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Cornell Study: Old Food System Used Less Energy
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. How much energy we use to produce food could be cut in half if Americans ate less and ate local foods, wolfed down less meat, dairy and junk food, and used more traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Green Lifestyle
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Washington Starts Work on GHG Reporting Rule
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. The Washington Department of Ecology is developing a system for the state’s large sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) to report their climate-changing emissions, according to an Aug. 5 press release.
Posted in Air, Climate Change, Regulation
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Students to Develop Solutions to Global Water Crisis in First Annual "Aspen Design Challenge"
Read the press release. AIGA, the professional association for design, today issued an ambitious call to the next generation of creative thinkers in its first annual Aspen Challenge, “Designing Water’s Future.” In association with INDEX: and Circle of Blue, the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards & contests, Schools
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The latest issue of GreenBuzz
For a full-color, graphic version of this newsletter, go to http://greenbiz.com/enewsletter. From Sprawl to Smart Growth: Sacramento as a Case Study By Matthew Wheeland http://greenbiz.com/podcast/2008/08/14/from-sprawl-to-smart-growth Mike McKeever, the executive director of the Sacramento Council of Governments, talks to GreenBiz Radio … Continue reading
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More Energy-Efficient Ethanol
Read the full story in Technology Review. Making corn ethanol is an energy-intensive process, requiring fossil fuels to grow and harvest corn and to power the production plant. To make the process more energy efficient, researchers at Washington University are … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Energy, Research
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Metabolix grows bioplastics in switchgrass
Read the full story at News.com. Bioplastics company Metabolix has devised what it hopes is an efficient way to manufacture its product: growing grass. The company on Monday said that it has has created “significant amounts” of its bioplastic by … Continue reading
Posted in Plastics, Research, Sustainable Design
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GEOS: The First Fossil Fuel Free Community in The USA
Read the full post at Inhabitat. The United States’ first net-zero community is coming soon to Arvada Colorado! Dubbed Geos, the development will employ a sterling roster of alternative energy strategies to cut its consumption fossil fuels and become completely … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Green Lifestyle, Renewable Energy
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Editorial: Corn-Phone
Read the full New York Times editorial. Bioplastic, a material derived from corn that is used in a new Samsung “eco-phone,” requires special handling in recycling, which makes it energy inefficient.
Champion Cyclist and Now Champion Guzzler of Austin Water
Read the full story in the New York Times. Lance Armstrong’s household has been revealed as one of the biggest individual users of water in a city definitely short on rain.
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How to Avoid Eco-Fatigue
Read the full story in Advertising Age. People are getting sick. A wave of green fatigue, eco-exhaustion and environmental anxiety is spreading among consumers. Overwhelmed by choices, disgusted by corporate hype and living with the fear their efforts will never … Continue reading
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