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19 Oct 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
For truly sustainable change, our technology needs to not only provide a solution, but it needs to be appropriate - appropriate to the environmental, economic, and cultural situation. Appropedia provides a wealth of information on appropriate technology to use and share.+ READ MORE
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2 Jun 2009 IN TV | COMMENTS
Climate change, global warming, pollution, diminishing resources, and any number of other environmental problems threaten our economy, indeed, our future. Generations of irresponsible business practices are, at least in part, to blame for our current situation but business, and entrepreneurial...+ READ MORE
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2 Jun 2009 IN TV | COMMENTS
Everyday, it seems, there is a new report that suggests the earth is warming at an even faster rate than previously thought. From thawing tundra in Siberia to cleaving glaciers in Antarctica, the signs are clear and foreboding. The a movement to curb the onset of global warming and climate change is...+ READ MORE
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20 May 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
All of you innovative crafters and great thinkers out there, listen up. Invent a groovy, green DIY project and Yahoo will prize you with $2,500, eco-royalties and a possible appearance on the PBS show Everyday Edisons.
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6 Apr 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
You might think you have to go outside to grow herbs, but your sunny window sills could be put to good use, and made to look magnificent, just by placing a few pots blooming with your favorite spices+ READ MORE
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26 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
If you're an apartment dweller, you might think you don't have any place to put your container garden. But there are a lot of possible places if you get creative about it. Here are some ideas.+ READ MORE
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19 Mar 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Village Energy Inc., created by professors and students at Baylor University, is currently in business to bring electricity to the rural and remote communities in many developing countries. Today we will be featuring their current program going on in Honduras. Their primary goal is to deploy...+ READ MORE
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18 Mar 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
MIPS is a widely used acronym but for our purposes, we're talking about material input per unit of service, a "unit of eco-efficiency that examines sustainability of production by breaking down products into services they provide and examining the amount of materials that needs to be displaced in...+ READ MORE
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16 Mar 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Biomimicry Institute defines this term (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) as a "new discipline that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Studying a leaf to invent a better solar cell is an example. I think of it as...+ READ MORE
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9 Mar 2009 IN GAMES & QUIZZES | COMMENTS
Rate President Obama's green stimulus projects on a scale of one to ten.+ READ MORE
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4 Mar 2009 IN ALTER ECO | COMMENTS
It takes specialists to spray eco insulation into the walls of the HQ house in Los Feliz, and this means the green team has the week off! Angela, Boise & Darren visit an eco surf shop in Venice to test out bio-foam surf boards.+ READ MORE
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3 Mar 2009 IN WA$TED! | COMMENTS
Glynis is very interested in making her household eco-friendly but doesn't know where to start.+ READ MORE
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10 Feb 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
If you think hot water via the sun is impossible in the winter, think again. You just might want to consider whipping up a solar heated water kettle from recycled plastic bottles. It's a great way to use the sun in your favor, especially when camping, since it works even when temperatures are...+ READ MORE
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9 Feb 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Amazing vehicle gas mileage doesn't always come out of a large manufacturing plant. In fact, sometimes it comes right out of a small garage or workshop in the suburbs!+ READ MORE
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3 Feb 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
Patagonia is awesome. The company has made organically grown goods for well over 10 years—way before the modern green movement was in full force. And there's no greenwashing here: they work rigorously to minimize the impact clothing production has on the environment by using solar power,...+ READ MORE
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