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Fight Fear: 13 Optimistic Acts for Friday the 13th 13 Nov 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT \| COMMENTS At least once, and as many as three times, every year, Friday falls on the 13th day of the month. If that makes you a bit nervous, you might have a case of paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. You could stay indoors all day, hoping you don't slip in the shower or start a...+ READ MORE	{ }
This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on...Air? 12 Nov 2009 IN FOOD & HEALTH \| COMMENTS Air pollution has an obvious and powerful effect on our health. Asthma, heart disease, and even appendicitis have been linked to poor air quality. What has not been obvious is the effect low air quality has on the health of our brains.+ READ MORE	{ }
10 Reasons to Really Love Trees (as if You Didn't Already) 3 Nov 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Why be a friend to the trees? If nothing else, there's a little something I like to call survival.+ READ MORE	{ }
What's My Cheeseburger Got to Do with Deforestation and Changing Weather Patterns? 21 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT \| COMMENTS Three scary connections, three ways to turn things around.+ READ MORE	{ }
Wood Frame Building Guide 20 Oct 2009 IN GREEN-MATERIALS-GUIDE \| COMMENTS Wood frame is traditional balloon or platform wood frame construction. America was built on wood frame construction; it is fast, cheap and very efficient in its use of materials. The 2x4 stud with the 4' x8" sheet of ply is the ultimate modular building system.+ READ MORE	{ }
Project Censored: Four Of the Year's Most Important Environment Stories That You Probably Haven't Read 19 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT \| COMMENTS Every year, Project Censored compiles the 25 most important but under-reported stories of the year. This year, some urgent environmental issues are included, and if you consider yourself concerned about the environment, you really should know about them. + READ MORE	{ }
How to Go Green: Books (for Authors) 15 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT \| COMMENTS Authors looking to green have several auctions. Get started with our guide on How to Go Green: Books for Authors.+ READ MORE	{ }
A Tree Falls in Queens: What Does it Mean When a 600-Year-Old Great White Oak Decides to Rot? 9 Oct 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS \| COMMENTS A landmark tree has been cut down in New York City. + READ MORE	{ }
Destroying Ecosytems is Bad Business, Big Companies Invest in Nature 8 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT \| COMMENTS It's not just environmentalists anymore who are concerned about nature. The business community is increasingly looking to invest in species and habitat conservation, recognizing that nature offers resources and services that are worth more to us than destroyed ecosystems are.+ READ MORE	{ }
How to Enjoy the Changing, Falling Leaves the Eco-friendly Way 27 Sep 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS \| COMMENTS On an over-paved planet, falling leaves often don't get to complete their cycle.+ READ MORE	{ }
In Denver Today? Go Plant A Tree! 9 Sep 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS \| COMMENTS The Monolith music festival will be filled with the hottest in music and the greenest in green--including planting live trees in downtown Denver.+ READ MORE	{ }
5 Free Green Ways to Reverse Summer Skin and Hair Damage 21 Aug 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY \| COMMENTS Seems we’re often attempting to mimic nature when paying big bucks for beautifying treatments. You spend wads of cash trying to get a “natural” spray tan glow—the more expensive, the more seemingly “natural.” You dedicate hours out of your day at the local hair salon trying to transform your locks...+ READ MORE	{ }
Branch Out: Use Tree Limbs and Twigs in Your Design 17 Aug 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Several years ago we had to take down our large, sprawling. Then, this past winter, a limb from a tree in the yard behind our home came down under the weight of heavy snow and ice. So we have our fair share of wood, branches and twigs—far more than we use in our fireplace. What to do with all that...+ READ MORE	{ }
Why Ancient Forests are Important to the Ecosystem and Why We Need to Protect Them 5 Aug 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS \| COMMENTS Old growth forests are essential to biodiversity and absorbing human carbon emissions, yet "Rare is the forest untouched by man," writes David Biello in Scientific American. "Whether logging or clearing land for agriculture, the bulk of the world's forests have fallen to crops, cattle or younger...+ READ MORE	{ }
Harvesting the Urban Forest: The Value and Drawbacks of Using Backyard Wood 24 Jul 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN \| COMMENTS Steve Thomas is the host of Planet Green's Renovation Nation, a program that focuses on making green renovations to homes across the country.He wanted to utilize ash and red oak from his own acreage and it was about 2.5 times more expensive to use his own wood that it was to buy wood.+ READ MORE	{ }

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