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15 Best Online Boutiques for Eco Beauty
08/29/2011by Katherine Butler in Fashion Last year, we brought you some of our favorite online shops for green beauty. Since then…
Read MoreWilliam McDonough Interview: We Are Not a Green Standard, We Are a Quality Standard
08/29/2011By Jonathan Mariano Late last month at the Dwell on Design 2011 conference in Los Angeles, CA, we had the chance…
Read MoreJapan 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…
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…
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