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Vacation: Germany’s Black Forest


The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in southwestern Germany.  It is definitely one of the greatest forests of Germany and borders France, Switzerland, and the Neckar River.  The place sounds evil, but it actually got its name from the large concentration of pine trees which makes the forest look black from a distance.
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Web Site: Running the Numbers


This site features a collection of art work by Chris Jordan.  It is called “Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait“.  The art is designed to show statistics of America’s impact on environment and society.  Statistics alone may not be easily comprehensible to most of us.  For example, when you hear that approximately two million plastic [...]

Web Site: The Green Geek


Here’s a site for all you “green” and environmentally conscious people out there (which is hopefully a majority of us).  This blog, called “The Green Geek“,  has articles about technology that can help save our environment – everything from eco-friendly products to energy saving architecture.  Some of the articles are very interesting.   They have an [...]