Microsoft Moving Towards Carbon Neutrality
May 9, 2012 9:50 AM - Microsoft has committed to become carbon neutral beginning on July 1, the start of the company's new fiscal year. The shift results from three years of internal discussions within the company to improve Microsoft's ...
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Getting Instant Cash...Off the Grid
May 8, 2012 10:14 AM - Many of us in the West take for granted our state-of-the-art banking systems, which make it very easy to deposit and withdraw cash. Every little town has a bank, and in the city there is practically one around the ...
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Major Apartment Air Quality Issue: Tobacco Smoke
May 4, 2012 10:26 AM - One of the reasons that smoking has been banned in so many places in cities like New York is because the population density is so high. There are people everywhere you look, many of whom feel their right to privacy ...
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Are there toxic chemicals in your gardening equipment and supplies?
May 4, 2012 7:45 AM - Spring time is here and a lot of people are indulging in gardening. But did you know that there are a lot of chemicals that may be harmful to your health in your gardening supplies?
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Maharishi University of Management's Sustainable Living Center Net Energy Producer!
May 3, 2012 3:01 PM - Maharishi University of Management's new Sustainable Living Center, which opened recently, has the distinction of being one of the few net-zero energy buildings in the country—it will produce as much if not more ...
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Ford to EV Dealers: Meet Environmental Requirements
May 1, 2012 9:55 AM - An environmentally friendly car dealership? Like "responsible drinking," or "Walmart organic food," that term at first may sound like an oxymoron. Ford Motor, however, is not only rolling out new electric vehicles ...
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Campaign groups clash over onshore wind turbine report
May 1, 2012 9:48 AM - A new report by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) highlights the dramatic roll-out of onshore wind turbines and calls on the Government to do more to protect the countryside. The campaign group says that ...
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The Atlantic Cup Presented by 11th Hour Racing Announces Green Initiatives for all Three Legs of its Upcoming Class 40 Race
April 25, 2012 11:13 AM - With less than a month until the start of the second annual 2012 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, Manuka Sports Event Management, is pleased to announce their ecological plans to run the first carbon ...
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Sharing a car is great, but watch the potential liability!
April 25, 2012 8:23 AM - Call it whatever you like – the sharing economy, collaborative consumption, the peer-to-peer marketplace, the access economy – but there is no denying that the idea of renting other people’s stuff or loaning out your ...
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The Price is Right for Wind Power
April 24, 2012 8:11 AM - Generating wind energy is more than twice as cheap as solar photovoltaic (PV) energy production, a study of alternative energy in six developing countries has found.
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McGreen, the Greening of McDonald's
April 23, 2012 11:18 AM - Can McDonald's and "Best of Green" be in the same sentence? At first it sounds like the mockumentary sequel to Best in Show. After all, those big golden arches are not only easy to see from the road, they are still ...
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Make Earth Day count and start doing things to help all year long
April 22, 2012 9:30 AM - Earth Day is a great opportunity to appreciate the planet that provides for us all year long. Sierra Club Green Home has seven simple things you can do for the environment this weekend, and hopefully you will ...
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Car emissions claim more UK lives than road accidents, study finds
April 20, 2012 12:33 PM - Emissions from cars, lorries, planes and power stations causes 13,000 premature deaths in the UK each year, according to a new study by MIT researchers. The research team analyzed data from 2005, the most recent year ...
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Are straw bales the future of sustainable building?
April 20, 2012 10:02 AM - Straw bale is a low impact, low carbon building material making strides towards mainstream acceptance. So is it about time we took notice? As designers and homeowners look for imaginative ways to help reduce their ...
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Are "improved" Cookstoves in Pakistan better than the traditional ones?
April 20, 2012 7:43 AM - Programmes to provide rural Pakistani households with so-called improved cookstoves have had a muted response due to a lack of awareness among target communities — particularly among the women who do the cooking, a ...
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