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Play It Again Sam: Alternatively Powered Radios and Players
Hell On Two Wheels
Massachusetts Town First to Ban Bottled Water Sales
Happy Environmentalists Wanted
Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race?
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Mobil Green Power Launches First National Mobile Solar Power Network
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From Climate Change To Climate Crisis
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$6 Billion plan to save the rainforests
Idle Free Earth Day!
Lowering Income Taxes While Raising Pollution Taxes Reaps Great Returns
A Follow-Up to Living Without Electricity: What Is Truly Sustainable?
Earth Day Tips For Eco-Conscious Kids
Going green to be seen
Earth Out of Sync: Rising Temperatures Throwing off Seasonal Timing
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Data Highlights on Solar Energy
EcoDIY with kids: a bird's nest
Virgin Galactic Flights
Make Your Own Energy-Saving Thermal Curtains
The best internship on earth
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Bloom Box Fuel Cell
I wish my pets had never been born
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Energy Efficiency Will Change the Way the World Creates and Uses Energy
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Buy Nothing Valentine's Day
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City Rain – Award winning XNA XBOX and PC Game
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Way2Go's To Do List: 10 Transportation Wishes for 2010
U.S. Feeds One Quarter of its Grain to Cars While Hunger is on the Rise
Fake Greenwashing: The New “Green” Trend?
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Environmental Literacy Included in Obama's New Education Budget: Historic First
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Green Business Blog Carnival #13
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up… it’s Carnival time! Welcome to the greatest show in the green business blogosphere… the Green Business Blog Carnival! Hopefully, you made the trip to Green Building Elements last week for edition #12 of the Carnival (and, of course, you still can)… and now’s the time to mark [...]..
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Help For The Homeless – Delivered By Bike?
This group of friends does exactly that. They gather every Sunday to assemble sack lunches and distribute them to people in need via bike. Food Not Bombs with a Twist: Burritos and Bike Delivery The Burrito Project was started in Los Angeles, but chapters have formed in many cities since its inception. The Fullerton, CA [...]..
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Denver Man Invents World’s First Solar-Powered Light Bulb
What do ski risers, ceiling bike storage, goggle fans and solar-powered light bulbs have in common Stephen Katsaros. He’s an entrepreneur and inventor from Denver, Colorado with a knack for getting things done, as evidenced by the quick conception in January (and birth in July) of the Nokero Solar Light Bulb, with which Katsaros plans [...]..
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Book Review: Hunting: In Search of the Wild Life, Edited by Nathan Kowalsky
Author’s Note: A free review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher, Wiley-Blackwell. Wiley-Blackwell’s series of philosophy books for general readers, Philosophy for Everyone, aims to serve general, non-expert readers without actually treating them as “dummies” or creating watered-down, one-size-fits-all philosophy. The risk such an endeavor always faces is to end up [...]..
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Geothermal: Getting Energy from the Earth
By Lester R. Brown The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. Partly because of the dominance of the oil, gas, and [...]..
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Twilight Earth
Water: Nature’s Wonderdrug–Now with Wonderdrugs! (cartoon)
Between 2006 and 2007, the Southern Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas screened tap water from 19 US water utilities for 51 different compounds. The 11 most frequently detected compounds are highlighted in the cartoon and described below. 1.used to treat cardiovascular disease, 2.an herbicide banned in the European Union (still used in the US) has [...] Related posts:Pesticides and ADHD (cartoon) EPA Finds Hydraulic Fracturing Contaminates Dr..
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Pesticides and ADHD (cartoon)
From Grist: More research linking pesticide exposure to ADHD in kids Follow all of Mean Joe Green’s environmental cartoons on JoeMohrToons.com and on Twitter at @GreenCartoons. Related posts:Chemicals and Obesity Speeding up Puberty in Girls (cartoon) Monsanto: They Made good WMD’s–I bet They Make Healthy Food! (cartoon) BP’s Getting All Cap-Happy (cartoon) Related posts:Chemicals and Obesity Speeding up Puberty in Gi..
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Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon)
A victory for anyone who likes healthy food, soil, and water! Monsanto’s sour plans for the sweet beet were spoiled as a federal judge banned genetically modified sugar beets. This is great news and hopefully a large step forward to getting food production back on a less toxic track. Sugar beet, you are a beacon [...] Related posts:Monsanto: They Made good WMD’s–I bet They Make Healthy Food! (cartoon) Dances with the Moon: A..
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Chemicals and Obesity Speeding up Puberty in Girls (cartoon)
The news that chemicals and obesity causes premature puberty in girls is the latest of thousands of red flags waving high above our food production and consumption status quo. Of course, things are changing, but are they changing fast enough Nope. The only thing changing quickly is the level of toxicity in our children. Follow all [...] Related posts:Pesticides and ADHD (cartoon) BP’s Getting All Cap-Happy (cartoon) Tea Partiers and Suic..
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BP’s Getting All Cap-Happy (cartoon)
If only BP would put all of this new found cap success to work to stop other toxic gushers… Follow Joe on Twitter @GreenCartoons Follow all of his green cartooning at JoeMohrToons.com. Related posts:If Climate Change Was a Dog (cartoon) Genetically Modified Truths (cartoon) Tea Partiers and Suicide Bombers (cartoon) Related posts:If Climate Change Was a Dog (cartoon) Genetically Modified Truths (cartoon) Tea Partiers and Suicide Bomber..
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Huffington Post Blog
Peter H. Gleick: Celebrities and Bottled Water: Spoiled, Misinformed, or Just Plain Weird
The explosive growth in bottled water use by Americans, and indeed, much of the rest of the world, is due to many factors, including both unfounded and legitimate concerns about tap water, disappearing water fountains from our public spaces, misleading and false advertising, and a desire to emulate our famous (and infamous) public figures. We used to drink 1 gallon of bottled water a year, on average. Now it is nearly 30 gallons a year p..
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Wayne Pacelle: After Long Chase, Florida Bans Cruel Fox and Coyote Pens
On Wednesday, culminating a more than yearlong effort, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) outlawed fox and coyote pens, the gruesome practice of releasing a fox or coyote inside a pen to be chased and often torn apart by dogs. The Humane Society of the United States has long been campaigning to end this abusive practice, and we have made a major advance with the new policy in Florida that will save countless foxe..
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Elizabeth Cunningham: Honoring the Elements: The Pagan Roots of Religion
"My family is Jewish," he said to me. "My family is Protestant," she added. "But we're pagan," he continued, "and we want our wedding to have some pagan element." "Only we want it to be subtle," she said. "We don't want our families to feel uncomfortable." "That's simple," I answered. "We'll honor the elements." It's a feature of most contemporary pagan rituals. "We all have to breathe. We all need light and warmth. We all stand on t..
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Camilla Fox: Compassionate Conservation ~ Bridging the Divide Between Animal Welfare & Conservation
Blogging from Oxford, England from the Compassionate Conservation Conference- a ground-breaking International Symposium on animal welfare in conservation practice. The Symposium, sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and the Born Free Foundation, has brought together scientists and practitioners from a range of disciplines to debate animal welfare issues in conservation, look for practical outcomes and promote a..
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John Odum: Looking Towards the "Fault Tolerant Society"
It wasn't the collective gasp, followed by the sigh of relief I expected. Instead, the response among those I spoke with to the news of another oil rig disaster in the gulf, along with the follow-up report that its impact appeared to be minimal, was something more akin to a collective deer-in-the-headlights episode. Casual observers -- as well as the media -- seemed not to know what to do with the news. Call it "disaster saturation," pe..
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EcoArt: charcoal on recycling
Debbie of life untitled has been using charcoal on her recycling. She says it’s cheaper than using drawing paper. It’s a great idea and asks the question: what other recyclables and rubbish can be used as canvasses for art This blog post is cross-posted at ecojunki...
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Flashback Friday: EcoDIY make a chair
Originally published in January 2008. Harness your creativity to make something useful and keep something else out of landfill. I like the idea of making unique pieces of furniture for my home, and I like not having to pay (or paying very little) for materials to make something that’s worth more than the sum of [...]..
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The CoolClimate Art Contest: call for entries
Photo credits (clockwise from top left): beautiful world by purplepixie; Nature’s Humor by DarkFireLotus; Green house effect by inmc; Climate change on canvas by Ashley Cecil; Off Shore Eco Farm I by MG Williams Global climate change is the largest threat to sustaining life on Earth, but despite overwhelming evidence – species extinction, dwindling water [...]..
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Makazi’s Guesthouse: sisonke singenza amahluko
I’m completely enchanted by Makazi’s Guesthouse. It’s built out of sandbags, and is kitted out with solar heating, composting toilets and recycled furniture. The house has been beautifully decorated (inside and out) and all profit made is used to fund the community-based Indlovu project, including a crèche, youth centre, clinic and soup kitchen. This would [...]..
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Flashback Friday: 7 groovy handmade recycled gifts to make & give
Originally published in November 2007. Here you are folks, a random assortment of things you can make for people you love. Things that are better than things you can get in shops because: a) they’ve been made locally, b) they’ve not cost you much, and c) they’re made with love. 1. Pony Tyre Swing What [...]..
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The Lazy Environmentalist
Create An Elegant Fold-Up Bicycle Design That’s Functional and Sexy
I often think about what really motivates people to embrace green alternatives. Whenever I ponder this question I invariably wonder why green marketers and advertisers don’t equate being sexy more often with being green. After all, they do it all the time for other kinds of products. For some green products it would be easy [...]..
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Give Your Car A Gleaming Wash Without Using Water
In June, I bought a totally righteous Volkwsagen Jetta TDI. It’s fast, gets great gas mileage, handles extremely well on windy mountain roads, has ample storage capacity and cost me just over 25K, making it pretty reasonable for a family car. I love this car. To me, it represents the best kind of lazy environmentalist [...]..
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Brita Climate Ride Takes on California
Even though I was arguably the worst player in the country in Division One college football during my sophomore year season at the University of Pennsylvania, I still think of myself as an athlete. I’m not making this up. In the early 90s, the New York Times ranked every team in D-1 college football by [...]..
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The Lazy E, Go Green On A Shoestring, Walmart Satellite Media Tour
In 2008, I teamed up with Walmart to demonstrate how green choices are becoming more affordable, accessible, and appealing. The more quality green choices are available on the shelves of the stores where we already shop, the more likely we are to make them part of our lives. My experience tells me that people will [...]..
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The Lazy E Named “Dad of the Year” by Swedish Children’s Wear Brand Polarn O. Pyret
When I was a kid, I knew that one day I would become a Dad. In my twenties, I still knew it and also knew that it wouldn’t happen for a long time. When Squeen got pregnant last summer, I knew definitively that I was on track, but nine months still seemed like an eternity. [...]..
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Preserving The Salt Spring Island Harvest
With summer easing towards autumn, my partner and I become increasingly preoccupied, maybe even a tad obsessed, with squirreling away enough local food (which does include gathering some walnuts and hazelnuts) to ensure we are able to consume a primarily local diet during the long winter months. ..
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Seeing Is Believing: Pakistan’s Flooding
With each passing year there are more earth observation satellites launched, allowing humankind to look down at our planet and see the big picture. But is it true that “seeing is believing”, and more than that, does “believing lead to action” ..
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Summer Chicken Care
With summer finally here and temperatures climbing, it is important to remember that chickens and roosters (and all domesticated birds) may need some special attention during the warm weather. With body temperatures running higher than humans, hens tend to feel the warm weather temperature increases before we do, and can become quickly overheated in the hot summer climes. ..
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Wind Turbines & Bird Deaths
Dear Greenius,I’ve heard from four different people lately that wind turbines kill a lot of birds. Though I’ve heard this before from opponents to wind farms, I always thought it was a myth. Is it a myth or an ugly reality Signed,Fond of Feathers ..
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Fires, Heat Waves & Melting Ice
Moscow is melting, with temperatures around 38ºC and peat bogs outside the city are on fire, sending smoke across the city. It is the warmest summer in 130 years. Elsewhere in Russia, 38,000 sq. miles (100,000sq.km) of crops have been destroyed and large parts of Siberia are on fire. The price of wheat has gone up 40% over the last month due to all the fires and droughts in Russia (and poor harvests in Canada due to a wet planting season). That..
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Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race?
The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference presents “Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race (Innovation, Policy, and China)”, the fifth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address global energy challenges. Panels will discuss new innovations in electric vehicle technology, the opportunities and challenges from China, and the policies that are [...]..
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Mobil Green Power Launches First National Mobile Solar Power Network
Derek Clark and Lou Douros have a problem every business owner wants – demand for their product that has them running. Clark and Douros are founders of Mobile Green Power, which has launched the first nationwide network of mobile solar generators and their clients can’t get enough of their quiet, environmentally friendly power. Solar generators are [...]..
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10 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Pet’s Carbon Pawprint
From the 8 billion pounds of kitty litter heading to landfills each year to the effects of a pet’s carnivorous diet, pet parents should be aware of the substantial carbon footprint left by pets. To address this important matter, PETCO has developed an exclusive partnership with Greenwala.com, the leading online resource empowering people to [...]..
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Climate change: What would Brian Boitano do?
Climate change: What would Brian Boitano do He make a plan and follow through! In South Park the olympic Ice Skater Brian Boitano could do anything, but can he save the planet Well maybe not Brian Boitano, but four U.S. olympians have called on the U.S. Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation this [...]..
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Extechs Earth Day Tools to Help You Go Green
Extech Instruments announces its annual Earth Day list of ingenious test tools to help individuals go green. In recognition of efforts around the world to celebrate Earth Day, Extech is spotlighting Extech meters and monitors that are specifically designed to help reduce energy consumption in a variety of ways. To learn more about any of [...]..
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