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Japan Finds Vast Reserves of Rare Earth Minerals That Could Be Used to Make Solar Panels and Other Electronics
08/29/2011by Brit Liggett filed under: green gadgets, green technology, News Japan just announced that they’ve discovered a deposit of rare earth…
Read MoreWill Sheep Dogs Return for Post-Peak Oil Farming?
08/29/2011by Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC, USA Food & Health (food) As a kid growing up in England, I occasionally used to…
Read MoreOff the Grid, Where the Living Is Good
08/29/2011By CRAIG LEISHER Three weeks ago, my wife and I moved with our three boys, two cats, five bikes and canoe…
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DIY: Make Your Own Shower Mat Out of Recycled Wine Corks!
08/29/2011by Diane Pham filed under: DIY, Green Products, Recycled Materials If you’re a consumer of fine wines, then you know that…
Read MoreGOP Rep Seeks to Stop Kids from Learning about Energy Efficiency
08/26/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York Business & Politics The Tea Party crowd’s aversion to better energy efficiency standards for light…
Read MoreSacred N.M. Mountain Remains at Center of Uranium Fight
08/26/2011By APRIL REESE of Greenwire GRANTS, N.M. — With Mount Taylor looming in the distance, western New Mexico citizens, elected leaders,…
Read MoreEffort to Remove Prospect Park West Bike Lane Is Rejected
08/26/2011A judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort by Brooklyn residents to remove a hotly contested bicycle lane installed by the city…
Read MoreHannah Learner Uses Repurposed Fabrics to Create Zero-Waste Fashion
08/26/2011MADE OVER Although Learner didn’t enroll in Timo Rissanen’s zero-waste program at Parsons—”I double-majored in journalism, so class-scheduling is a puzzle,”…
Read MoreThe Post Recession Fashion Industry: Sewing Circle Rebellion
08/26/2011by Amy DuFault in Fashion SeriesPart 4: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers…
Read MoreCSR With Hotel Soap and “Clean the World”
08/26/2011By Akhila Vijayaraghavan Have you ever given much thought to what happens to those little bars of soap that you come…
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