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Green Sports Alliance: Go Green Or Go Home

Sports teams finally find something to agree on.READ»

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The Silver Lining to China's Cloud of Smog

Urban dwellers in China report greener behavior.READ»

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Gritty Cities for a Greener World

Why city folks are greener than their country-dwelling brethren.READ»

Women Will Be Greener Than Men in 2010

Americans are pledging to lead greener lives in 2010, according to a recent study by Tiller, LLC. Of the 1,000 adults polled, 53% said they would make a green New Year's resolution--and women are leading the way. Women are more ...READ»

Going green with solar power

Over the past couple of years, i started on my own "green" journey. Foreseeing the plight of fossil fuels and oil in particular, it wasn't really a hard decision.Early adopters to renewable and alternative energy seemed to gain in the ...READ»

How Will Microsoft's Hohm Measure Up to Google's PowerMeter?

Set to launch next week, Microsoft's Hohm, is a Web site designed to help users monitor, and hopefully reduce, their energy consumption. Not only will the service keep tabs on consumers' electricity and gas use during a given ...READ»

GE's Hybrid Water Heater Cuts Energy Use by Half

Global warming, meet hybrid heating. General Electric, working with Oak Ridge National Laboratories, has developed an electric household water heater that runs on half the electricity of standard water heaters sold today. The ...READ»

Living on 2,000 Watts

Living on 2,000 watts is harder than it sounds--that's roughly a sixth of the average rate of energy consumption in America.* But GFRY Studio, a graduate course at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, challenged ...READ»

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Now I Know How Al Gore Feels

I’ve been an environmental advocate for the same couple of decades, always suspecting that my friends raised an eyebrow or two over my predictions and admonitions about sustainability (my family, however, was not subtle about raising their eyebrows). I worked for the day when thinking “green” would be a normal part of everyday life. Well, just as Al Gore’s day(s) arrived in 2007, my days arrived this week.READ»

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Alternative Transportation

Raise your hand if public transportation is not available along your commute. Maybe you live really far from your office or maybe you live AND work in the suburbs... not so shocking. Or maybe public transportation is ...READ»

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Drive Conservatively, Get More MPG: what Obama knows.

Research suggests that observing the speed limit not only keeps roads safe: it's helping you save on gas! The US Government's website www.fueleconomy.gov states that fuel efficiency decreases rapidly after 60 mph. For every 5 mph ...READ»

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Renovate + Recycle! How to Recycle Waste When Renovating

If you are renovating your home and are replacing things like cabinets, fixtures, windows, appliances, or pretty much anything that still works... please look into recycling these valuable items. All your donations are ...READ»

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To the Barricades - - With Ogden?

You know the agitators in any revolution always put up posters and banners to make their point to the public (and to anger the authorities too, of course!). In a Los Angeles suburb last week a dry cleaner named Ogden struck just ...READ»

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Tip Tank - a water conservation game for kids (and adults)

I am going to openly admit, I had a great time playing this fish tank match-the-blocks-to-fill-the-tank game. The tips for water conservation that go along with each block image are really interesting and helpful. For example, ...READ»

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Is it hard to knock down a wall?

If you are thinking of knocking down a wall to join two spaces or make a room seem more open, good news: it's not hard. The major thing you need to know before taking a rotating saw or huge rubber mallet to it is if it is ...READ»

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Green Wave: Where We Live Effects How We Live

Having been a Bostonian for the past six years, and a native Massachusetts resident for life, I cannot help but notice the increase of people wearing green in the past few weeks. One group of teenagers went careening through an ...READ»

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Road Trip to Discover Sustainability in USA

These guys are super cool. No doubt. I've watched several of their blogumentary videos so far, and not only are they funny, they are very informative about different environment-related issues and happenings on their one year ...READ»

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Message in the Waves

There was no greater time I felt as connected to the ocean than while I lived in Hawai'i. Every year, Jack Johnson, a native of O'ahu, puts on a concert to benefit the Kokua Foundation, which he founded to help support educate ...READ»

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Monetary Incentives to Go Green

One of my friends has been involved in my business from day one of ThinkDwell. He has been thinking more green and making choices to live more sustainably ever since. He just let me know that he is thinking about buying a Toyota ...READ»

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Sandals from Garbage

Check it out! These Splaff Flopps are on sale for $26, and they are made entirely from recycled material. Check out the rest of their stuff on splaff.com The Green Loop is cool for products that are green, but they are ...READ»