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Why we love cool roofing
It seems that light-colored rooftops and roads really can curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change, according to a study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National… | Read the full article ›
By (43 days ago) 6 comments- People
- Steven Chu
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- Global warming, Greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, Global, National, Emissions, Land
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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 -
Green exercise healthier than techno-sweat
Where you exercise turns out to have measurable effects on physical and mental health. Exercising in a healthy, green environment significantly lowers blood pressure, increases… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (112 days ago) 5 comments -
Super Eco reads: Edible Estates
Have we convinced you yet that there are better things to do with the water, equipment, fuel, energy and pesticides that go into maintaining a traditional lawn? If we haven't, add… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (116 days ago) 4 comments- People
- Michael Pollan
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- Organic, Sustainable, Pesticides, Water
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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- Definitions
- Hybrid fuel technology, Emissions
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Making your neighborhood more neighborly
Seems like everyone we know, young and old, pines for the day when neighbors were more neighborly. These days, though, it seems that people don't have any idea what being… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (135 days ago) 3 comments -
Are no-touch, animal-free lifestyles cutting kids' heartstrings?
If humans have spent millions of years living lives inextricably linked with animals, what happens when we try to live without them? For children who've grown up without pets, we… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (144 days ago) 1 comment- Definitions
- Nature deficit disorder
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Guerrilla gardeners, liberating neglected margins
The term "Guerrilla gardening" has its roots in the neglected margins of Manhattan. In 1973, Liz Christy and her Guerrilla gardeners founded New York City's first community garden… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (163 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Victory Garden, Vermiculture, Sustainable, Soil erosion
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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 (177 days ago) 6 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 (181 days ago) 4 comments
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