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from E the Environmental Magazine --
In 2007, 35% of all the new electricity generation installed in the U.S. -­ over 5.2 gigawatts, that's 5 billion, 200 million watts-­- was wind. Its growth is second only to natural gas. Then in September 2008, the U.S. surpassed Germany to lead the world in wind energy production. With rising oil costs, improvements in turbine technology and a more stable public energy policy, U.S. wind energy production has doubled in just two years.

Today’s turbines provide more than 20 gigawatts of power, enough to serve 5.3 million homes or to power one million plug-in hybrid vehicles. By the time 2008 tallies are completed, the industry will likely have added 7 to 7.5 more gigawatts. And now that industry incentives have been extended with the recent passage of a new energy bill, wind power is on track to reach the 30 gigawatt milestone sometime in 2009. The magazine says there are many reasons why wind power should be promoted as a major energy supplier. It has a huge environmental advantage over dirty fossil fuels. Estimates by the American Wind Energy Association show that wind currently generates as much electricity as nearly 30 million tons of coal or 90 million barrels of oil. In 2008, wind displaced about 34 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to taking 5.8 million cars off the road. In 20 years, if we reach the industry goal of supplying 20% of our national energy from wind, it will be the equivalent of taking 140 million vehicles off the road.
And wind resources in the United States are huge. “There’s something like 600 gigawatts of wind that can be developed in the U.S.,” says Jim Walker of Enxco, a company that develops wind farms in North America. That’s about 60% of our current electricity consumption, according to The Energy Information Administration.

from ODE Magazine --
It's called ARK and it a new line of clothing fresh from Northern Ireland. Created by an 18-year-old boy with the idea of inspiring people who wear the clothes to be kind to others each time they wear the brand...to commit one "Act of Random Kindness". The ARK website unassumingly states, "So I have this idea. I'd love you to join me in it. I've started a clothing line with a purpose other than profit. The name, the movement, is ARK - Acts of Random Kindness." Cameron suggests the following ways to help someone while you're wearing an article of ARK clothing: " buy someone a coffee, give up your seat on the bus, help a drunk home."

from the NY Times --
Marijuana may be something of a wonder drug,-- though not in the way you might think. Researchers in Italy and England have found that the main active ingredient in marijuana – tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC and related compounds show promise as natural antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs. It has been known for decades that cannabis sativa has antibacterial properties. Experiments in the 1950s tested various marijuana preparations against skin and other infections but researchers at the time, because of the unpopularity of the subject, had little understanding of marijuana's chemical makeup. Current research by Dr. Giovanni Appendino and colleagues at the University of the Eastern Piedmont in Italy published their findings in the Journal of Natural Products. They tested the antibacterial activity of the 5 most common cannabinoids. and found them all more effective than any substance now available as a pharmaceutical.

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