Tag: Carbon Footprint - Page 7
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Grist on the Decision to Not Have Children
It's a controversial idea: Choosing not to have children to reduce your carbon footprint. For most people, such a decision would seem a sacrifice but, for one writer at Grist, it feels like a "luxurious indulgence."She
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Citi Listed As 'America's Greenest Bank' Thanks to IT Upgrades
Earlier this week we talked about a Greenpeace report showing how IT is responsible for a vast amount of carbon emissions, and yet is also a tool capable of greatly reducing the carbon footprint of companies. Case in point is a
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Oh Go Climb Up a Tree: Sky-High Treehouse Hotels (Slideshow)
The Swiss Family Robinson did it. The Berenstein Bears did it. Now so can you: Soak up tropical zones or lush mountaintops from an entirely difference perspective in one of these super cool eco-friendly treehouse hotels.
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Oh Go Climb up A Tree: Sky-High Treehouse Hotels
From the Swiss Family Robinson's massive forest hideaway to the Berenstein Bears "No Boys Allowed" backyard version, tree houses have an appeal all their own: they're private, they get the best breezes, and you'll see birds, bugs, plants, and animals that
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Michael Pollan Admits He Was Wrong
Almost every time we post something on the meat debate we get a slew of emotional comments from readers that sit on either side. The vegan side was backed up by sustainable food icon Michael
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Curb Your Footprint: Curb Your Appetite
Jeff Garlin weighs in on going green. Image from Simon Spotlight Curb Your Enthusiasm's Jeff Garlin is on a carbon and calorie loss diet. His new memoir, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, released this past week, chronicles his year-long
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Training to Swim the English Channel: Treading Water
Guest blogger Caroline Chisholm, head of marketing and communications globally for Earthwatch Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to a sustainable environment, is swimming the English Channel in August to raise funds for
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With 5 Billion Subscriptions, Mobile Industry Has Emissions On Par With Auto and Aviation Industries
Worldwide, there are 4.6 billion cell phone subscriptions and it's expected to hit 5 billion during this year according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). With developing countries leapfrogging from
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British Streetlights To Go On Dimmer Switch for Energy Efficiency
In a first for Britain, Coventry - a city in West Midlands - is spending £250 million over the next 25 years to convert all 28,000 of its street lights to work on city-wide dimmer switches. Each of the lights will be
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Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond Say No Way to Alberta Tar Sands
Guest blogger Cara
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Families Living and Loving Green Alternative Life Styles
With all the best intentions, most of us don't have the nerve to really change our life style dramatically. We do as much as we can within the limitations of our busy lives, but haven't the true grit to go that extra mile. Here
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Ask Pablo: What Is The Carbon Footprint Of Tofu?
Dear Pablo: I eat a lot of tofu as part of my vegetarian diet but it seems to me that this may conflict with my concerns for the environment. What is the carbon footprint of tofu?
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World's First CarbonFree-Certified Paper Shredder Now At Costco - But Is It Really Carbon Free?
Reduce where you can and offset the rest is a popular notion among green thinkers trying to go carbon neutral. The practice is spreading to manufacturers as well, who, like the makers of the GoECOlife™ SOHO 8-Sheet ULTRA-QUIET™
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From Camping to Polar Bears: 7 Green Themes in ABC's Lost
Ok, so you might not stop global warming, reduce your carbon footprint, or save endangered species if you tune into ABC's Lost. From a sentient island, to problems with space/time continuum....and...errr, polar
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DOE Report Says Smart Grid Can Cut US Emissions by 12% (Video)
A new report from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory entitled The Smart Grid: An Estimation of the Energy and CO2 Benefits has determined that the smart grid could cut carbon emissions by
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Are Personal Actions a One Billion Ton Opportunity?
With simple, inexpensive, changes in behavior, it is easy to cut our carbon footprints. On a personal level, these cuts can be significant, saving a ton or more of carbon annually. But on a larger scale, in the face of private jets
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New Search Engine For Carbon Emissions Data Launched By AMEE
The Avoiding Mass Extinctions Engine, or AMEE, is an organization with an audacious goal: to track the energy footprint of everything on earth. It entails an enormous amount of work, from figuring out how to track it to actually
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Bringing No Impact Education into the Classroom
In 2007, Colin Beavan led his family into a year-long adventure that would change their lives. During the No Impact Experiment, the Beavan's challenged themselves to live, in the middle of New York City, without making a
