

- The Hemloft offers an idyllic home away from home

http://www.ecofriend.com/hemloft-offers-idyllic-home-home.html

PLANTS
- 8 Things You Won't Believe Plants Do When No One's Looking
http://www.cracked.com/article_19456_8-things-you-wont-believe-plants-do-when-no-ones-looking.html#ixzz1ssCTIefV

- 8 Ways to Eat and Enjoy Dandelion
Laxative and diuretic; useful for premenstrual bloating and edema. Normalizing blood sugar and cholesterol (dandelion root). Tonic; appetite stimulant and a good general stomach remedy. Liver cleanser; remedy for liver and gall bladder problems ( I have personally used dandelion root to keep my grumpy gall bladder under control). Agent for treating burns and stings (inside surface of flower stems) Leaves are known to help with anemia
http://www.themorristribe.com/2012/04/12/8-ways-to-eat-and-enjoy-dandelion/

Foraging Wild Plants in North-West California: Part 3. ( Dandelion & Hawksbeard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_J8CYNaIRE

- Researchers find mechanism that gives plants 'balance'
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-mechanism.html

PERMACULTURE
- Is Placemaking the "New Environmentalism"?
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/placemaking-new-environmentalism.html

-Environmental Heroes Can Inspire Economic Reformers
http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/836/1/

SCIENCE
- Quantum physics mimics spooky action into the past
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-quantum-physics-mimics-spooky-action.html

SOLAR
- New technique enables solar cells to achieve record breaking 40 percent efficiency
http://www.ecofriend.com/new-technique-enables-solar-cells-achieve-record-breaking-40-percent-efficiency.html

- Saudi Arabia poised to become solar powerhouse
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/21/news/international/saudi_arabia_solar/index.htm

- Nanowires Forests to Capture the Sun
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for hydrogen fuel generation.
http://www.nanocomputer.com/?p=2363

- ‎40% efficiency and cheaper too
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-australian-scientists-breakthrough-solar-cell.html

- Trace Solar Lamps convert sunlight into an ambient glow
http://www.ecofriend.com/trace-solar-lamps-convert-recycled-sunlight-ambient-glow.html

SPACE
- Sun may soon have four poles, say researchers - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
The sun may be entering a period of reduced activity that could result in lower temperatures on Earth, according to Japanese researchers.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201204200075

- 3D Printed Buildings Proposed For the Moon
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/3d-printed-buildings-proposed-moon.html

- Parallel Universes