Its all about covers, uncovering and cover-ups this week!The Guardian published a list of ten green gadgets. Our best is a toy car powered through a mini solar panel that creates enough electricity to create a small light show and turn tap water into hydrogen. Other items include the fabulous sounding solar technology freeloader (a battery charger) and the new bamboo encased laptops from ASUS.
See the whole list.
Straight out of Russia, Wired reports on a wooden mobile phone case. But look again, its not just the case but each part is wrapped in a wooded container, battery and SIM card included. It's made from Russian apple-tree wood.

There is a 2 mile long diesel oil slick off the coast of Vancouver due to an overturned barge, but oil was not the only thing dumped into the ocean - a fuel truck and logging equipment went overboard too, making this a particularly toxic spill. It gets worse - The slick is close to Robson Bight, a protected area where killer whale pods come to rub on the shallow gravel of the beach.
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Hundreds people have stripped of in public once again for photographer Spencer Turnik, except this time its in the name of the planet. Greenpeace had joined forces with the attention seeking Turnik, and persuaded hundreds of exhibitionists to lie on a glacier in Switzerland. The reaction has been, as expected, huge.

Bild: Greenpeace/Wuertenberg China is doing whatever it takes to clear the skies for Olympic time. Not only are there attempts to control the weather by firing missiles at the sky , this week Beijing took 1 million cars off the roads to see if it reduced pollution., Violators caught driving in the city were to be fined $13 and ordered to return home,
The results were negative, and the hopes now are for strong winds. A giant fan perhaps?
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And to end off MR “Al Gore2” Kerry has publicly endorsed the 11th hour, by inviting Leonardo di Caprio to write a letter. Here it is....Our climate crisis demands action, and to get action we need awareness and activism -- so I'm really happy to see great work being done by people like Leonardo DiCaprio to help catalyze the grassroots movement. I'm pleased to give him the chance to tell you about this important new film--John KerryHello ,I'd like to thank John Kerry for giving me this opportunity to tell you about something that's very important to me. I'm writing to tell you about my new environmental film, The 11th Hour. The film documents the environmental crises we face and the solutions we must begin to implement.Please click here to take a look at the trailer.With the help of over fifty of the world's most prominent thinkers and activists, including reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai, The 11th Hour documents the grave problems facing the planet's life systems. Global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction, and depletion of the oceans' habitats are all addressed.However, the most powerful element of The 11th Hour is not a portrait of a planet in crisis, but an offering of hope and solutions. The film ends with a call for restorative action through reshaping human activity.The 11th Hour opened on August 17th in New York and Los Angeles . On the 24th it opens in other cities, and in the following weeks across the country. It would be great if you could go see it and bring a friend.
You can go to our website to get more information on the movie and when it will play near you.We need the message of this movie to hit as far and wide as possible.The hope is us. Let's begin.
Thank you,
Leonardo DiCaprio