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Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests
Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests
Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian , surely...
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Endangered and Threatened Species That are Apparently Delicious (Please Don’t Eat Them)
Endangered and Threatened Species That are Apparently Delicious (Please Don’t Eat Them)
Credit: Giant Salamander Protection International It’s polite to ask before eating the last cookie, or the last piece of cheese, or the last animal of its kind on Earth. Actually, you can’t have permission for that last one: you can’t eat endangered species. You’re just asking...
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EPA Head: Environmental Protection is Good for Economic Growth
In Monday’s speech to the National Press Club, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson underscored a consistent message: Environmental protection helps to improve economic growth, not impedes it. Jackson went on to say environmental spending is… Original post:  EPA Head: Environmental Protection...
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Posted by admin in Earth, Eco, Green on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
New System Rates Home Energy Efficiency
Similar to the miles per gallon rating for cars, a group in Oregon has created Energy Performance Score to allow home buyers a way of measuring the energy efficiency of their new house. For all participating homes, both the energy usage and carbon emissions are calculated from electricity and natural...
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Learn to ‘Shift Your Habit’
“The true heart and soul of living green is efficiency.” The opening line of Elizabeth Rogers’ new book Shift Your Habit says it perfectly – the paradoxical combination of going green and actually saving money is actually quite simple when outlined step by step, room by room...
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Your Top Glass Questions Answered
In January, we asked our Facebook followers to send us their questions about glass recycling. We combined this with some of the more common questions we get via email and sought out the opinions of municipal recycling programs, industry leaders and other experts for the most qualified answers. Enjoy!...
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Inside Plastic Bans
San Francisco made history when it became the first city to officially ban plastic shopping bags in 2007, making it a pioneer of a rapidly growing trend – the outlawing of common to-go plastic products, such as bags and foam polystyrene containers. In many cases, the main objective when passing...
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Posted by admin in Business, Earth, Eco, Environment, Green on 03 6th, 2010 | No Comments
OFIS Architecture proposes a solar-powered earthquake-proof tower for Armenia
OFIS Architecture proposes a solar-powered earthquake-proof tower for Armenia
Eco Factor: Sustainable tower embraces renewable energy and energy conservation. OFIS Architecture has proposed a next-gen “All Seasons Tent Tower” as a part of the Mercedes-Benz hotel tower competition for the city of Yerevan, Armenia. The tower features two terraced cylindrical towers where the...
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Posted by admin in Eco, Environment on 03 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Wind Up Socket is one easy way to save energy
Wind Up Socket is one easy way to save energy
Eco Factor: Concept socket switches off appliances after a specified interval. For all those who are tired of systems that keep alerting them about the energy being consumed in their house and the appliances that are still plugged in, industrial designers Dongwon Joo and Jieun Choi have come up with...
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Posted by in Earth, Environment on 03 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Cool Roofs and Earth Tube Air Conditioning in Renew Magazine
Cool Roofs and Earth Tube Air Conditioning in Renew Magazine
Installing earth tubes at Aldo Leopold Center. Photo: from Renew magazine Dumb Roofs Renew magazine for Jan - Mar covers a lot of ground in its 106 pages on “technology for a sustainable future.” But for me the stand-out article covers a subject dear to my heart. The dumbest idea in Australian...
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