published July 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is such a big fan of nature that her environmentally-friendly home includes a retractable roof that provides natural cooling -- while giving her an unobstructed view of the outdoors and the local birds. And this week, she partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association for radio spots that draws attention to the threats ...
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published March 8, 2011 and has No Comments
You may have heard something about the huge push in Congress to overturn or weaken some of our nation's central environmental laws. Politicians want to pull back the scope of the Clean Air & Water Acts to allow polluters to skirt expensive upgrades to cleaner equipment and practices. They argue that such regulations are an impediment to business, and ...
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published February 25, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: John Steven Fernandez /Creative Commons While you're putting the finishing touches on plans for this weekend's Oscar viewing party , don't miss Ecorazzi 's guide to the greenest nominees up for awards this year. From Nicole Kidman's alpaca farm and Jeff Bridges' anti-bottled water stance to the environmental films competing for best documentary, see which iss... Read the ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images If you've left your Valentine's Day plans until the last minute (again), then Alicia Silverstone can help: The eco-minded actress took to her website, The Kind Life , to list some of her favorite ways to put a green spin on your celebration. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published February 4, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Screen grabs from video Chapter 1: The New City Our Dear Leader was interviewed for a documentary series about the future of mobility. The first instalment is about our increasingly urban future and how mega-cities are, in Graham's words, "very efficient sharing systems". Graham also gives us a quick tour of his extremely space-efficient apartment (see LifeEdited for ...
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published January 21, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Wikimedia Commons After his most recent trip to the Sudan in an effort to draw attention to the war-torn nation, George Clooney came home with an unpleasant souvenir: malaria .... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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George Clooney Gets Malaria, the Green Set of "The Good Wife" and More
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published December 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Bear meets camera. Screenshot from BBC.com Trying to get up close and personal with the world's largest land carnivore can be a tricky, and dangerous, endeavor. Even some of the hardy high-tech cameras the BBC dispatched to the frigid reaches of Norway didn't fare too well -- but they captured some pretty cool images along the way.... Read the ...
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published December 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via .reid. ; energy logo via FTC Television shopping will be a little easier starting next year. According to a new amendment to the Federal Trade Commission's Appliance Labeling Rule, any TVs manufactured after May 10, 2011 will have to have an EnergyGuide label on display so consumers know what to expect from different models when it comes ...
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published December 13, 2010 and has No Comments
Screenshot: YouTube You might not realize it when you watch them again and again year after year, but some classic holiday films are sending messages above and beyond 'don't be a Scrooge.' If you look a little closer at these 11 great films -- from "Gremlins" to "A Christmas Carol" -- you'll see subtle green messages on invasive species, ...
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published December 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Coming in the Spring of 2011 As promised , now that the Revenge of the Electric Car facebook fan page has reach... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)
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