Jeff McIntire
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Green Theatre: And the Winners Are...
This Saturday, the world will be watching the Live Earth concerts. Many of us will watch the event on television, but five entrants in MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest will be watching a live show. Our panel of judges have cast their votes,
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Solar CEO Ready for Next Challenge: The Eighth Grade
We've profiled and interviewed some pretty impressive CEOs over the years, but Calsunenergy's chief, Alex Boyer, definitely stands in a class by himself: he's still in middle school! Everything's relative, though: among his fellow company executives,
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Green Theatre: Here Come the Judges (Part 3)
Hopefully, you got your 1-2 minute video into MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest by last Saturday; if not, you may have to resort to buying tickets for one of July 7's Live Earth concerts. The videos are now in the hands of our celebrity
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Wal-Mart to Host Fluorescent Light Recycling Day in Five States
We've taken note of Wal-Mart's plan to sell 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs by the end of this year, and its partnership with manufacturers to lower the mercury content in the energy-efficient bulbs. This week, the company announced yet
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Green Theatre: DIY Carbon Reductions
Time does fly, and if you've put off thinking about making a video for MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest, it's time to stop procrastinating: the entry deadline is this Saturday! Don't let the chance to win tickets, travel, lodging and spending
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Urban Farm Spreads Its Roots in Impoverished St. Louis Neighborhood
Farming's a tough gig, even in the best of circumstances. Yesterday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch took a look at the New Roots Urban Farm, a collective organic venture that is tackling not only the challenges of raising organic crops every year, but doing
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Green Theatre: Here Come the Judges (Part 2)
Next Saturday, June 23, will be the deadline to enter MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" video contest. Yep, that's right -- you've got five days to create your masterpiece and win a trip, complete with tickets, travel, accommodations and spending
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Beer Waste to Energy: Anheuser-Busch's BERS System
While St. Louis-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch has only jumped into organic brewing relatively recently, according to this morning's Post-Dispatch, the company has been involved in alternative energy development for over two decades. BERS is a very
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Green Theatre: Cut Home Energy Use (and Get It on Video!)
The videos have started to roll in for MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest, as plenty of people would like to win tickets, travel, lodging and spending money for the July 7 Live Earth concerts. Is your video one of the dozens that have already
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Award-Winning Home Design Requires No Heating, Cooling Equipment
Even for treehuggers, the idea of home without any kind of heating or cooling system -- no furnace, air conditioner, swamp cooler or heat pump -- might seem a bit primitive. Yet the History Channel's Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge awarded just such
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Green Theatre: Here Come the Judges (Part 1)
Live Earth is just under a month away now, and the deadline for entering MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest is even closer: June 23 is just twelve days from now! Hopefully, you've got an idea for a video and have started shooting. If not...
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G8 Summit: US to "Seriously Consider" European Climate Pact
Yesterday in Heiligendamm, Germany, the G8 summit closed with the announcement of a compromise on climate change that has newspaper editors around the world burning out their quotation mark keys: the US agreed to "seriously consider" a European goal of
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Green Theatre: In Your Own Backyard
Hopefully, Tuesday's announcement of MSN and Treehugger's "Green Theatre" contest has got you thinking: what are you doing to reduce your carbon impact that would make a great (even prizewinning) video? You'll definitely want to start thinking: the entry
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Affordable Home Wind Power: Mother Earth News, June/July
As we've noted, many mainstream magazines are publishing "green issues," so the latest Mother Earth News proclaims on the cover "Every Issue is a Green Issue." The June/July issue features an article by Greg Pahl on residential wind turbines, a
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MSN & Treehugger Present Green Theatre: A Live Earth Video Contest
On February 15th, Al Gore announced Live Earth, an event featuring concerts on all seven continents to raise awareness of climate change. The July 7th concerts feature a "Who's Who" of talent, and tickets are sure to be selling fast -- the show at
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Banks Continue to Step Up Green Initiatives
Green isn't just the color of money at major banks these days: both Bank of America and Wells Fargo have made news lately for a variety of eco-friendly initiatives. This week, two other major banks announced plans to lighten their environmental
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Education and Training for a Career in Renewable Energy
Where can you find training and job assistance if you're looking to move into the growing field of renewable energy technology and development? While we've mentioned a number of schools launching programs in these fields, Renewable Energy Access
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German Biofuels Incentives Drive Up the Price of Beer
We've noted on a number of occasions that the recent worldwide biofuels push could have a range of unintended consequences, from higher food prices to greater deforestation. In Germany, recent subsidies for biofuel crops have had an effect of the price
