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“Ism coined by Elffers & Schwarz stands for green and more”
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www.nostrodomus.fr - April 7, 10:26 AM

Bamboo the sustainable alternative to wood

In the Children's Department of the Seattle Central Library you'll see a blond bamboo floor, warm, light and bright.


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okanaganinstitute.com - January 1, 4:28 PM

Okanagan Institute | Jude's Kitchen

FRESH, SEASONAL, LOCAL INGREDIENTS Recipes for simple good food all year long

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blogs.usda.gov (via @futureagadvisor) - December 16, 2011 7:15 PM

USDA Blog » Organic 101: What Organic Farming (and Processing) Doesn’t Allow

Organic farming. Educate yourself.http://t.co/6xYcJQbW Blog courtesy of @USDA...
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www.javamediagroup.com (via @Glenn52) - December 16, 2011 7:13 PM

Organic Vegetable Gardening Produces Delicious and Nutritious Vegetables | javamediagroup.com

Have you ever thought about growing your own vegetables? You can go out your door and pick what you need with organic vegetable gardening.
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www.grist.org - October 24, 2011 5:18 PM

Tearing down urban freeways to make room for a new bicycle economy

TAKE THE BIKE ON THE LIGHTRAIL OR TRAIN

 

Elly Blue: "Demolishing the inefficient, destructive freeways that divide American cities can free up space and funding for world-class bicycle infrastructure."

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www.sciencedaily.com - September 19, 2011 12:11 PM

Chemists develop fully biodegradable and recyclable synthetic resin

Modern synthetic resins are made from fossil sources, are not biodegradable and can only be burned under strict precautions due to the release of toxic substances.
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techcrunch.com - June 20, 2011 11:39 AM

Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Grants $1.5M To Turn Human Waste Into Biofuel

TURNING HUMAN WASTE INTO BIOFUEL tackles two problems of developing countries: unsafe water and a lack of affordable energy. Some people's s..t doesn't smell, or if it does it's of a whole new order.
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organiclandscapers.org - May 23, 2011 7:19 PM

Coalition Of Organic Landscape Professionals

My yard is pesticide free, my neighbors kill all plants with poison. I have a #ladybug sign in my yard to spread the love for organic gardening, but they don't get it. What to do?
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www.communitygarden.org - May 23, 2011 7:30 PM

American Community Gardening Association

It's been years since I participated in the ACGA Conference in Seattle but I still remember many of the workshops and lectures! Community Garden(er)s are where it's at!
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - May 23, 2011 10:37 AM

Drive to drop paper coffee cup brews in Seattle

Why not make the option to BYOC attractive? Drop 5,10,25 cents on a cup of Joe or tea on the Go. Bring your own cup save a buck!
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fvsf.tumblr.com (via @FactingFood) - May 22, 2011 7:14 PM

Do you buy at your locally owned co-op? Fact Versus Fiction, Who Owns all of The Organic Companies?

Who Owns all of The Organic Companies?
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www.greenyourhomeguide.com (via @GreenGlamGo) - May 26, 2011 8:44 PM

The Ultimate Guide to Greening Your Home

TO GREEN OR NOT TO GREEN | the verb | Caelus Green Home Guides offers an excellent eBook to help you Green Your Home.
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www.greenfestivals.org - May 21, 2011 8:30 PM

Green Festival - Home

Green Festival in Seattle a project of Green America and Social Exchange. Green lasts longer than today or tomorrow!
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tinyhouseblog.com - January 12, 10:22 AM

Tiny House Drafting

Although we are not too familiar with the either company, the website room planner allows anyone to draft up a room, apartment, or even a tiny home for free!
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www.thisgivesmehope.com - January 1, 3:14 PM

The woman who challenged plastics | This gives me hope

The oldest shopping bag I carry with me every time I go to the store, ironically is made of woven plastic thread, and about 40 years old. This shows both quality and faults of the practically indestructable material. If well made/well used it will last a life time, but it will also remain in our eco-system indefinitely.

Other, also old bags, some of them inherited from my mother, are made of canvas, with sturdy leather straps. Add to that the re-usable bags sold by our co-op PCC and Trader Joe's, and you can see I won't have a problem with the new rules that will take effect in Seattle this year regarding plastic bags.


This Gives Me Hope Editor: "It was back in 2007, before many of us had given more than passing thought to the bags in which we carried around our purchases. Rebecca Hosking was a free..."


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mcgearyorganics.com (via @LawnFertilizers) - December 16, 2011 7:15 PM

Organic Fertilizers and Vegetable Organic Gardening

What are organic fertilizers and why organic fertilizers are good for the earth.
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www.ouest-france.fr - November 19, 2011 11:43 AM

A Home Without Heating in Western France

FROM UTOPIA TO REALITY

De l'utopie à la réalité

 

Twenty years ago I rented a room in a house in Austin Texas that had neither heat nor Air Conditioning. The owner/ designer/ builder had created rooms in the shape of beehive cells. By having the heat of one regular 60 W. lamp and a person's body heat bounce of the walls, a room would be warm enough, even in winter.


The house was build around an air shaft which, together with strategically placed openings in all the rooms took care of air circulation, thus AC wasn't necessary either. And this in the swampy moist heat of central Texas!

 

What follows is the original text with this re-scoop.it!

 

Réduire sa facture de chauffage, sans vivre en moufles et en veste polaire, c'est un rêve qui remonte au moins à la crise pétrolière de 1973. Il a donné naissance aux maisons « bioclimatiques », déjà plus économes en énergie. Trente ans plus tard, des architectes ont abouti à la maison dite « passive », pratiquement sans chauffage. Pour ceux qui scrutent de près leur note d'électricité : une maison classique consomme en moyenne 350 kWh/m2 par an ; une « passive », 15 seulement.

 

Comment ?

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www.pachamama.org - October 23, 2011 10:50 AM

The Pachamama Alliance

Our mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture and, using insights gained from that work, to educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world.
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www.aialosangeles.org - July 22, 2011 7:20 PM

The AIA|LA Design Advocate :: Reflections on the Architecture of Transportation - AIA / Los Angeles

PERSPECTIVE COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY and Global Impacts, the Political Will. Just the Sub Headlines of a post on the Architecture of Transport. Los Angeles has quite some history in that respect. Great public transportation plans of early 20th Century were torpedoed by car manufacturors and gazoline companies ... On to the future. The future starts today, or, no, that was yesterday.
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - May 23, 2011 10:56 AM

The new Gates Foundation headquarters reflects charity's roots — and reach

Boomerang #philanthropy and sustainability in #Flagship #BillandMelindaGatesFoundation #Whatgoesaroundcomesback
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www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com - May 27, 2011 8:58 PM

Blending affordability with sustainability | Sustainable Business Oregon

GREEN LOW INCOME HOME OWNERSHIP - great way to think about the future!
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www.reuters.com (via @ChrisAdamTweets) - May 26, 2011 8:42 PM

Sloppy recycling seen posing threat to green tech

MINDFULNESS IN RECYCLING A MUST - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The green technology industry was warned on Thursday that its growth is threatened by a failure to recycle metals and especially rare earth elements.A U.N.-backed report warned that (Sloppy recycling seen posing threat to...
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www.panna.org (via @JosephSabol) - May 22, 2011 7:18 PM

If only we could get all our neighbors to let go of nasty pesticides etc. | Organic farming = energy security | Pesticide Action Network

RT @acclimatist1: Less oil/more results: organic farming is 50% & organic dairies are 64% more energy efficient than conventional methods http://bit.ly/iUmU5y...
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www.justenoughjapan.com - May 21, 2011 9:14 PM

What does it mean to live “green”?

Azby Brown is our guide —for today's environmentally sound living— in Edo Period #Japan #sustainism #green
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www.imcoolcampaign.org - May 21, 2011 8:44 PM

We've made promoting climate action in your community easier — Climate Action Campaign Toolkit

Creative tools to help promote climate action in your community...
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