links for 2009-08-26

• Greenwala – Greening The Night (& Our Light) With Genetically Tweaked Bioluminescent Trees
  "an organic molecule called luciferin is oxidized along with oxygen & the enzyme luciferase — and voila, a bioluminescent effect is generated.
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  Or maybe, just maybe we're on the verge of a very new, very green technology after all. Designer Audrey Richard-Laurent, via the top prize winning Design Academy entry on Newzy.com, proposes furthering society's green living efforts by creating glow-in-the-dark city lights. No, not the iron and glass versions. Since tobacco can glow in the dark with the right genetic adjustment, it makes perfect sense that a bioluminescent effect might be applied to prominent landscaping materials such as bushes and trees.
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  Edward A. Quinto from the International Society for Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence already transformed a common Christmas tree into a glowing spectacle back in 2007 utilizing squid luciferin.
  [..]we've learned through many trials [..] that messing with Mother Nature can often yield many messy and very unfortunate results."
  (tags: green energy electricity plants geneticallymodified science nature technology biotech)
• S. Korea’s US $ 84-billion “Green New Deal” gets good UNEP review
  The Green New Deal, expanded into a five-year, $84 billion plan with the funds added to it last January was lauded by Steiner for “(cutting) across a wide swathe of sustainability challenges from renewable energy and waste to transport, freshwaters and forestry—fostering a green recovery and transforming it into a vision of green economic growth and underlining a new and dynamic strategic direction and journey that we are delighted and excited to share.”
  (tags: SouthKorea green environment policy energy-policy economic-crisis)
• BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Is wearing a 'Hitler' moustache a good idea?
  A comedian has grown a toothbrush moustache in an attempt to break its association with Adolf Hitler. So how did people react, and could it ever be fashionable?
  (tags: comedy history war racism hitler)
• World’s second largest solar farm to be operational by the end of 2009
  (tags: energy solar germany)
• BM News: Egypt National Council for Human Rights to review MB leader Aboul Fotouh case « Bikya Masr
  (tags: egypt muslim-brotherhood detention humanrights law)