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Infographic of the Day: Is Owning a Dog Worse Than Owning a Hummer?

Two architects and a scientist do the math, and conclude that Fido has a massive carbon paw-print. Seriously?READ»

Ivan Glickman

You Can Only Manage What You Measure

Investors and companies should pay attention to the service industry that’s emerging to meet these massive new demands for information. READ»

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Where's My iPod Made? SourceMap Has the Answer

MIT's Media Lab has designed a way to help you understand the economic and ecological implications behind different products you buy--it's an interactive map that displays where each component came from.READ»

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The True Sustainability Potential of Cloud Computing: Smarter Design

To hear experts tell it, cloud computing is “the new dot-com,” the “biggest shift computing shift in two decades” or even technology era’s “Cambrian explosion.” But it's also a way to address the enormous need for energy ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Buy Local

On average, $73 of every $100 spent in a local economy stays in the community, as today's infographic illustrates.READ»

Ivan Glickman

Cracking the Carbon Code™: Low Carbon Summer Treats?

In an unlikely example of cracking the Carbon Code™, Unilever scientists are developing an ice cream that can be stored and transported at room temperature. READ»

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"CO2 Pedometer" Lowers Volvo Group Employees' Emissions

Kerstin Hanson developed a "CO2 pedometer" application for cell phones, which measures commuters' carbon emissions. Inspired by the data, Hanson's test group altered its behavior and reduced its carbon footprint by 30%.READ»

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ZoomPool: A Social Network for Carbon-Conscious Carpoolers

The just-launched service aims to link like-minded commuters--thus making ride-sharing easier, and cutting down on the creep factor.READ»

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Brighter Planet Brings the Social Web to Carbon Footprints

There are hundreds of carbon footprint calculators available on the Internet, but most of them just ask you to input information about your lifestyle in exchange for a footprint rating. If you're lucky, the calculator might offer tips ...READ»

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"Far Foods" Guilts Grocery Shoppers Into Buying Local

It's easy to buy strawberries and plums in February if you don't think about the thousands of miles they traveled to land on grocery store shelves. James Reynold's "Far Foods" concept makes it more difficult to ignore by placing ...READ»

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Solution to Your State's Budget Shortfall: The Four-Day Workweek

Some states are thinking of slashing budgets by instituting four-day workweeks--thus saving money, and carbon. Does it work?READ»

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Microsoft Hohm: Micromanaging Your Energy Consumption

Microsoft's Hohm launched in Beta this morning, promising an easier way for consumers to manage their carbon footprints as well as energy costs. Does it deliver?READ»

Ivan Glickman

Cracking the Carbon Code

Smart businesses and investors will now need to crack “The Carbon Code” to figure out the winners and losers - - and just how much to adjust their business plans and portfolios.READ»

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Planet Metrics: A New, Carbon-Cutting Tool for Product Developers

New software allows product managers to estimate the carbon released in their supply chain--and offers greener alternatives.READ»

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Hara Software Helps Large Organizations Make Small Footprints

The 25-person start-up Hara Software, which came out of stealth mode yesterday after 18 months, is a hot commodity. Their software can track not only the carbon footprint for a large corporation, but monitor a business' entire ...READ»

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Origami Secrets of the IF Mode Folding Bike Revealed [video]

The hotly anticipated IF Mode folding bike had its American debut at ICFF, and Fast Company got a sneak peak. The buzz behind the bike comes for good reason: It's the first folding bike with a full-sized frame and wheels, ...READ»

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A 300-Ton Piece of Advertising: Too Successful?

The carbon benefits of mass transit are hard to deny: A motorcoach can carry over fifty people, and, in a single trip, take 50 cars off the road. So to advertise Sweden's Flygbussarna airport-shuttle service, the ad agency ...READ»

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Edison App Calculates Cash, Energy, Carbon Savings from Putting Your PC in Sleep Mode

Anyone who wonders just how much energy is saved by putting a PC in sleep mode versus shutting it off should check out Verdiem's new Edison application, a free program for Windows XP and Vista that tells you exactly how much energy ...READ»

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Move Over, Carbon Footprint: The Water Footprint is Coming

Carbon footprints, defined by the U.K.'s Carbon Trust as "the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product," have recently become important to ...READ»

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What's the Carbon Footprint of Spam? Enough to Power 2.4 Million Homes

The carbon footprint of a single email is negligible, but new research from ICF International and McAfee shows that the 62 trillion spam emails sent each year waste 33 billion kilowatt hours of power, or enough to power 2.4 million ...READ»

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Would You Live in a Hemp House?

Hemp is useful for more than just summer camp necklaces and niche clothing items, according to researchers at the University of Bath. The university's BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials has discovered that hemp bound ...READ»

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Continental Clothing Adds Carbon Footprint to Cleaning Label

The other day, I stumbled upon a label above a bathroom's paper towel dispenser detailing the "energy footprint"(total amount of energy involved in production) of a single towel. I had never seen anything like it before, ...READ»

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WattzOn Labels Try to Constipate Your Consumption

After washing my hands in the bathroom earlier today at Green:Net, I hesitated and eventually decided against using a paper towel. The reason? A company called WattzOn posted energy consumption facts above the towel dispenser.  ...READ»

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Live from the Green:Net Conference: What's your Carbon ID?

Virtue is the new conspicuous consumption. We may not be able to flaunt some new fancy gadget or outfit, but we can show off how good a steward of the earth we're being. If Avoiding Mass Extinction Engine (AMEE) CEO Gavin Starks ...READ»

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CLIF BAR iPhone App Shows Ski Resort Weather Conditions, Eco Efforts

CLIF BAR's new Save our Snow (SOS) iPhone app may be a little late for ski season, but it's a handy tool nonetheless. The free application displays snow, temperature, the percentage of lifts open and wind conditions at over 500 North ...READ»

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