EARTH PORTATION News April 30th

ANIMALS 
-Humpback Whale Shows Amazing Appreciation After Being Saved
http://www.godvine.com/Humpback-Whale-Shows-Amazing-Appreciation-After-Being-Saved-1438.html

CLIMATE

- Eating Less Meat Is World's Best Chance For Timely Climate Change, Say Experts

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michellemaisto/2012/04/28/eating-less-meat-is-worlds-best-chance-for-timely-climate-change-say-experts/

- See How Climate Change & Rising Sea Levels Plague American Cities Right Now (Video)

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/see-how-climate-change-rising-sea-levels-plague-american-cities-right-now-video.html

ECONOMICS 
- ‎CHART OF THE DAY: This Chart Vindicates The Obama Economic Recovery

"Now the first thing to note [re. chart by Reuters] is that the US has recovered WAY better than either the Eurozone or the UK. So if you think Obama has been a disaster, you might first acknowledge that the US has performed better than all its major Western peers." —JOE WEISENTHAL, Business Journal

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-us-vs-uk-growth-2012-4#ixzz1tNEUIiE1

 - Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need To Succeed

http://www.forbes.com/sites/keldjensen/2012/04/12/intelligence-is-overrated-what-you-really-need-to-succeed/

ENERGY 
- Energy Storage: Costly but Key to Power Production

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/04/29/energy-storage-costly-but-key-to-power-production/

- Some 70 mayors start group seeking society without nuclear power

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/04/155435.html

- Biophotovoltaic Moss Table Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis

http://inhabitat.com/moss-table-by-biophotovoltaics-generates-electricity-through-photosynthesis/

FASHION 
- Aussie designer, Cambodian women create wearable products out of spent bomb shells

http://www.ecofriend.com/aussie-designer-cambodian-women-create-wearable-products-spent-bomb-shells.html

GARDENS 
- 7 Nutrient-Rich Brews Your Plants Will Love

1.Seaweed/Kelp

2.Boiled Vegetable Water -

3.Kitchen Scrap Infusion - vegetable peelings

4.Yard Refuse Infusion -  leaves, twigs, dead flower heads

5.Manure Tea

6.Compost Tea

7.Boiled Eggs Water

http://tipnut.com/plant-brews/

 - Trizin Stools made from warped wood lead the way for clean modern aesthetics

http://www.ecofriend.com/trizin-stools-made-warped-wood-lead-clean-modern-aesthetics.html

PEOPLE

- Happy 3rd Anniversary David Brower Center! How a Building Can Build Community

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/happy-3rd-anniversary-david-brower-center-how-building-can-build-community.html

PERMACULTURE 
-Cambai: Relive the nostalgia of reclining admits nature in a tree house

http://www.ecofriend.com/cambai-relive-nostalgia-reclining-admits-nature-tree-house.html

PLANTS 
- Scientists discover new kind of blue-green algae with carbonates in their cells

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-scientists-kind-blue-green-algae-carbonates.html

- Edible Flowers - Primrose, Hollyhock- Free Food and Medicine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MoZKSNWnT0&feature=youtu.be

SCIENCE
- Nanotechnology-Related Safety and Ethics Problem Emerging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120428000220.htm

- Scientists Prove DNA Can Be Reprogrammed by Words and Frequencies

http://wakeup-world.com/2011/07/12/scientist-prove-dna-can-be-reprogrammed-by-words-frequencies/

- Quantum Mechanics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv1_YB1IedE

- Researchers direct self assembly of gold nanoparticles into device ready thin films

http://www.ecofriend.com/researchers-direct-assembly-gold-nanoparticles-device-ready-thin-films.html

- Redefining time

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-redefining.html

- LA to turn Rooftops into a solar power plant capable of producing 5.5GW of power

http://www.ecofriend.com/la-turn-rooftops-solar-power-plant-capable-producing-55gw-power.html

SOLAR 
- SOLAR DEATH RAY WATER aqua lens with 1/3 Kilowatt Heat Energy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeSyHgO5fmQ&feature=related

- Maryville College gets EnerFusion's solar powered picnic tables

http://www.ecofriend.com/maryville-college-enerfusions-solar-powered-picnic-tables.html

 - Leaf-Mimicking Solar Cells Generate 47% More Electricity

http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/leaf-mimicking-solar-cell-generates-47-more-electricity.html

SPACE
- Record-breaking radio waves discovered from ultra-cool star

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-record-breaking-radio-ultra-cool-star.html

-A Universe from Nothing?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/04/28/a-universe-from-nothing/

SUSTAINABILITY 
- Super Simple DIY Beach Chair Is Made from a Towel and Broomsticks

http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/sand-chair-tom-devrieze.html

- Living Pono  taro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZv27dU7kA&feature=share 

TECH 
- How and Why To Cut Down on Communications

http://www.forbes.com/sites/haydnshaughnessy/2012/04/28/how-and-why-to-cut-down-on-communications/

 - Reusable Water Bottle Tracks How Much Plastic You Keep Out of the Trash

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/999bottles-fernd-van-engelen.html

- Energy Harvesting in Your Home, Wireless Power for Medical Implants, Colorful Energy Pricing and More From EarthTechling

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/energy-harvesting-home-wireless-power-medical-implants.html

- With random lasers, Yale researchers fight random noise, improve imaging

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-random-lasers-yale-noise-imaging.html

- MIT team makes a DIY wooden cell phone

http://www.ecofriend.com/mit-team-makes-diy-wooden-cell-phone.html

URBAN 
- Datong Museum’s passive design to keep it energy efficient and resistant to atmospheric corrosion

http://www.ecofriend.com/datong-museums-passive-design-keep-energy-efficient-resistant-atmospheric-corrosion.html

- Research and Development Complex in Hangzhou promotes new techniques and technologies

http://www.ecofriend.com/research-development-complex-hangzhou-promotes-new-techniques-technologies.html

- Green Roofs Are Changing Architecture: Kowloon Rail Terminus

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/green-roofs-are-changing-architecture-kowloon-rail-terminus.html

WIND 
- Wind farms lift the temperature in their region

http://phys.org/news/2012-04-farms-temperature-region.html