The World’s Oldest Tree

How Old?
(a) 95,500 years old
(b) 9,550 years old
(c) 955 years old

Answer:
Found in western Sweden, scientists believe that this spruce is 9,550 years old. Just to be clear about this: the tree itself is new. But scientists found a cluster of about 20 trees that are 5,660, 9,000 and 9,550 years old. They used carbon dating on the cones and wood, found underneath its crown, and that showed that its root system had been growing for 9,550 years. (Excerpt from: http://www.treehugger.com )

Further reading:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7353357.stm

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Blackle ~ A Black Google

A BLACK GOOGLE ? WHY ?

URL: www.blackle.com

I thought this was a real creative and cool way to help earth.

“Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.” Roberson et al, 2002

Blackle was introduced based on the study above. Very innovative.

Go GREEN !

Read more : http://www.blackle.com/about/