From Ruslana to Russia (With Love)
11 Apr 2008
Photo: Ruslana.ua
Ukraine's world
Meet Ruslana: the pre-shears Spears of Eastern Europe -- and a vocal supporter of clean, green energy. We can't quite make out all those lyrics, but we're pretty sure her skimpy outfits are a commentary on the effects of global warming.
Trying to rubber the right way
Hard up for ways to preserve the Amazon, Brazilians are waxing euphoric about a new factory that will produce sustainable rubbers -- no wood required. What a contraceptive!
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Spot a tee
Doubt that sexy passersby will ask you to remove your shirt so they can read the climate-change missive written inside? Hey, NVR SAY NVR ...
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Out on a limb
Reason #794 why Ted Turner is not the best spokesperson for the climate crisis: "We'll be 8 degrees hotter in 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals."
The spy who greened me
Keep your spies peeled for a new Bond film that finds Craig (Daniel Craig) shaken (but not stirred) by a lost love. The secret agent man points the (Gold)finger of revenge at "eco-entrepreneur" Dominic Greene. But could the villain be Greenewashing? (Dr.) No!
Seen something weird, wacky, or wonderful in the environmental world? Think it deserves a place on The List?
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