Suburbs News
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Google Maps now suggests bicycle routes
You want ride your bike, but you simply have no idea how to go about finding a safe route. Sound familiar? Google is coming to the rescue with new Google Maps options deliver… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (8 days ago) 3 comments- Companies
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- Carbon footprint
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Feature How to foster green biodiversity
In 1894 John Muir wrote: "When California was wild, it was one sweet bee-garden throughout its entire length, north and south, and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (12 days ago) 0 comments -
Fishing for cleaner pools
Reeking, slimy swimming pools don't exactly attract potential buyers poking through foreclosed homes. But a creative code compliance team in Florida has come up with a… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (195 days ago) 3 comments- Definitions
- Eco-friendly, Water filtration, Water
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San Francisco's everywhere garden
In the spirit of Spin Gardening and Green Roof initiatives popping up in urban areas all around the country, Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ordered a passive-space land… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (250 days ago) 1 comment- Definitions
- Conservation, Eco-friendly, Food, Global, Global warming, Green building, Organic, Soil, Victory Garden
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- Digg: Environment
, motherjones.com (4 comments)
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Pick your own at a farm near you
It's strawberry time across most of the U.S. Strawberries are easy to pick (only a little backbreaking) and for a few hours' work you'll be rewarded with heaps of the reddest,… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (293 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Organic
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Feature How to start a kitchen garden
"Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself...Henry David Thoreau"One of the most important resources that a garden makes… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (294 days ago) 4 comments- Definitions
- Victory Garden, Organic, Slow Food, Composting
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Visual proof: suburban emissions have us seeing red
It doesn't get any more obvious than this: new maps showing the where carbon emissions based on driving are the highest have splashed what we might dub Five-Alarm Red across… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (295 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Carbon impact, Carbon footprint, Emissions, Eco-friendly, Greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, Global warming
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- cnt.org
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New homes getting smaller
Death to the McMansion! We didn't need six bedrooms anyway, did we? Or a media room. Or a kitchen the size of Delaware. Good thing, because the home-building industry is building… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (296 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Carbon footprint
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Daimler Buys 10% Stake in Tesla Motors
Daimler taking a "double digit millions" 10% stake in "battery agnostic" Tesla Motors.TreeHugger: http://bit.ly/17sRyc | Read the full article ›
By Judith Meskill (300 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Alternative energy
- Web News
- TreeHugger , EcoGeek (1 comment) , Yahoo! Green
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5 DIY greenhouse ideas
Sure, it's probably warmed up where you live. Your garden looks great and those seeds you planted last month (or even got a jumpstart on indoors) have sprouted and are getting… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (301 days ago) 0 comments
How to green your detergent usage
Leon666 on Take My House: green your wallpaper