http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Earth_Green-Living_Culture_18_194_600.html Press Review of the Earth from the most relevant websites. Keep in touch with the Earth and your future ! fr-FR http://www.earth-stream.com/logo-stream-Earth.png http://www.earth-stream.com Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:38 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/TONIGHT-Jessica-Biel-Emile-Hirsch-and-Kenna-Climb-Mt-Kilimanjaro-in-Summit-on-the-Summit-Documentary-Video-_18_194_600_231900.html Jessica Biel, Kenna, and Emile Hirsch attend Summit on the Summit premier at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in NYC. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Wireimage We have been covering the Summit on the Summit expedition, to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis, since it was Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:15:00 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Ban-on-bluefin-tuna-would-threaten-Japanese-culture-_18_194_600_231879.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:14:05 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Ian-McEwan-s-Solar-it-s-green-and-it-should-be-read-|-Nick-Cohen_18_194_600_231871.html At last, global warming inspires good fiction. And scientists are the rightful heroesGossip columnists long ago supplanted the literary editors in media hierarchies, and a writer must be grateful if the press greets the publication of his or her book with anything so quaint as a discussion of its literary merit. When Martin Amis released The Pregnant Widow in February, he discovered that the big issue for journalists was not how he expressed his ideas but whether he had upset Anna Ford. The former newsreader proved she is not at her best when the autocue is off by accusing him of smoking in the hospital room where her husband was dying in 1988 – he didn't, apparently – and of being a neglectful godfather to her daughter, a charge that even if true had nothing to do with his book.After this, Ian McEwan must be grateful that Angela Rippon is not greeting the publication of Solar by announcing that he stood her up on a date in 1976, or that Fiona Bruce is not telling the papers he snubbed her at a dinner party during Blair's first term.The "story" about McEwan nevertheless remains as irrelevant to his fiction as the babbling about whether the atheist Amis was a good godfather. Inspired by the Sunday Times, the pack has decided that McEwan is satirising a voyage in which he accompanied Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley and other enlightened artists to see the effect of global warming in the Arctic.McEwan does indeed acknowledge his debt to the Cape Farewell expedition, and includes a scene in which the cynical hero contrasts the idealistic conversation of his progressive companions when they are together at dinner with the naked selfishness with which they steal each other's gloves, scarves and helmets in the ship's boot room. "Four days ago the room had started out in orderly condition, with all gear hanging on or stowed below the numbered pegs," says Michael Beard. "Finite resources, equally shared, in the golden age of not so long ago. Now it was a ruin Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:34:19 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/SXSW-First-Look-at-Bigger-Nastier-Predators-_18_194_600_231870.html With trailers, film excerpts and concept art, producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal show off their fierce reboot of the sci-fi franchise at South by Southwest. Here's what the lucky folks at the packed screening saw. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:34:19 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/SXSW-Comic-Bill-Hicks-Posthumously-Rocks-Austin_18_194_600_231867.html The North American premiere of American: The Bill Hicks Story delivers a biting dose of the late, great stand-up's routines. But that's just the tip of the iceberg: Fans who've memorized every word will dig the documentary's inventive animation sequences. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:05:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Hongtao-Zhou-Creates-Frozen-Furniture-From-Snow_18_194_600_231824.html For artist Hongtao Zhou, creating magnificent snow sculptures isn’t very difficult in winters as cold as those found in Wisconsin. But when Zhou was commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum to produce an installation of dancing ice furniture on its front lawn, things got a little disagreeable on account of the thermostat readings. In the face of unseasonably warm [...] Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:19:53 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/What-In-The-World-Is-The-Sun-Up-To-Now-_18_194_600_231721.html Image 1: An artist's concept of the sun's Great Conveyor Belt.Image 2: The velocity of the Great Conveyor Belt (a.k.a. "meridianal flow") since 1996. Note the higher speeds after ~2004. credit: Hathaway and Rightmire, 2010. Image 3: An artist's concept of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Launched in Feb. 2010, SDO will be able to look inside the sun to study the conveyor belt in greater detail, perhaps solving the mysteries Hathaway and Rightmire have uncovered. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:18:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Erik-Assadourian-our-society-needs-some-serious-cultural-engineering_18_194_600_231701.html Ecologist: Matilda Lee: Humans are social animals competing for status, which, in our consumer society, is displayed largely through the things on which we spend our money. How can we ever sate our appetite for status without these things? Erik Assadourian: Culture defines what gives one status. In our consumer culture, status is equated with stuff. In some cultures, it is not a status symbol to keep buying new stuff, but to take care of the stuff we already have. Changing status symbols will ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:59:35 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/SXSW-First-Look-at-American-The-Bill-Hicks-Story-_18_194_600_231611.html The firebrand stand-up comic's story is told in this documentary, which makes its North American premiere at South by Southwest this week. Get a taste of Hicks' brutally funny take on drugs, religion and modern life in this trailer for the movie. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:31 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Cassini-Finds-Ice-And-Rock-Mixture-Inside-Titan_18_194_600_231587.html Image Caption: This artist's illustration shows the likely interior structure of Saturn's moon Titan deduced from gravity field data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35:39 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Memory-Marathon-is-the-Start-of-London-Olympics-2012_18_194_600_231562.html Images by B. Alter from the film Memory Marathon For all of those suffering Olympic withdrawal (that means most Canadians) we bring you the Memory Marathon. It's part of the cultural offerings of London's upcoming summer Olympics in 2012. It is about the importance of personal memories, in this case those of past Olympics. The artist Simon Pope walked a specially planned 26 mile marathon through the five London boroughs where the Olympics will take place. He s...Read the full story on TreeHugger Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:28 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Jelly-Belly-Invites-Fans-to-Create-Virtual-Bean-Art-for-Springtime-Fun_18_194_600_231533.html FAIRFIELD, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for spring celebrations the tasty and colorful Jelly Belly jelly bean launched a drawing app at Facebook.com/jellybelly inviting artists of all ages to design a Jelly Belly masterpiece. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:34:34 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Pink-Floyd-Beats-EMI-in-Creativity-Flap_18_194_600_231496.html A British judge is siding with Pink Floyd, ruling its EMI label must protect artist integrity and stop selling single digital tracks. The acid-inspired band, known for concept albums, said single-song sales were an injustice to their art. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:07:42 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Mars-Area-HS-Student-Wins-Visions-and-Voices-Best-of-Show-Eleven-Students-Receive-Best-of-Category-Honors-at-PTI_18_194_600_231464.html OAKDALE, Pa., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Students, friends, family members, and high school art teachers attended the 2010 opening of Visions and Voices, Pittsburgh Technical Institute's high school student show, Saturday, February 27, 2010, to see 603 pieces of work and learn which students received this year's honors. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:36:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Pig-Business-Exposes-the-Grizzly-Inner-Workings-of-the-Pork-Industry_18_194_600_231441.html Image credit: Grist Pig business is not an easy documentary to watch. First of all, the images of the inner workings of pig farms and slaughterhouses can turn the stomach of even the most steadfast meat-eater. Second, and more significantly, the film has not been—and likely never will be—released in the United States. This means that American viewers are relegated to ingesting the film in 10-minute segments via YouTube....Read the full story on TreeHugger Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:22:34 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Is-More-Jobs-Sustainable-or-Necessary-in-the-Post-Peak-Oil-World-_18_194_600_231428.html Culture Change: What was required for a growing economy, that was supposed to uplift all of modern humanity, is at root a false notion for the manipulated public: the overwhelming majority must work for others to enrich the few so that all of society benefits through unlimited expansion. This problematic profit-scheme is failing to hold up, what with general economic uncertainty on the rise (apart from "Hope") and the advanced depletion of easily extracted, cheap oil. To put even greater pressure on ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:39:31 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/notvothink-solar-surge-charger-now-available_18_194_600_231419.html Novothink Solar Surge is now available for all you iPod Touch and iPhone 3G users.  The solar-powered Surge, the only Apple-certified solar charging case, can double the battery life of Apple iPhone and iPod Touch via solar energy.  Surge combines a state-of-the art solar panel with a lithium ion battery into a soft touch, non-slip [...] Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:18:35 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Shocking-Recipe-For-Making-Killer-Electrons_18_194_600_231318.html Image 1: Illustration of the Earth's magnetosphere (shown in blue). The Van Allen outer and inner radiation belts are located within the magnetosphere. They have been represented as two tori around Earth (colored in orange). The Van Allen radiation belts were discovered as a result of an experiment designed by James Van Allen that was carried onboard the first US satellite, Explorer 1, launched in 1958. Credits: ESAImage 2: Artist's impression of the Cluster constellation. ESA's mission Cluster consists of four identical spacecraft flying in formation between 19 000 and 119 000 km above the Earth. They study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere, or the Sun-Earth connection in 3D. Credits: ESA Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:12:05 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Sushi-chef-charged-with-serving-illegal-whale-at-California-restaurant_18_194_600_231196.html Makers of The Cove, an Oscar-winning documentary on Japan's dolphin slaughter, drew authorities' attention to alleged whale meat smuggling operation at a Santa Monica sushi restaurantlink for trailblockhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/09/the-cove-whale-smugglingFederal prosecutors filed charges yesterday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant following allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.Typhoon Restaurant Inc, which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product.According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Tests confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said.Agents also seized some suspected whale meat during a search of the restaurant Friday but are awaiting test results to confirm it was Sei whale, US attorney spokesman Thom Mrozak said.In October, two activists posing as customers went to The Hump and ordered "omakase," which means they let the chef choose the choicest fresh fish. They also requested whale and pocketed a sample.The young women worked with Louie Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, to record the meal with a hidden camera and microphone."These are endangered animals being cut up for dinner," Psihoyos said. "It's an abuse of science."Psihoyos took their findings to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which started an investigation.Activists claim the whale meat came from Japan's scientific whaling program and was illegally exported, but the US attorney's office is still investigating the source of the meat.Japan kills hundreds of whales in Antarctic waters each year under its research whaling programme, which has triggered violent protests by conservationists and caused strong objections by diplomats in recent years.An ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:58 GMT http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth/Green-Living/Culture/Santa-Monica-sushi-restaurant-charged-with-illegally-selling-whale-meat_18_194_600_231184.html The eatery admits the wrongdoing, its attorney says. Federal agents and animal activists cooperated in a video sting orchestrated by a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove.' Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging they had sold meat from an endangered whale.