http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Social Life"  in "America" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:19:54 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 245680 | Linking and Pageviews 1850 Style: The American Bookbinders Museum http://en.redtram.com/go/231408737/top100/ 231408737 Everything is electronic these days; even if you read a book in paper form, it has been typeset on computers, printed and bound by computerized machines. One can forget that putting a book together used to take a lot of Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408737/top100/ 245680 | Are Cities Green, Or Are We Just Pigs in a Factory Farm? http://en.redtram.com/go/231408704/top100/ 231408704 Every year the holds a conference around an idea; this year the theme was about cities, about rethinking the urban commons. While issues of governance, homelessness and immigration were discussed, much attention was paid to the greening of cities. The Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408704/top100/ 245680 | Feetz Tribike: The Kid Carrying, Cargo Hauling, Folding Trike http://en.redtram.com/go/231408667/top100/ 231408667 Photo: Feetz.Last week we posted a round-up of . Previously we've also collected up a passel of . Yet still we've managed to neglect a few. The Feetz is such a vehicle. It's trike for transporting kids or cargo. One Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408667/top100/ 245680 | Brandeis U. Students Create Green Peer Progress Program For Dorms http://en.redtram.com/go/231408627/top100/ 231408627 Image via: Many schools started off the 2009 school year by hosting green welcoming events for new students and incoming freshmen. All these wide-eyed co-eds were treated to different ways the school is going green and how they personally can Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:12:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408627/top100/ 245680 | The Sound of the Earth is Music--To Some http://en.redtram.com/go/231408595/top100/ 231408595 Image from Olle CorneerMusicians have been making music out of weird and wonderful instruments forever and we have seen many of them: , , and . And now another addition to this esoteric form of music: the Terrafon. It's a Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408595/top100/ 245680 | Meditation: Heart Healthier Than Organic O's? http://en.redtram.com/go/231408571/top100/ 231408571 Photo via: /flickrHere's my kind of sans-sweat, : my body, seated comfortably on a cushion or folded up blanket. There's no one to compete against, no cheesy loud music or energy-sucking stair masters, treadmills, or flat-screen televisions tuned into fear-mongering Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408571/top100/ 245680 | French Nuclear Energy Policy - A Cake The US May Do Well To Not To Consume Too Much Of http://en.redtram.com/go/231408532/top100/ 231408532 Still life with Brioche. Image credit:, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Remember the whole "" thing following France's refusal to support the US 2003 military incursion into Iraq? My how time flies. US politicians now cite the French energy policy example with Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408532/top100/ 245680 | The Country's Cleanest Air: New Jersey?! http://en.redtram.com/go/231408509/top100/ 231408509 Credit: .Nothing against New Jersey, but it's not the first place that comes to mind when you think of clean air in the United States. Maybe that's just not fair to . In a 2009 "Best Places to Live" list Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408509/top100/ 245680 | CMYK Folding Electric Bike: Award Winning Prototype Available in 2010? http://en.redtram.com/go/231408480/top100/ 231408480 Image credit: From the to the to an , electric folding bikes are becoming more common. The folding capacity for transportation, combined with electric assist to avoid a sweaty arrival at work, is an enticing combination for commuters in particular. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408480/top100/ 245680 | Al Gore On Acting Crazy: "What Up With That?" http://en.redtram.com/go/231408457/top100/ 231408457 I know the score," said with a steely gaze last night on Saturday Night Live, about being called up by NBC once a year during its " Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408457/top100/ 245680 | Photos of Strange Deep Sea Creatures from Marine Census Beyond Sunlight http://en.redtram.com/go/231408434/top100/ 231408434 Image: Astonishingdigg_url = astonishing. The diversity of species that live beyond any hint of sunlight has astounded the team of international scientists as they near the end of ... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408434/top100/ 245680 | Where Have You Gone, John McCain? Our Climate Turns Its Lonely Eyes To You http://en.redtram.com/go/231408410/top100/ 231408410 photo via APSome climate activists are losing faith in both President Obama's ability and commitment to clean energy and battling climate change. But what if John McCain were president? Where would we be today? Not in a good place, if Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408410/top100/ 245680 | Learning Organic Farming: Looking Back or Moving Forward? http://en.redtram.com/go/231408380/top100/ 231408380 Image credit: Soil AssociationFrom its to debating whether , the UK's has long been both an advocate for, and a pioneer of, organic foods. Now their Organic Farm School initiative is offering farmers, small holders and food enthusiasts alike the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408380/top100/ 245680 | 'Green Patriarch' Takes Enviro Message Online, to US http://en.redtram.com/go/231408362/top100/ 231408362 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sprinkles Holy Water over the Mississippi River. Photo by GANP/Dimitris Panagos from via Flickr.A 69-year-old man with a long white beard and big black robes may seem like an unlikely role model for teenagers, but Greek Orthodox Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408362/top100/ 245680 | Vaute Couture's Made to Order Vegan Jewelry http://en.redtram.com/go/231408347/top100/ 231408347 Vaute Couture vegan jewelry. Credit: Vaute CoutureWe've covered by Leanne Mai-Ly Hilgart before--her and during Chicago Fashion Week--and we recently met Leanne at the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408347/top100/ 245680 | NYC Event: Spirit Beauty Lounge in SoHo with Mini Makeovers by Jessa Blades http://en.redtram.com/go/231408329/top100/ 231408329 Image credit: Spirit Beauty Lounge (left), Jessa Blades , a carbon-neutral online boutique specializing in organic, cruelty-free, and green lifestyle products, is popping up in New York City at the Green Finds Eco Holiday Market Place. Enjoy organic treats and Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408329/top100/ 245680 | Trout Fishing Causing the Demise of...Frogs http://en.redtram.com/go/231408313/top100/ 231408313 photo: Vance VredenburgI wrote about the plight of back in August as a result of a pesticide cloud blowing into California's Sierra Mountains, deforming and killing off California's Pacific tree frogs and foothill yellow-legged frogs. Now another threat to California's Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408313/top100/ 245680 | DNA Tests Uncover Sushi Fraud At Restaurants http://en.redtram.com/go/231408286/top100/ 231408286 Photo: Is that really tuna? ( on Flickr)The next time you order tuna at a sushi restaurant - watch out! - it may not be what you think it is. A team of scientists from Columbia University and the American Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408286/top100/ 245680 | Climate Researcher Database Hacked http://en.redtram.com/go/231408268/top100/ 231408268 The King of Climate Deniers, Sen. James InhofeEmail communication has made us efficient--yes--but also short-tempered, imprudent at time, and sloppy. Need proof? Check out emails between climate scientists stored on servers at that showed not a plot but perhaps too Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408268/top100/ 245680 | Nature Iraq's 'Second Creation Story' (Video) http://en.redtram.com/go/231408251/top100/ 231408251 The Nov. 15 "" segment "Resurrecting Eden."Life hasn't been easy for the Ma'dan, or "Marsh Arabs," of Ira... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/231408251/top100/