Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TSCA Update, Utility Shield Law, Mining Guidance
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) announced bipartisan legislation to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. Vitter said the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apogent Transition Corp., Beazer East, Carbon Finance, Carbon Tax, Clean Air Act, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, Conventional Energy, Cooper Industries, E.ON, Enel, ENI, Executive Briefings, Fluid Recovery Services, Gas Natural, GasTerra, GDF Suez, Iberdrola, Keystone XL, Mining, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Oil & Natural Gas, RWE, Toxic Substances Control Act, Wastewater, Water Management, water reuse
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Low-budget School in Africa is Made from Earth Bricks Fabricated On Site
Read the rest of Low-budget School in Africa is Made from Earth Bricks Fabricated On Site Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Africa, Architecture, Dogon Education, earth, earth bricks, green materials, green resources, Joop and Jurriaan van … Continue reading
World’s Largest Hydropower Plant on Track for 2015 Groundbreaking in DR Congo
Work on the world’s largest hydropower plant is expected to start in October, 2015 following commitments from the World Bank and other development agencies to finance its construction. South Africa has also agreed to buy more than half of the … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, African Development Bank, carousel showcase, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Environment, hydropower, International Rivers, news, off grid solutions, renewable energy, South Africa to buy DRC energy, World Bank, world's largest hydropower plant
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Strange “Fairy Circles” Appear in the Middle of Africa’s Namib Desert
Read the rest of Strange “Fairy Circles” Appear in the Middle of Africa’s Namib Desert Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Africa, Animals, Botanical, Circles, Fairy Circles, Namib Desert, Norbert Juergens, Psammotermes allocerus, sand termites
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Tagged africa, animals, botanical, Circles, Fairy Circles, Namib Desert, Norbert Juergens, Psammotermes allocerus, sand termites
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Poachers Completely Wipe Out African Rhinos in Mozambique
The African Rhinoceros evolved over millions of years, and despite living on earth for eons, it has not been able to survive the greed of human beings. Conservationists have announced that the last 15 of the animals were killed by … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, african rhinoceros, black market, conservationist, environmental destruction, game ranger, great limpopo transfrontier park, horn, International Fund for Animal Welfare, kelvin alie, kruger, Mozambique, poacher, Politics, South Africa, Telegraph, wildlife trade, Zimbabwe
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Coke, WaterAid Extend African Water Pipelines
Coca-Cola has partnered with WaterAid to provide safe drinking water to one of the poorest suburbs of Burkina Faso’s capital city, Ouagadougou, in western Africa, and in two rural communities in southern Ethiopia. Coca-Cola and the international nonprofit say they … Continue reading
Report Shows Persistent Organic Pollutants are Accumulating in the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas
The Roof of the World has long been associated with notions of adventure, beauty, and the majesty of some of the tallest mountains on earth. However research has shown that amidst the stunning landscape of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, agent orange, Beijing, china, ddt, dehradun, east rongbuk glacier, environmental destruction, Europe, global development, hch, himalayas, india, institute of tibetan plateau research, mount everest, pah, peristent organic pollutants, pop, south asia, third pole environment workshop, tibetan plateau, wang xiaoping, xu baiqing
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Gorgeous Solar-Powered Blue Empire Cottage Filters Equatorial Light in Kenya
Read the rest of Gorgeous Solar-Powered Blue Empire Cottage Filters Equatorial Light in Kenya Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “natural materials”, Africa, Claudio Modola, coral, Daylighting, drift wood, eco design, equatorial light, green design, kenya, Lamu, … Continue reading
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Tagged "natural materials", africa, Architecture, carousel showcase, Claudio Modola, coral, Daylighting, drift wood, eco design, equatorial light, gallery, green design, Green Materials, kenya, Lamu, local craftsmen, makuti roof, Manda, Solar Power, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, Sustainable Materials, teak
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Behind The Label: The Unsweet Dark Side of the Chocolate Industry
Column Chocolate is a guilty pleasure in more ways than one. For most people, chocolate evokes positive associations: indulgence, childhood, Valentine’s Day. But in Western Africa, the connotations are far less positive. There, an estimated 1.8 million child laborers work … Continue reading
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Tagged behind the label, Child labor, child slavery, chocolate, chocolate industry, cocoa, cote d'ivoire, fair trade chocolate, fair trade cocoa, Ghana, News & Culture, Oxfam
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