Born in May 2007, Environmental Graffiti is an eclectic mix of the most bizarre, funny and interesting environmental news on the planet. We search the vast realms of the internet on behalf of all environmentalists who don’t take themselves too seriously and compile it into a daily blog. Surf and enjoy!
Recent Blog Entries
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Yesterday’s visions of the future
By Linda McCormick for Environmental Graffiti
Everyone has lost a few hours to dreaming of what life would be like in the future but rarely do those dreams ever come to fruition. And it seems our hopes for the future have not changed much over the last hundred years. These images, produced in 1900, d Read full post »
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How ecotourism is destroying Antarctica
By Andy Stone for Environmental Graffiti
How do we handle tourism to a place whose only appeal to most of us is its lack of large-scale human contact? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? Read full post »
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The coolest apartment block on Earth
By sarcasticscribe for Environmental Graffiti
Viennese artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, has designed what has become one of the more unique and visually stimulating buildings in the world. With over 1000 unique windows, individualized handles on windows and doors, a living roof, caf&Ã&© a Read full post »
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How sunk battleships are converted into new ecosystems
By John Johnston for Environmental Graffiti
What to do with decommissioned naval ships? Scrap them and make a quick buck? Well, one possible use for them is turning them into artificial reefs! Read full post »
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The real life Jurassic Park
By Jonathan for Environmental Graffiti
Bringing back an extinct species of tortoise in the Galapagos wouldn't involve DNA cloning or an ill-conceived theme park. Read full post »
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Welcome to the Village Underground
By kwbridge for Environmental Graffiti
Imagine taking the underground to work to arrive in an office converted from a tube carriage perched upon huge Victorian arches with views rivaling those of top executives. Read full post »
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Another new alternative to fossil fuels: sunflowers
By Chris Bowler for Environmental Graffiti
In the race to produce the best alternative to fossil fuels, there could soon be a new contender &â&" sunflowers. Read full post »
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Tsunami hits New York City
By Ryan Curtis for Environmental Graffiti
Sound WaveWritten by Ryan CurtisWhat do you normally do with all the empty bottles, old clothes, and worn out shoes that pile up over the course of your lifetime? If you're like most people, everything is dumped in the garbage and shipped to a place far a Read full post »
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30 creepiest vegetables on earth
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
We’re not sure if there’s been a movie about entitled, ‘Attack of the Killer Veggies’, but judging by the mass of strange, creepy and downright weird images of vegetables sneaking around online, there should be. Some of the outlandish veg we’ve found for Read full post »
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Great green lizard frozen in time
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Fire fighters are well used to being called out to rescue kitties in distress from trees that prove too scary, but a lizard? That’s a new one. Read full post »
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Amazing house created entirely from plastic bottles
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
It’s no secret that our obsession with plastic bottles is turning into a bit of an environmental crisis, and no wonder, in the US alone 70 million bottles are purchased every day yet only a measly 10 million are recycled. So it’s good to see someone doing Read full post »
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The coolest fruit on Earth
By Sonia Dong for Environmental Graffiti
The wonders of the natural world never cease to amaze. Imagine: a fruit that when eaten, renders sour foods sweet. Read full post »
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Photograph of alien world makes history
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Up until this point, the only planet-like objects scientists had clearly observed in space did not appear locked in orbit around a star much like our own sun. This could shake up some widely held astronomical theories though, since the supposed planet is Read full post »
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Lakes…650ft beneath the waves!
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Deep beneath the waves, far down on the ocean floor are scenes and images often associated with the stuff of nightmares. Read full post »
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Milk bottle artist does a Banksy
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Not too many people still get their milk delivered to the doorstep but those who do have recently been waking up to a surprise with their morning milk. Read full post »
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Where do satellites go when they die?
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
No matter how often we hear about the developed world becoming more like Big Brother every day, it’s not until you see images that these from NASA that you get creeped out. Read full post »
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30 most incredible sandstorms on Earth
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Over the horizon a wall of sand is forming, amalgamating and gaining momentum. It develops unity and mass, devouring everything in its path. Read full post »
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Green graffiti - why use paint when you can clean?
By Adam for Environmental Graffiti
Let me introduce GreenGraffiti, a Netherlands-based company which makes adverts by cleaning walls with water. Read full post »
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The Cardboard Café
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Remember when, as a child, you’d get presents on birthdays or at Christmas and often preferred to play with the box they came in more than the toy? Read full post »
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Wave vs. man
By Linda for Environmental Graffiti
Anyone who lives on the waves, or for them, has a healthy respect for the unbridled power of the seas. Read full post »
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