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 July 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Photos: Design By Leftovers website If your Victorian-style divan started having an intense psychedelic experience, it would probably look something like these stunning pieces by Swedish design duo Linda and Jona Netsman of Design By Leftovers . Adapting the principle of creative re-use in their motto "pre-loved can be re-loved," they recycle luxurious fabric scraps from old garments to ...
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published May 3, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Peak Moment TV Good Magazine has urged us to share more with our neighbors , and it's the basis behind the whole concept of collaborative consumption . But more and more companies and community initiative are exploring what this kind of sharing looks like in practice. In Portland, many neighborhoods have the luxury... Read the full story ...
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published March 7, 2011 and has No Comments
Image via YouTube video The first ever San Francisco Green Film Festival launched this weekend and with an impressive line-up of environmental documentaries, not the least of which was a powerful film called Sweet Crude . It is the story of the oil industry's presence on Nigeria's Niger Delta, but more importantly, the movement against the oil companies that ...
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published March 1, 2011 and has No Comments
photo: Dave Stokes / Creative Commons Since the beginning of TreeHugger posts on the intersection of environmentalism and religionM , on how the different spiritual traditions of the world are embracing more ecologically-friendly behavior , h... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Environmentalism Ignores the Power of Religious Communities At Its Peril - Let's Change That
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published February 28, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: DesertNews Tim DeChristopher became an icon in the environmental movement in 2008, when he entered outrageously high bids for parcels of land being auctioned off for gas and oil development -- bids that he had no intention of ever paying. Now, since his deed -- and perhaps partly because of it -- that entire auction was ruled illegitimate. ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Image credit: Patrick Finnegan , used under Creative Commons license Wind farms may often face opposition from NIMBY protesters , but it doesn't always have to be that way. Not long ago I reported on how residents near a proposed wind farm were greatly in favor of the project . And now we come across a story of a ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Burrard-Lucas.com Penguins lining up for a shower? Bring on the cute overload. We also have a set of rare baby mountain gorilla twins, the shocking story of 82 whales stranded, happy pigs freed from a factory farm, the ironic death of a gambler at a cockfight, and more.
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The Week in Animal News: Penguins Showering, 82 Whales ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: americaspower , Flickr, CC Debunking the Notion that Creating Green Jobs is Bad for the Economy A newly released study suggested that upholding the new, stricter EPA Clean Air Act rules would create a slew of new jobs -- something along the order of 1.5 million of them . On the face of it, it's a win-win: Cleaner ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
A chair made of candy wrappers? This funky piece, called, quite bizarrely, the 'Snowjob,' is the work of Emiliano Godoy , in collaboration with ethical accessories label Ecoist. We also have Valentine's Day gifts sweet on the Earth, shocking factory farm stories, sustainable H&M, a photographer's journey to a volcano in Antarctica , and more in our photo roundup ...
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