Tag: Maine
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Here is a Pretty Good Idea for a New Building Standard: The Pretty Good House.
Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.
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State of Maine Bans Use Of LEED In State Construction
The Governor gives a Christmas Present to the status-quo lumber industry
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How Reclaimed Hand Tools Can Revive the Local Economy (Video)
One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.
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Can Fishing Communities Regulate Themselves?
Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.
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The Poetic Insights of a Seaweed Harvester (Video)
Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.
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Ramblers Way Creates Sustainable Luxury Casual Wear for Fall 2011
Organic wool comfort wear company Ramblers Way founded by Tom and Kate Chappell, of Tom's of Maine fame has come a long way since their first collection, comprised of natural blonde wool jersey knits
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Internet Killing Print Media: Up-Cycling Paper Mills Could Make Digital Communications Greener
Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the
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Maine Legislates 30% Reduction in Oil Use by 2030
Maine's taking a stand against oil usage and oil dependency--frankly the bigger issue than where we get our oil from, tar sands and other unconventional oil sources aside. As NRDC Switchboard reports, the state has passed a law
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"Pay-As-You-Throw" Trash Metering Cuts Landfill Waste by 50% in a Month
Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were
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DIY Wedding Extreme: Couple Grows Everything for their Wedding Feast
Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy
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Maine's Climate Quantum Leap: Using International Carbon Markets To Fund Weatherization Projects
Creative leaps like this one from the State of Maine are what we need more of. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which Maine participates in has already generated more than
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Earth First! Maine Anti-Wind Power Protest Keeps Green Movement Honest
When Earth First! recently protested a large scale wind farm in northern Maine it raised a few eyebrows around the TreeHugger virtual office. John Laumer worryingly wondered if "the protesters and their supporters thought seriously about climate change
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Earth First! Activists Arrested Protesting Maine Wind Farm - 'It's Too Big'
New turbines on Maine's Kibby Mountain. Image credit:Wikipedia. Kennebec Maine Journal covered a recent anti-wind power protest, which involved several arrests and someone chaining herself by the neck "to a truck carrying a turbine blade.". A sort of a
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Interview with Tom Chappell, Founder of Tom's of Maine and Rambler's Way
While home for the holidays in Kennebunk, Maine I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine -- which sold to Colgate for $100 million in 2006 -- to discuss his new business venture, Ramblers Way wool undergarments.
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Tom's of Maine Founder Shows us How to Produce Ethical Wool Undergarments (Slideshow)
What's the best way to produce ethical wool undergarments? Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine -- which sold to Colgate for $100 million in 2006 -- shows us with a tour of his
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Maine Sculptor's 'Beautiful and Discomforting' Take on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Recycled-plastic boats have been all the rage this year, but though sculptor Anna Hepler was inspired by the same massive area of marine debris that led would-be ocean
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational (Video)
In the final installment of our Pop!Tech Pop Quiz experiment, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill sits down with behavioral economist Dan Ariely, subjecting him to our Yes/No/Maybe harassment. Ariely's book, Predictably Irrational, reflects his years of
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Energize Clinton County (Video)
Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert returned to their homes in Clinton County, Ohio to find economic devastation. DHL, a mainstay employer of the area, had pulled out, leaving a jobless void. The two friends responded by doing what seemed logical: they
