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Emory U Students Pledge to Do 3 Green Things
As part of their larger Campus Sustainability Initiative, Emory University (GA) students are being asked to commit to each doing three green things in their personal life and on campus. While the program is voluntary, the university
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Teddylux Recycled Cashmere Soft Toys
Abandon not all ye moth-eaten and shrunken cashmere sweaters—designer Brooke Serson Cernonok of Teddylux can sprout an entire menagerie from your castoffs.
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First Zero Waste Zone in the Southeast Announced in Downtown Atlanta
This Tuesday, environmental leaders will gather in Atlanta to announce the creation of the first Zero Waste zone in the southeast. The zone will be in the convention district of downtown Atlanta, where Phase One will be
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Good News For Atlanta: Water Rising In Lake Lanier
Banks may be closing; jobs may be slipping; but, at least substantial winter rains have returned to Atlanta, as is normal. The refilling of Atlanta's drinking water reservoir (Lake Lanier) comes following almost two years of regional drought, periodic
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Hidden Reservoir: Why Water Efficiency Is The Best Solution For The Southeast
You're probably thinking this sounds like a "too good
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GreenBusiness Works Expo 2008 Coming to Atlanta
The GreenBusiness Expo is slated to take place this October 7th and 8th in Atlanta, with the aim of educating business leaders, politicians, the development community and others on the latest in sustainable
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Airline Industry: Help Me, Help You
Think airline industry. Think major polluters. Airlines emitted more than 418 billion pounds of carbon dioxide last year. They also create "diesel shuttles that circle the terminal road, [leaving] thousands of tons of toxic
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Delta Airlines Takes Small Paper-less Step Towards Greening
After posting on JetBlue’s new green initiative, we were eager to hear about the latest changes at Delta Airlines to go green as well. Heck, after all of the news this week about airlines suffering more setbacks due to rising costs, we figured that
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The Rains Came To Atlanta This Spring: Lake Lanier Slowly Fills
This spring-born foal is feeling good about life. The sun and spring rains have returned and things are greening up. People of the drought-threatened Atlanta region of the US State of Georgia, too, are encouraged by the rains of late winter and
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Planning Firm's Vision for Atlanta in 2108: A City in the Forest
What will the city of Atlanta look like in another 100 years? Is there any way to overcome the city's notorious water problems? Can the city continue to grow and develop, without destroying its natural environment?
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Graphic Of The Day: Monthly Average Water Levels, Lake Lanier, Atlanta, Georgia
Our money is on the Tennessee whiskey level rising faster: Tennessee Mayor Offers A Drink To Atlanta For a broader persepective see: Drought Around The World: Atlanta In Perspective
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Tennessee Mayor Offers A Drink To Atlanta
You may remember the recent water grabbing intentions of drought-stricken, development-drunk Georgia. See: "Georgia Considers Redrawing State Boundary To Get Access To Tennessee River." The Mayor of Chattanooga Tennessee, whose goods are coveted by
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Living With Water Extremes: A Juxtaposition Of Design Responses
Many people live with the daily fear of not having enough water. Take Atlanta, Georgia USA, for example. Atlanta is an inverse Atlantis. Until recently, Atlanta was legendary for rapid growth without limits. Its citizens ever willing to live with
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Aqua Sciences Connects With FEMA: No More Bottled Water After The Hurricane?
This updates Mairi's post from 2006, called "Water Harvesting Now Works in Deserts." Aqua Sciences is redefining water harvesting technology, according to a recent article in Wired Magazine. The firm, now under government contract to hydrate U.S.
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The TH Interview: The Home Depot's Green Man, Ron Jarvis (Part 2)
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or
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The TH Interview: The Home Depot's Green Man, Ron Jarvis (Part 1)
The Home Depot is reluctant to call itself a green company—maybe because of the contradictions built into being the country's second largest retailer—but green has indeed become a guiding light for this 90-billion-dollar corporate behemoth. T
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Gray Water Package Units from Brac Systems
It seems like only the day before yesterday we were talking about gray water recovery systems and how they are legal, and how that guy in Atlanta was talking through his hat.
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Emory University's Eco-Friendly Building is a Bird "Slaughterhouse"
Can a building really be environmentally friendly if it also happens to be a songbird "slaughterhouse," in the words of a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution?
