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Archive for March, 2010


   Mar 28

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Accepts Green Youth Movement …

From www.pr-inside.com: Los Angeles Fashion Weekend marked a successful feat for the Green Youth Movement : (GYM), a local nonprofit that aims to teach sustainability and green living to the younger generation – the organization hosted THE GREEN INITIATIVE : , an eco-friendly fashion show featuring environmentally conscious designers last Saturday, March 20 at Sunset [...]

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   Mar 28

Green Living Expo Announces Children’s Art Contest for Grades 3-12

From www.wakulla.com: The 4th Green Living Expo on May 8th will feature a Children’s Art … Read the complete article: Green Living Expo Announces Children’s Art Contest for Grades 3-12 Bookmark It

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   Mar 26

Home essentials under one roof

From www.nst.com.my: It will allow visitors a foretaste of the very near-future’s Green Home, which utilises green technologies, recycling, renewable energy, energy saving and … Read the complete article: Home essentials under one roof Bookmark It

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   Mar 26

Green Energy speaker urges efficiency first

From www.jsonline.com: He advised homeowners thinking about going green to start small and shore up the efficiency of their homes before taking other steps like adding renewable power. … The same is true with home energy choices. Putting solar panels on the roof is something people can see, but there’s a greater return on the [...]

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   Mar 26

Second Session of Sixty-first General Assembly Throne Speech

From www.canadaviews.ca: The province’s “buy local” campaigns are boosting sales of Nova Scotia produce, wine, fish, and value-added products. … We are just as committed to rebuilding a strong fishery. My government will continue to help this important industry by developing and promoting the harvesting, storage, shipping, and processing techniques needed to ensure success. … [...]

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   Mar 25

Fresh trends a breeze at Decorex Cape Town

From www.artlink.co.za: The Pick n Pay Green Living House: A first for Decorex Cape Town, this all-green showcase follow on the successful debut at Decorex Joburg, … Read the complete article: Fresh trends a breeze at Decorex Cape Town Bookmark It

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   Mar 25

Dangerous Games – Chicago Reader

From www.chicagoreader.com: The play lot was closed off, covered with impermeable plastic, then topped with concrete and playground mulch. “We found the contamination close enough to the surface to close the park to prevent someone digging and uncovering it,” says ComEd’s Trantow. “After we [capped it] we could have reopened the park, but we concurred [...]

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   Mar 25

The bike life – Ashland Daily Tidings

From www.dailytidings.com: Green living involves looking at the sum of the parts, and at each part. It’s like a bike: each part has to be in order for the whole to work, and when it’s working, you can really get somewhere. … Even though my car is fuel-efficient, it sends far more greenhouse gases into [...]

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   Mar 24

The “going green” blues

From www.fredonialeader.com: In case you missed the memo on a novelty t-shirt at Target, green is the new black. With the constant buzz surrounding “going green” and the cool-factor associated with being environmentally friendly, it is hard not to get caught up in the hype. Quite frankly, I miss the good old days, the days [...]

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   Mar 24

Ringing in the changes

From www.itweb.co.za: Green credentials are also going to become an area of serious competitive advantage as consumers become increasingly savvy and demand environmental accountability from the companies they support. So enough of this “if, when, but” attitude – going green makes business sense. If telcos are going to wait for governments to take the lead, [...]

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   Mar 24

DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

From www.dehavilland.co.uk: At home, before going green, we used to burn coal which came all the way from China. That was an extraordinary situation to be in, although I now have an … Read the complete article: Lords Second Reading – Energy Bill – DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Bookmark It

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   Mar 23

Data management and other off grid technologies

From www.off-grid.net: Natural gas is now used in most homes  because it burns cleaner and has fewer green house gas emissions and the combustion  exhaust contains  fewer noxious  substances compared to coal and  oil. Unfortunately  the pipe distribution system is controlled by giant corporations intent only on increasing the profit margin for their stock holders. [...]

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   Mar 23

Annual jamboree lets scouts gain and share knowledge …

From www.guampdn.com: “Going green has always been a theme for the Boy Scouts of America,” says Mark Mendiola, district executive for the Chamorro district of the Boy Scouts of America’s Aloha Council. “It has always been a practice, a way of living, a code.” … Mendiola says the event underscored the Boy Scouts’ ongoing commitment [...]

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   Mar 23

The light has come on about going green, but some stimulus would help

From www.dallasnews.com: “A survey last year by the National Association of Home Builders found that most buyers are only willing to pay about 2 percent more for a green home,” he wrote. That won’t even cover the light bulbs. Which brings us to the other Next Big Thing: solar panels. Use free sunlight to power [...]

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