By Amanda Bancroft There’s a debate about which type of tree — artificial or real — has the least amount of environmental impact. Wikipedia states a real tree generates 3.1 kg of greenhouse gases every year, while an artificial tree produces 48.3 kg over its lifetime, but these numbers are affected by how long you…
CORRECTION: Last week, TFW reported that Anonymous Coffee Roasters supplies coffee to Arsaga’s. In fact, Arsaga’s has been roasting their own coffee for almost eight years and does not receive it from Anonymous Coffee.
University Of Arkansas Professor Designs Autopilot System To Keep It In The Air At Night By Mason Carr Robert Saunders, University Of Arkansas electrical engineering instructor, will design an autopilot system for the first solar-powered airplane scheduled to fly around the world in 20 days and 20 nights, making it the first solar-powered plane to…
By Terrah Baker I hear a lot about jobs in our economy. “There are no jobs. There are new jobs. These jobs are good. These jobs suck. We need more jobs!” Most recently, I attended an informative session held by the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas on the possibilities for green, renewable…
By Rachel Birdsell I have seen the phrase “reason for the season” about 9,526 times this month. We are all being implored to please, for the love of all things holy, remember the reason for the season. But I’m not sure which one I’m supposed to remember. There are a number of reasons people celebrate…
“In love, it’s the little things that count, like keeping your boyfriend’s food warm while he’s in your closet talking to another woman.” By Amy Alkon My husband was a heavy-drinking, drug-taking, skirt-chaser who worked only sporadically, so I divorced him three years ago. He quit drinking and doing drugs, renounced skirt chasing and was…
By Christopher Lawrence Sure, producers split the final “Harry Potter” novel into two movies. But that book weighed more than many healthy newborns. And the “Twilight” and “Hunger Games” franchises followed suit. Because, hey, money! But carving the roughly 300 pages of “The Hobbit” into three movies — the first of which clocks in at…
By Sean Clancy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Take a slab of garage rock psychosis, add a bootful of vintage country and western, a dash of inspiration from the old Donnie & Marie variety show, some roller derby moxie, the eerie sounds of a theremin, and you’ve got “A Little Bit Psycho … A Little Bit Western,” the…
By Mason Carr A University of Arkansas research organization that gathers information on consumer goods’ sustainability has been ranked as one of the top 10 world-changing ideas of 2012. Scientific American recognized the Sustainability Consortium in their December issue as one of the potential “game changers” that are “not pie-in-the-sky notions but practical breakthroughs that…
Red Sauce By Chad Pollock For 33 years, Cantaloupe served barbecue and beer in his garage off rural route two-four-four. He ran below the level, having never seen the need to be sanctioned by the State. Every day at the barbecue pit was wild, awash with beer, pulled pork, red sauce and pool. Lot’s of…