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More ways to celebrate Earth Day

Depressed about a recent release from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand saying that Climate change will threaten beer production, I look for hope this Earth Day. One thing I’m happy to hear about comes from a professor by the name of John Bell who is working on research to develop affordable transparent solar cells that act as both windows and generate energy. Is this the future of renewable energy? Read on if you like …

Solar-powered cell phones? Yep and it’s part of 12 green technologies that environnuts.com is hoping can help us all green up our act.

Here’s an interesting Earth Day story on Green Marketing. Nielsen Online has released data showing that the environment is more important than ever to consumers. Jessica Hogue, research director, Nielsen Online, said “…consumers are becoming increasingly vocal online about the issue of sustainability… ” Click here to read what the top 10 sustainability topics were for 2007. The No. 1 sustainability blog in 2007 was treehugger.com.

Want to know the world’s worst gas-guzzling cars? Forbes.com is there. With the cost of gas continuing to go up, now is the time to take a good long look at what you’re driving.

Ready Made magazine has put out a green design issue that will help you live the green dream. Check it out here.

Feeling thirsty? The Discovery Channel has searched high and low for the top 5 glasses of water

Ever heard of green graffiti? Think of a Chia pet. Don’t believe me? Click here and see for yourself.

Environmental artist Chris Jordan has a photographic series that will leave you reeling. It details the waste Americans produce and really is incredible to look at.

Check out these incredible buildings made completely of ice. They’re more beautiful than you probably think.

What’s your Eco Anxiety Level? Take this quiz and find out how you’re weathering the storm.

There’s no doubt there’s more to do … Amy Winehouse recently played a club in Rotterdam that was powered by urine … Now I don’t think I want to power my house that way, but it certainly is an alternative fuel source, but there are a few quick ways you can make a small difference … Google Earth is letting you purchase a tree for $5.50 and watch it grow … Tunes for Trees is the way to buy your music, for every ten songs you buy through iTunes on their site they’ll plant a tree.

Maxim has their list of the 10 sexiest vegetarians out there … see what you think.

And no collection of Earth Day headlines would be complete without a story to catch up on your Al “Inconvenient Truth” Gore news discussing the role of business technology in environmental matters, most notably climate change.

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