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EPA clearinghouse for information about waste. 
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Walmart Sustainability National Commercial Starring Megan Moylan and Claire Ran April 2008...
Is this real or "greenwashing"?
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Can business profit through sustainability or is this all just wishful thinking? Trace the journey from the Industrial Revolution to the present to find out....
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Grassroots is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the links between common environmental toxins and human health.
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Yanko Design » First LEED Certified Parking Garage http://t.co/F6mXvgHT #parking #amazingstructures #progressivethinking... Via Josh Atlas
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New UA Residence Halls Earn Highest Sustainability Award: (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews) LEED certificat... Via Josh Atlas
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The Coca-Cola Company has created an eco-friendly plastic bag in the shape of a coke bottle for developing markets.
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George Carlin's classic standup routine about the importance of 'Stuff' in our lives. This was from his appearance at Comic Relief in 1986. Farewell George 1...
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In this episode, the History Guys consider the advent of air conditioning, and explore its far-reaching implications on everything from architecture and leisure to demography and politics. They also look at what happened when stoves became widely available in the mid-19th century, and how technology altered Americans’ way of life. How did America become the “land of comfort”? And what lessons does the history of climate control hold for us today?”
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Quick, which is better for the environment, cloth or disposable diapers? If you're just not sure, you're not alone. Despite reams of research, no one can give a definitive answer. Elisa Batista reports from Berkeley, California.
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Improve Your Energy Efficiency at Home. Use our Home Improvement Toolbox to save money and help protect the environment without sacrificing comfort.
This is the US EPA's Energy Star program which rates applicances on there energy efficiency over the course of the products life.
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The Residential Home Energy Efficiency Survey is here to help you save money on your energy costs.
This is from Southern California Edison and is tuned to we here in Southern California.
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This how-to video by the nonprofit group Kitchen Gardeners International (http://KitchenGardeners.org ) shows you step-by-step instructions for successful or...
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Walmart is supposidly thinking about sustainability.
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From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.
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Sustainability has become a new dimension to supply chain competitiveness as organizations are increasingly influenced by the broader environment in which they operate. These influences impact the full range of business operations: from product design to production; from sourcing to sales channels; from regulatory reporting to recruiting. Via W. Robert de Jongh
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Just think - what if all the cardboard boxes that you receive when you buy online from Amazon or Apple had seeds in them and you could simply put them in your nearest plot of soil and grow some baby trees?
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Tell us what you think the way forward for progressive business post Rio+20 is in the comment thread below (More relections on the Rio+20 summit. Fossil fuel subsidies remanin in place - check. Via xllordes
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Not only is Starbucks my favorite place to get coffee (Caramel Macchiatos to be exact), but this is also my favorite architectural design I've seen this year so...
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This is the segment from Six Degrees featuring the cheeseburger footprint work.
See the link below for the data and studies.
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We're growing accustomed to thinking about the greenhouse gas impact of transportation and energy production, but nearly everything we do leaves a carbon footprint. If it requires energy to make or do, chances are, some carbon was emitted along the way. But these are the early days of the climate awareness era, and it's not yet habit to consider the greenhouse implications of otherwise prosaic actions.
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From smartphone apps to virtual sustainability games, crunching the city's data is the new frontier of sustainability.
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