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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 (7 days ago) 3 comments

  Companies

  Google

  Definitions

  Carbon footprint

  Web News

  obsessable.com (1 comment) , googleblog.blogspot.com 

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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 (11 days ago) 0 comments
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  Gleaning urban produce for the hungry

  We've talked recently about companies who dump surplus stock with no thought to the social and environmental consequences. Now, here's the flip side: teams that glean unused fruit… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (12 days ago) 1 comment

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  Recycling, Whole foods

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  Fewer cars hitting the road

  Are cars going the way of the dodo? Not any time soon—but it does appear that U.S. automobile numbers have entered a new era of decline. The number of cars scrapped finally… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (68 days ago) 0 comments

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  Sustainable, Carbon footprint, Eco-friendly

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  What NOT to curbside recycle

  You're only a decade or two late, Lakewood City Council members. Bring on the curbside recycling containers already! Hold on. They already are. Pinch me! Lakewood is finally… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (162 days ago) 0 comments

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  Recycling, Post-consumer recycled, Plastic recycling codes, Conservation, Toxicity, battery

  Web News

  green.yahoo.com (136 comments) 

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  Chem-free rat and roach control

  I swear I'm not a scumbag, so please don't judge me by the rat lodging in my couch-bed and the cockroaches raiding my utensil tray. Scout's Honor, I (lightly) clean once a… | Read the full article ›

  By Kim Lachance Shandrow (188 days ago) 1 comment

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  Chemical safety concerns, Invasive pests, Organic, Cleaning products, Fair trade

  Web News

  miamiherald.com 

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  Paying for the privilege of walking

  Walking: it's eco-friendly, it's healthy and it's free—or so we thought. But the original form of free transportation may not be so cheap after all. It turns out that… | Read the full article ›

  By Lisa Poisso (202 days ago) 1 comment

  Definitions

  Sustainable, Eco-friendly

  Web News

  mnn.com (2 comments) , grist.org (4 comments) 

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  Feature How to eco-mitigate bed bugs

  We are in the midst of the largest, most widespread, bed bug outbreak since WWII. This outbreak caused the EPA to hold a  National Bed Bug Summit on April 14 and 15 in… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (211 days ago) 0 comments
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  Let's go dumpster diving!

  Most people think, swimming pool/dumpster and ask why? MacroSea looks at a dumpster, thinks swimming pool and says why not? Seriously, why not? The term, dumpster diving, gets an… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (236 days ago) 0 comments
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  Feature How to grow a vertical vegetable garden

  Vertical vegetable victory garden, I dare you to say that ten times fast! It seems that really good ideas never go completely out of fashion and windowsill gardening is one of… | Read the full article ›

  By Lucy Meskill (240 days ago) 4 comments

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  Carbon footprint, Composting, Heirloom plant, Locavore, Organic, Slow Food, Sustainable, Victory Garden