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...Tell your President! Send a copy of your magazine to Bush on behalf of us Europeans. He is not listening to us. Maybe he has an ear for you, and will finally urge the U.S. Congress to ratify the treaty. Pieter Walraven Aix-en-Provence, France Windmills and solar power are valuable sources of clean energy but clearly limited in their potential to meet soaring needs. In warning of catastrophic climate change, Time referred to the environmentalist James Lovelock and his notion of Earth as a living superorganism that he calls Gaia. But the story ignored his endorsement of nuclear...
...Portable Power The egg-shaped Solio portable charger opens up to reveal solar panels that will charge your iPod, cell phone, digital camera or other small devices. Available for $79.95 from solio.com. Brand New Bag Voltaic's bags and backpacks feature solar panels to provide power, as well as a battery to store power for later use. Bags come with adapters for charging common types of cell phones and other devices, and cost $239 at voltaicsystems.com. The Grass is Greener As a grass, bamboo grows far quicker than trees. What's more, stands of bamboo, unlike forests, can be replanted...
Harris and Rogers, 31, were activists long before launching OZOcar. Harris, former chairman of Virgin Records in the U.S., lives in a solar-powered house. In 1991 he co-founded Rock the Vote to get young people involved in politics, and in 2002 he organized Green Car to the Red Carpet, persuading Oscars-bound celebs to swap their limos for hybrids. Meanwhile, Rogers was doing relief work with UNICEF in Sudan and later founded the socially conscious film company Drive Thru Pictures. The duo hopes to drive OZOcar into other cities, starting with London this fall...
...immediately, however, fading into new images and allowing Cee-Lo to slowly take shape from the sides. During Danger Mouse’s brief guest appearances, the mirroring nature of the images gives his doubled afro—so large it connects across the center—an almost solar glow. When the images separate to form something new, the ink takes on the shape of well-known fears and images as diverse as black crows, slugs, spiders and a gun that shoots floating hearts as bullets. The video is surreal fun for a bit. And then it keeps going...
...global warming should send a message to policymakers around the world that those of us who have called on our leaders to take action to save Planet Earth have not been crying wolf. Climate change is creating catastrophic and nasty conditions. As I write, my town is installing solar-power panels on our town-hall building. Every government on the planet must start thinking globally and acting locally...