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Does Telecommuting Encourage Travel?
Lloyd may have been unimpressed with the idea that telecommuting raises carbon emissions, and I've done my own part to promote working from home by creating a list of 5 technologies that can help
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Another Reason To Love Reuse: It Creates Lots of Jobs
I am very sorry that I am unable to attend the ReuseConex conference next week; some are calling it the Woodstock of Reuse. I have always made the case that it is far better than recycling, which I consider little more than a
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Has Touting Green Jobs Been A Mistake?
In trying to convince the nation that passing climate legislation and promoting renewable energy are both good policy, the job creation aspect has undoubtedly been front and center, sometimes seemingly eclipsing the
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On This Labor Day, Demand Safe Green Jobs, And Honor Those Who Work With Their Hands
There is a price to pay for cheap energy and gas for our cars that goes beyond dollars, as we saw this year with the 29 dead miners in West Virginia and the 11 on the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf. American labor used to make things and fix
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The Arts Take Root in a Fishing Village With Studios by Todd Saunders
We have been watching the career of Todd Saunders with interest; two years ago we called the Canadian expat living in Norway the Best of Green Young Architect. He has just completed this stunning
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Working From Home Increases Productivity, Keeps Workers Happy and is Good For the Environment
Mauricio Alejo in Wired Phil Daoust of the Guardian questions the traditional home-to-office commute, First there is the actual getting to work, with the unreliable bus or overcrowded train and the time it takes to get there. He asks: " Do you arrive
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5 Innovations to Make Telecommuting Easy & Green
Image credit: US Strategic Perspective Institute/the Working from Home Council Many employers still resist telecommuting, but there's no doubt that encouraging people to work from home—even part time—could go a long way toward cutting
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Stimulus Bill Created Nearly 1 Million Green Jobs: CEA Report
It's kind of amazing to me the bad rap that the stimulus bill has gotten since its passage a year and a half ago -- a recent poll found that something like only 13% of Americans felt it helped them. Of course, much of the
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Moso Bamboo Transplanted From Century-Old Louisiana Grove to Oregon (Video)
If you love bamboo as much as I do, just as a substance, forget about any specific green credentials it has, then check out this short video from Bamboo Revolution. It explains and documents in return for returning one of the original moso bamboo
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Urge New York State Legislators to Pass Solar Jobs Act
New York City and New York State may not be the first places that come to mind when you think of places leading in the use of solar energy, but a pending piece of landmark legislation might work to change that. The New York Solar
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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle
The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are
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Can 'Ecological Exploitation' Save Teghut Forest?
Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining
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Robots to the Rescue in the Battle for Affordable Solar
Can robots make a better, more affordable solar panel? Michigan-based silicones giant Dow Corning is betting on it, and has forged a partnership with Reis Robotics of Germany. The two companies say their alliance will result in
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Field Guide to a Bipartisan Climate and Clean Energy Jobs Bill
Recently, the United States Senate has had some trouble deciding on solutions to the big problems challenging the country. Things like health care reform, climate change, clean energy and now immigration policy need
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Cleantech Investing Predicted to Shoot Up 35% This Year
In 2008, cleantech investing hit an all-time high, and investors insisted it wasn't a bubble. However, there was still a failing economy to navigate. After a bit of a stall last year, we've heard that cleantech
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Details of New Kerry-Graham-Lieberman Energy Reform Bill Leaked
Ever since clean energy reform legislation faded far, far into the background during the last months' health care reform brouhaha, all we've had to go on have been the occasional reminder that Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and
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Is Creating Green Jobs a "Sensible Aspiration" for Governments?
That's the topic of an ongoing online debate over at the Economist.com. In one corner, green jobs advocate Van Jones, who argues that governments should engage in the active practice of creating green jobs, by, for example,
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From the Forums: Where's the Green Jobs Bill?
greenferret wants to see a green jobs bill: With unemployment so high, it's time for a Green New Deal to tackle economic and ecological problems at the same time. We should put Americans back to work with living-wage
