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  10 things we should clean regularly

  Here is a list of 10 items, or categories, that need to be cleaned regularly and are often neglected:Those wonderful green, reusable shopping bags which, if we do not wash them… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (13 days ago) 7 comments
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  From Urban Decay to Farming Heyday

  On the fringes of what was once touted as the "Paris of the West," "Motor City" and "Motown," Detroit's outlying areas have long suffered from profound vacancy issues. … | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (30 days ago) 6 comments

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  Victory Garden, Conservation, Biodiversity, Organic

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  Largest Oil Leak in Midwest History

  These are some mighty dark days for oil. In the wake of the still unfolding BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, news of another massive oil spill in the U.S. is mighty bad news… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (36 days ago) 7 comments

  Companies

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Web News

  detnews.com , battlecreekenquirer.com , edition.cnn.com , freep.com , TreeHugger 

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  Feature How we can green our Summer

  Summertime is here and it's time to get our green in gear. Typically summer is a time where we waste a great number of resources, like water to fuel our summer fun and energy to… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (63 days ago) 12 comments
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  Joining hands in peaceful protest

  People all across the country will be joining Hands Across The Sand tomorrow. Hands Across The Sand is a movement that inspires people everywhere, to transcend their social borders… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (70 days ago) 13 comments

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  Conservation, Marine conservation

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  10 ways to recycle 1000 mugs

  A website called, How Can I Recycle This, asks the question: "How do I recycle 1000 mugs?" Super Eco has some suggestions. Well, here goes: Drill a hole in the bottom of each mug… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (100 days ago) 5 comments

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  Local, Recycling, Glass, Plastic, Zero waste, Reuse, Upcycling

  Web News

  topsy.com , guardian.co.uk: Environment (1 comment) , How can I recycle this? (1 comment) 

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  C2C launches GPII

  "The time is now for us to go beyond simply being less bad and to lead the world in the invention and innovation of more good with Cradle to Cradle products and a prosperous Cradle… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (101 days ago) 2 comments

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  Cradle To Cradle

  People

  Rosario Dawson, Michael Braungart

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  Sustainable, Non-profit

  Web News

  triplepundit.com , TreeHugger , ecofabulous 

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  The look of a bicycling city

  Ever wondered what a city that commutes by bicycle would look like?There's no better cure for hump day apathy than this vision of commuters in The Netherlands headed to work on… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (107 days ago) 5 comments
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  The aftermath of a car-free experiment

  Kurt Hoelting's The Circumference of Home is less remarkable as a memoir of the author's radically car-free year than it is as perspective on his return to "civilization." A… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (130 days ago) 2 comments

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  Hybrid fuel technology, Emissions

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  Plastic bag bans, gaining ground

  We have all seen 'em,--and I daresay, at one time or another, used and abused 'em--those ubiquitous trash bags usually labeled "Thank You" that are often spied waving wildly at us… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (137 days ago) 10 comments

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  Pollutants, Recycling, Sustainable