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Ecologic Designs Reuse Old Climbing Ropes for New Products
Since we reported, last year, on Ecologics’ reused rubber tube Goggle straps, and surfboard bags from reused billboards, they’ve been experimenting with other materials.
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Osprey Packs Adds More Recycled Bags and Go 100% Renewable
For nearly 35 years Osprey has made packs for the outdoor market. I have personally have a top-loading multi-day rucksack that has spent 15 years thrashing about in places like the Pyrenees, Patagonia, New Zealand, and South West Tasmania. I bought
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Beating the Energy Efficiency Paradox (Part I)
Energy efficiency has been a consistent part of America's energy security policies and increasingly become an essential framework for abating
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Note To Great Lakes Governors: Las Vegas Doesn't Want Your Water
The Southern Nevada Water Authority recently commissioned a
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Solar Powered House in Boulder, Colorado
Also in the New York Times Business of Green Section: Eric Doub's Solar Harvest, his own solar powered dream house. It has solar panels, 6,000 gallons of underground hot water storage, careful siting for passive
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Boulder, Colorado: First to Have a Smart Grid?
Xcel Energy announced that it wants to make Boulder, Colorado, the first fully integrated Smart Grid City in the US. Not a moment too soon when you consider how much energy is wasted with the current system.
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Denver Colorado USA Gets 650 Green Jobs: Payback Time For Climate Progressives
There's been talk from several US Governors about making "their" respective states centers for green job development. Colorado has some actual green job action to report.Vestas Wind Systems opened the doors of its first wind-blade manufacturing
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Backpacker Magazine Lightens Its Ecological Rucksack
Outdoors sports magazines are falling over themselves to establish green credentials, and, we suspect, mostly for all the right reasons. Afterall their readership spend the free time out there in the very natural environment which is under threat.
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Solar Installer Real Goods Fills Paperwork for IPO
Solar installer Real Goods has dotted the i's and crossed the t's on the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The company, which is now owned by Gaiam, had an estimated 2007 revenue of $32.7 million and profits of $490,000 (if you include
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Aurora Organic Dairy Leading On Life Cycle Studies
If the entire dairy industry sector (organic and traditional) did what Aurora is embarking on - Aurora is planning for third party measurement of life cycle carbon footprint of all its operations - and announced the results to stakeholders, there could
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Big Utilities Eye Central Solar
The following narrative is borrowed directly from a conference promotion - directed at utility employees and financial types. It's rich with seminal ideas that we all need to assimilate.
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Is There A Creek Crew By You?
When I posted my interview with Erik Gustafson, this year’s winner of Discovery’s Young Scientist Challenge, it wasn’t so surprising to learn that he’d launched his path to the top of the heap as America’s Next Top Young Scientist by investigating the
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A Return To Colorado Oil Shale?
Some of our readers may recall the Rifle Colorado-area oil shale extraction projects of the 1970's (map of area pictured). Reduced oil prices following the OPEC boycott, impacts of saline water discharges, and high operating costs resulted in a virtual
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Does Your Ski Resort Rank Green?
The rankings appear to be well-founded and comprehensive. Ratings have been expanded
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Mountainsmith Set to Expand Their Recycled Series
Whilst Osprey have been bringing their recycled daypacks and messenger bags to market, Mountainsmith has been busy with their line of recycled lumbar pads (as noted in our Christmas Gift Guide for Outdoor Lovers) and seen above right.
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Space Age Art from Modern Age Junk
You can take your old junk and landfill it or ship it to China, or you can give it to Jimmy Descant, who turns it into space age art. Clearly the man spent far too much time watching old Buck Rogers serials as a kid, for this stuff is beyond retro.
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Eco-Flexx: A More Benign Billboard Material
Years ago, whilst working as a researcher for Greenpeace, looking at how effective its campaign had been to make the Sydney Olympics PVC-free, it became apparent to me how polyvinyl chloride so dominates certain industries. This is certainly true of
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Top 10 Farmers Markets in USA
Where can you learn what to do with "underappreciated produce"? And where can you get fish once reserved only for royalty? Find out in this month's issue of green*light which takes readers on a tour of the top 10 farmers markets in the USA. If you
