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Eco-Friendly Curb Appeal By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2008 The bold aesthetics of the ultra-modern South London dream house on World's Greenest Homes stands out in its traditional-looking neighborhood.An attractive designer wind turbine can turn your roof from "meh!" to 'whoa!' while providing a substantial portion of your home's power.Although form mostly follows function with + READ MORE

World's Greenest Homes Episode: Dulwich By Team Planet Green IN Worlds Greenest Homes Jun 23 2008 In south London, Host Emmanuel Belliveau explores a timber frame home that is nothing like the Victorian-terraced homes surrounding it. Next, Emmanuel travels to New York and finds a couple who converted a rundown building in Harlem into a beautiful... + READ MORE

Meet Nicola Giuggioli Of Eco, The Ethical Design Store In London By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 21 2008 Welcome to Planet Green's series about Change Makers.Explaining to people that this is not a cyclical phenomenon, we are really destroying the place we live in. It is not a problem for people that will come in 500 years; this is our problem and the effects are going to be on our children's shoulders, so lets take action + READ MORE

Meet Daniel Sieberg By Team Planet Green IN G Word May 5 2008 Daniel Sieberg joined CBS News as the network's science and technology correspondent in December 2006. He contributes to the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, the CBS Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Radio and CBSNews.com. Sieberg has reported on... + READ MORE

Meet Lea Simpson of Unchained, a Guide to Independent Shops By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Apr 2 2008 Welcome to Planet Green's series about Change Makers.For example, two weeks ago I sat in an antique shop in Islington, drinking cherry tea with the shop owner's dog curled up in my lap as we chatted.I also meet... + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Sonya Kashmiri, Ethical Accessories Designer By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Feb 20 2008 Today, we're going to meet Sonya Kashmiri, who has created her own eponymous line of fashion accessories.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are creating a more sustainable world through their work and personal lives. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Nicolai Petersen of Ethical Business Index Actics By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Feb 6 2008 Today, we're going to meet Nicolai Petersen of the online ethical business index Actics.The most important eco-aspect of my work is: to build a platform to share best practice and empower all ethically minded people through the power of the Internet to commit companies, organizations and public personalities to their... + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Paul Weinstein Of Truly Organic Apparel By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jan 23 2008 Today, we're going to meet Paul Weinstein of Tenfold Organic Textiles.The most rewarding part of my work is: knowing that we are making a difference in how consumers and businesses look at textiles, and [by] encouraging them to ask questions about the total impact of the product, including processing.The results I... + READ MORE

Detox Your Body By Lloyd Alter IN Food & Health Jan 15 2008 London Smog 1952 Devra Davis, the director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is, according to Nancy White of The Star, a blue-chip cancer epidemiologist with a Grade A scientific pedigree: a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, a decade at the National Academy of... + READ MORE

Create a Cookbook Library: The Gate Vegetarian Cookbook By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 9 2008 I got this cookbook for Christmas and I'm thoroughly enjoying reading through it. There are lots of great photographs in the book and it makes deciding what to cook all the more difficult.Over the next few weeks I'll be going back to this book and I expect I'll be sharing more recipes from The Gate. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Charlie Cornelius of Iglu Organic Restaurant By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jan 9 2008 Today, we're going to meet Charlie Cornelius from Edinburgh in Scotland.There are some great new organic Scottish premium lagers and local ciders which also help reduce the amount of glass waste.One thing I do every week is: go through the local suppliers and order our ingredients from the nearest suppliers, organic... + READ MORE

Best of 2007: Do It On A Bike By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Dec 28 2007 We are big on bikes, all year round; it is quick, easy, healthy and low on carbon. I thought from personal experience that a few suggestions were missing in our earlier post, so I've added them in a whole other post.If you are not going to take our advice and use your bike outside all winter, at least put it to use by... + READ MORE

Meet Change Makers Tim Ingle and David Rhode of Ingle & Rhode, The Ethical Jeweller By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 27 2007 Today, we're going to meet David Rhode and Tim Ingle from London.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are creating a more sustainable world through their work and personal lives. + READ MORE

Dispose of Unwanted Medication Safely By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Dec 20 2007 Flushing your unpopped pills down the toilet can cause more than plumbing problems. Because sewage plants are designed to treat biodegradable organic waste, and not pharmaceuticals, the chemicals in consumer products can slip past treatment and remain in the effluent that spills into the lakes, rivers, or the ocean, as + READ MORE

Meet Change Makers Naresh Ramchandani and Andy Hobsbawm Of Green Thing By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 12 2007 Today, we're going to meet Naresh Ramchandani and Andy Hobsbawm from London.One thing we do every week is: think about the things we could do to make more of the fantastically creative content and features Green Thing needs to be the world's most desired and talked-about environmental initiative, which in turn will... + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Hugh Bowring Of Footprint Environmental Solutions By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Nov 29 2007 Today we're going to meet Hugh Bowring from the West Midlands in the United Kingdom.I think everyone can: get the best out of life without taking the best out of the planet. :: Footprint Environmental Solutions Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer questions about how they are... + READ MORE

Ride Your Bike All Winter: Part 1 By Lloyd Alter IN Tech & Transport Nov 26 2007 Winters aren't as harsh as they used to be, so why not try to bike all winter? Most crucially of all, allow yourself to feel stupendously smug on arrival: Making sure your helmet is visible-if in any doubt, carry on wearing it and then feign forgetfulness-ask your friends/colleagues about their bus, tube or... + READ MORE