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By Exposing Participants to Infuriating Computer Activities, Scientists Pro
2008-06-06 11:00:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Many of us have been there at one time or another: working in an office or room with empty, white walls. It can make you want to a)... More About: Computer , Activities , Scientists
Eco Kids? Books: Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons
2008-06-06 04:50:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.16 years ago, Gail Gibbons wrote Recycle !: A Handbook for Kids , but not much has changed since then. Recycling is still an important... More About: Literature , Children , Books
Investors Are Buying Your Dinner, But How Will They Trade It?
2008-06-05 23:58:00 Most mainstream business reporting on the agricultural sector has recently focused on the socio-economic impact of rice shortages in southeast Asia or the global price spikes throughout the food... More About: Buying , Drink , Dinner , Trade , Investors
Obama?s Plan to Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence
2008-06-05 22:15:00 As Americans spend $41 million in foreign oil an hour and are left broke at the pump, what plan does Obama have to solve this problem? Oil is destined to be a heated issue in this upcoming... More About: Foreign , Reduce , Plan
ROI of Green Investments, Part 1
2008-06-05 21:51:00 Green investors often refer to the “triple bottom line”: What are the social benefits? What are the environmental benefits? What is the financial Return on Investment (ROI)? The first... More About: Green , Part , Investments
A Safe Non Toxic Bug Repellant for the Little One?s
2008-06-05 20:54:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. Fairy Tales all natural, organic hair care for children just launched their new ?Summer Hair Care? kit. Fairy Tales Hair Care has... More About: Safe , Toxic
Green Diva?s Guide to Fresh Style - Great Green Products: Wheatware
2008-06-05 20:47:00 With the summer coming on strong, I thought of Wheatware(TM) products, which were one of my ‘editor’s’ picks for the 2007 holiday issue of Relevant Times. I was so impressed,... More About: Reviews , Products , Green , Great , Style
Programmable Thermostats Save Money and Energy - EPA Shows You How
2008-06-05 20:45:00 As part of their year-long “Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR” campaign, EPA has launched a website to help you save money and and energy with your programmable thermostat. A... More About: Money , Save Money , Energy , Energy Efficiency , Save
Africa Backing Hydropower
2008-06-05 19:31:00 The quest for cleaner energy generation is one that is going to be a main focus for the next several decades. Without a doubt, humanity has finally realized that our insane overdependence on oil and... More About: Africa , Backing
Yearn Worthy Yarn: Be Sweet
2008-06-05 19:30:00 It warms my heart when I come across a company that touches all aspects of the triple bottom line - financial, social and environmental. It really gets my blood pumping when that company produces... More About: Sweet , Yarn , Worthy , Crochet
Seven Eco-friendly Options for Less Junky Junk Food
2008-06-05 19:27:00 I confess: as much as I wish I could say every meal I eat is as healthy as my quinoa and kale salad, sometimes I just have a craving for junk food. Ya know? When I first went vegetarian seven years... More About: Food , Options , Friendly , Junk , Junk Food
?Kick the Habit?, the Slogan to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
2008-06-05 18:54:00 “Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit,” UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon Ban said in a statement to mark the celebration of World Environment Day today. ?Kick the Habit?... More About: Italy , Carbon , Reduce , Carbon footprint , Slogan
Journals, Journals, Journals: Recycled, Upcycled, and Handmade
2008-06-05 17:30:00 Ah, the journal. I have about 5.2 billion of them scattered throughout the house, much to the annoyance of some other people who live here and don’t understand that when I ask for “the... More About: Shopping , Journals
Pearl Jam, Kanye West, Zero Carbon Emissions to Star at 2008 Bonnaroo
2008-06-05 17:20:00 If you thought the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was cool in years past, wait’ll you get a look at this year’s lineup … not only the talent on stage, but the starring... More About: Kanye West , Tennessee , Emissions , Carbon , West
Be Natural Without Giving Up Glam.
2008-06-05 16:02:00 Smart, safe, stylish and in sassy Summer shades! We all want gorgeous, polished looking nails but at what cost? The average nail polish is basically nothing more than a refined version of automobile... More About: Natural , Glam , Giving , Make-up
SoCal Edison?s New Tower of Power
2008-06-05 08:00:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.With all of the sunshine that we get here in Southern California , we should have solar panels everywhere soaking up all of the free (and... More About: Power , Los Angeles , Tower , Edison
Green, Eco Wooden Toys: Anamalz Organic Maple Poseable Animals
2008-06-05 05:49:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.Children are fascinated by animals. Perhaps they feel a closer connection to our furry friends than adults, or perhaps their fascination... More About: Toys , Animals , Green , Organic , Wooden
Appetite for Gratitude: How to Eat with Intention
2008-06-05 05:21:00 Someone once asked Sister Caroline Sullivan the question: ?Do you treat an onion the same way you treat a soul?? She quickly, enthusiastically, replied with a resounding ?yes.? Sullivan is on... More About: Gratitude , Intention
Why are People called CONSUMERS?
2008-06-05 05:01:00 When did we become “consumers”? How did it seep into our mainstream culture so that it’s commonplace to refer to each other as consumers? It’s pretty clear why people over... More About: People , Consumers
UW-Madison Students to Restore Bayou in New Orleans? Lower Ninth Ward
2008-06-05 03:49:00 This summer, a group of students from the University of Wisconsin -Madison plans to travel to New Orleans to help restore an urban wetland in the Lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood decimated by flooding... More About: Louisiana , Students
Center for Science in the Public Interest wants the FDA to Ban Artificial F
2008-06-05 02:37:00 Today’s Washington Post shared a story about the Center for Science in the Public Interest calling on the FDA to ban artificial food coloring because of a link to behavior problems and... More About: Health , Public interest
Schwarzenegger declares statewide drought, orders agencies to address Calif
2008-06-05 02:29:00 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought today, following two straight years of below-average rainfall, very low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered water transfer... More About: Address , Orders , Agencies , Drought
New South Dakota Oil Refinery One Step Closer to Reality
2008-06-05 01:48:00 First in America Since 1976 Voters have said yes to a zoning ordinance that would result in construction of the nation’s newest oil refinery in over 30 years. The highly contentious issue has... More About: Environment , Reality , South , South Dakota , Step
Latest Food News
2008-06-04 23:43:00 Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.The Latest on the Farm Bill Michael Pollan sent an email to his subscriber list with his take on the Farm Bill that was finally passed... More About: News , Food
7 Things To Do With Kids This Summer That You Usually Do Indoors Or How to
2008-06-04 22:22:00 A new report,Vitamin D Deficiency Puts 40% of U.S. Infants and Toddlers At Risk, just came out today with surprising, perhaps shocking news. At least 40 percent of American infants and toddlers... More About: Kids , Summer , Things
Five Green Things About the Green Festival
2008-06-04 22:15:00 As I strolled through the Great Hall at Navy Pier a few weeks ago, trying out samples of raw carob cookies from Karyn’s, a raw/vegan restaurant here in Chicago, I thought that I had died and... More About: Green , Festival , Things
WINDPOWER 2008: Nordex to Build US Production Facility
2008-06-04 21:55:00 Houston, TX - Another large wind turbine manufacturer has decided to get in on the incredible growth in the U.S. wind energy industry by building a new manufacturing facility. The German... More About: Production , Build , 2008
Here are 4 ways you may already be decreasing your environmental footprint!
2008-06-04 19:27:00 Here you sit reading Sustainablog and thinking about how you can change your life to be more eco-friendly, but maybe you are already doing things that decrease your environmental footprint and you... More About: Environmental
South Korea Trades Dirty Expressway for Amazing 6km Greenway
2008-06-04 19:11:00 The location for the modern capitol of South Korea was chosen over 600 years ago. The story of Seoul begins with a new dynasty, a monk, and a legendary stream. Around 1394, a band of monks was sent... More About: South Korea , Dirty , Amazing
Climate Change Causing Forced African Migration
More articles from this author:2008-06-04 18:35:00 With each passing year a new score of problems arise out of Earth?s changing climate. Whether you blame it on man, natural cycles or the crazy neighbor next door, the effects are unmistakable and... More About: Politics , Climate Change , Climate , Change , Forced 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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