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Upcycled Booklight Gives New Life to Discarded Literature
07/08/2011

by Lea Bogdan filed under: Bright Ideas, Green Lighting, Green Lighting, Recycled Materials Dutch architect Anja Verdonk juxtaposes the oldest forms…

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Eco Style West Vol. 16
07/08/2011

by Rowena Ritchie in Fashion Sustainable style news from EcoSalon’s West Coast fashion correspondent. Pedal Pushers — Portland eco label Nau’s…

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Steampunk Shower Tower Demonstrates the Next Big Green Building Trend, “Mechanical Expressionism”
07/08/2011

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto Design & Architecture images credit EmmeGroup I don’t know why architects bury plumbing behind walls when it…

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UN: Companies Struggle with Climate Adaptation Planning
07/07/2011

Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report…

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Bill Gates Invests in Waste-to-Fuel Plant in Ghana
07/07/2011

Bill Gates has turned his philanthropic sights to cleaner energy solutions in developing countries and his current pet project is a…

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Decentralized energy can truly deliver power to the people
07/07/2011

Recent months have seen energy policy develop at breakneck speed. A raft of announcements on Electricity and Retail Market Reform, an…

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Customs Duty Slash to Benefit Indian Textile Industry
07/07/2011

On June 24, Indian Government’s Empowered Group of Ministers slashed the customs duty on crude oil and other petroleum products which…

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Swedish firm develops alternative eco-treatments
07/07/2011

STOCKHOLM – Swedish textile firm OrganoClick has developed two new fabric finishing treatments that the company hopes will help reduce the…

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A Year in Vintage: The Spirit of ‘76
07/07/2011

by K. Emily Bond in Shelter In 1976, Farrah Fawcett was hot. So was that hammock. In celebration of national independence,…

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Rustic Estudio Cinco is Modern Masterpiece Made of 100% Salvaged Materials
07/07/2011

by Tafline Laylin filed under: Architecture, Art, gallery The rustic Estudio Cinco gallery and art studio in Cuernavaca City, Mexico is…

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