By: ortabluteam2

How Dry Can Our Climate Get? Africa’s Lake Victoria Dried Up… 17,000 Years Ago
03/04/2011

Science & Technology (science) Take this next one as a sign of how dry the climate has gotten and could get,…

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Do Large Cities Reverse Climate Change, Population Explosion?
03/04/2011

Design & Architecture Big Cities of the Future: LA in BladeRunner Sarah Barmak writes in Corporate Knights, “the Magazine for Clean…

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Are Plastic Bags the Greenest Option After All?
03/04/2011

Business & Politics I must admit I have never really understood the environmentalist obsession with plastic bags. As I noted in…

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Global Investments In Clean Energy to Hit $240 Billion in 2011
03/04/2011

Business & Politics Who’s missing from the lede of this Reuters story? It begins: “Brazil, China and India are expected to…

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Abu Dhabi Celebrates Plastic-Bag-Free Weekend
03/04/2011

Business & Politics Jamilah the camel is the symbol of the anti-plastic-bag campaign in the UAE. It may be better known…

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FlexNatür – Designing Condos For Flexibility And Change
03/04/2011

Design & Architecture Studies have shown that multifamily housing in transit oriented neighbourhoods is the most energy efficient, and that more…

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Imagine Eating to Lose Weight (and Save Money)
03/04/2011

Ready for what may be the cheapest and least time-consuming weight-loss technique of all time? Imagine eating a lot of a…

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Heinz Adopts Coca-Cola PlantBottles
03/03/2011

Starting this summer, Heinz ketchup will be appearing in plant-based bottles developed by Coke. The Coca-Cola Company and H.J. Heinz yesterday…

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Improving Office Life With Chic Furniture That Integrates Plants
03/03/2011

From our friends at Fast Company, “bridging the fuzzy border between design and business.” There are countless reasons why your indoor…

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75% of world`s coral reefs currently under threat, new analysis finds
03/03/2011

A new comprehensive analysis finds that 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are currently threatened by local and global pressures….

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