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Check This App Before Ordering Sushi
This Sierra Club app lets you check mercury levels in popular fish. thedailygreen.com article feed Read more
The Light Bulb of the Future
- July 25, 2013
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This award-winning LED uses one-sixth as much energy as the 60-watt incandescent it replaces, produces strong pleasing light and won a $ 10 million innovation prize from the U.S. government. (But it costs $ 45.) thedailygreen.com article feed Read more
Telecommuting takes off in Atlanta
- July 24, 2013
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A recent survey of metro Atlanta commuters by the Clean Air Campaign shows increasing numbers of people getting to work not via car, rail, bike or even using those bits hanging off the ends of our legs; but by computer Read more
Slow food
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We are not only what we eat, but how we eat. In a world becoming increasingly reliant on fast food that isn’t good for us or the environment, the slow food movement seeks to reverse this trend. Green living tips Read more
The right to grow – Fri, 16 Sep 2011 PST
- July 24, 2013
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It might not be easy to fathom, but think 2,500 Nicklesvilles in terms of sheer numbers of displaced – landless and homeless — farmers. That was what one farmer from Brazil recently alluded at the Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair. DownToEarthNW.com: Read more
Spray-on Power – Thu, 08 Jan 2009 PST
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Cheap and inexhaustible electricity production remains one of the Holy Grails of the green movement, with solar running neck and neck with wind in its ability to inspire innovation. Here’s an example: Conventional solar cells are made of silicon, a Read more
Cuba Eats Local – Fri, 10 Apr 2009 PST
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When it comes to eating local organic food, Cuba is miles ahead of the U.S. DownToEarthNW.com: Green Minute stories Read more
A Unique View of Planet Earth’s Greenery
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Although 75% of the planet is a relatively unchanging ocean of blue, the remaining 25% of Earth’s surface is a dynamic green. Data from the VIIRS sensor aboard the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite is able to detect these subtle differences Read more
Don’t Close-Crop Your Lawn
- July 20, 2013
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Forget trying to make your lawn look like a golf putting green, and keep your grass longer. Longer blades discourage weeds and pest insects, which means you are under less pressure to apply toxic pesticides and herbicides. Longer grass also Read more
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