For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving into the sandstone hills of New Mexico, sculpting his own exquisite caves, making them into works of art that he calls wilderness shrines. These intricate caves are created with manual tools only, like shovels and picks, and are illuminated by the sun through multiple tunneled windows.
The University of New Hampshire is the first in the nation to receive most of its heat and electricity from landfill gas. It showcased the achievement at the eco-themed graduation ceremony Saturday. The university has celebrated its efforts to be green by using gas from a landfill to power the loudspeakers at its commencement and turning leftover food from the ceremony into compost.
From New Hampshire comes the story of an 88-year-old grandma with a bucket list laced with speed and risk. While some people watch TV or play cards in their senior years, Flo Silva of Londonderry is grabbing all the excitement she can.
A frog species that appears to be the world's smallest has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by a US-based team. Finding the frog was not an easy assignment. Sitting on a dime with much room to spare, Paedophryne amauensis, lives in leaf litter on the forest floor
Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and protect rare animals like the adorable tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday. Under the conservation plan, 35 villages representing 10,000 people have pledged to create a safe zone for forests and wildlife.
Conservation International scientists have discovered 56 species believed new to science in Papua New Guinea, including a tiny chirping frog, jumping spiders, and an elegant striped gecko.
Nevada, with abundant land and sunshine is becoming a hot bed for the solar industry. The result is green jobs and billions of investment dollars that are boosting this desert economy.
Nevada's first full-sized alternative fuel station and LEED-certified convenience store opened in Minden Tuesday. With solar panels and skylights, bamboo shelving and biofuels, the idea was to take a Whole Foods market, and shrink it down to the size of a 7-Eleven."
Apple Inc said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of using renewable energy to power its data centers, which use huge amounts of electricity. (READ the story from Reuters)
Six years ago Rick Gunn, 49, left his job to cycle across the world. He also met up with Iranian-born cyclist Mohammad Tajeran to cross Malaysia as a team. Now, the two are planning to reunite next month to ride their bikes across Iran in a symbolic gesture of peace.
Children pour out of orphanage No. 72, laughing and waving, and hurry to help unload the cars, stacked with boxes of toys, sports equipment, and coats - as well as cutlery and a new VCR with a selection of cartoons
Tony G. of Melbourne is keeping the gold bracelet, and the title of "Russia's National Poker Champion", but his cash winnings of $205,000 he has already donated to Russian orphanages.