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McDonald's New Green Built Restaurant with EV Charging
Image credit: Novacharge and Mcdonalds McDonald's Opens New "Green" Restaurant with Electric Vehicle Charging "I'll take a Big Mac and a full charge to go" - that may be the new refrain at a Cary, NC restaurant that is offering charging points for
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Must the Greens Hate the Rich? Class War in NC
Image credit: Sami Grover Protesters Attack Luxury Green Apartments Recently fly posters have been appearing around my town - "Greenbridge: Classism Applied Liberally"; "Greenbridge is Racist", and my personal favorite "Greenbridge Only Cares About One
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A TreeHugger's Dilemma: Is 'Doing Something' Doing Enough?
Nice electric mower, but why the lawn? Image credit: Sami Environmentalists Could Always Do More, But Should They? When I wrote about Coke's giant recycling sculpture on Monday, a commenter (rightly) took me to task for misrepresenting the debate
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Central Piedmont Community College: Safe For Bambi and Friends
All six of the Central Piedmont Community Colleges (NC) campuses were certified this March 2009 as spaces with Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Widlife Federation. While the National Wildlife Federation has
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Calling All Americans: We Need to Recycle More Glass
Do you have a favorite item to recycle? Personally I enjoy the loud smash every time you drop a giant, glass wine bottle into the bin. Glass makers are also hoping you join team glass and start to recycle a few more bottles. The
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Organica Deluxe Ginger Cookies Good to Every Last Crumb
Ethics, schmetics, if you send me something tasty in the mail, preferably something of the sweet or chocolatey variety, you get moved right to the top of my posting queue. So it is with unabashed delight—and, trust me,
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Duke Power Investing In Distributed Solar Generation Scheme
Via Industry Week we learned that Duke Power now has permission from the North Carolina Utilities Commission to move on a novel investment strategy for renewable energy production. Over the next 2
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There's a Serious Sustainable Beer Culture in Appalachia
The Appalachian Mountains are near and dear to my heart. I was born and raised in the Blue Ridge. For those that love the outdoors, the Appalachian Mountains are the ideal east coast playground for keeping in touch with nature.
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44 Anti-Coal Activists Arrested at North Carolina Power Plant Protest
Police arrested 44 anti-coal activists engaged in acts of civil disobedience today to protest expansion of Duke Energy's Cliffside coal-fired power plant. Those arrested will likely be charged with second degree trespassing. Event
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North Carolinians, Help Stop the Construction of the Cliffside Coal Power Plant
While I don't think anyone is planning to chain themselves to conveyor belts in protest at this demonstration, if you're in North Carolina (or from farther afield and feel passionately about stopping the US's use of coal) then head to Charlotte on
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Can Community Co-ops Revive Our Towns?
A volunteer helps clean up the disused grocery store. Image credit: Company Shops Market Hometown Security through Local Co-ops The current climate might not seem like the best time to open a grocery store. A group of residents in Burlington, NC - a
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North Carolina Law Requires Electric Utility Plant Combustion Of Chicken Poop
The poo-burn requirement is according to a story from the The News & Observer, Activists fight small power plants.
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Organic Wedding Gowns by M.L. Marsh That Look Awesome
Thats right. We've covered organic wedding gowns in the past, and love them all for their simple elegance, timeless beauty and the ability for them to be worn more than just on the wedding day. But, if you're in the market for
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7 Romantic Green Hotels to Wow Your Sweetheart
We're all trying to cut back a little these days--both environmentally and financially--but every now and then you just need to get away. Sometimes it's easy: find an eco-friendly hotel a few hours from home--or in one of our
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Gaia, Asheville's First Green Community Weathers the Economic Downturn
You can't help but to love Asheville, an eco-fabulous haven tucked into the picturesque mountains that consume the western portion of North Carolina. Recent construction in and around the community, however, has begun to cloud the
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Gardener's Holiday Gift Supports Regional Seed Saving in NC
Shares in The Abundance Pepper Promote Crop Diversity With growing conditions varying tremendously from place to place, it seems insane that the majority of seeds grown in the US come either from the Pacific Northwest, or Japan, Holland or Israel.
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Crop Mob: Getting Together for the Future of Farming
Image credit: Trace Ramsey at Cricket Bread Community Gatherings Give Hands-on Support to Farmers While loss of farmland to development remains a major concern — it's not all bad news on the agrarian front. As the New York Times noted, there are
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Permaculture Activist
Having written yesterday about Edible Landscaping - a mail order nursery specializing in disease-resistant edible perennials, I took to googling around a little to find out what other resources are out there for under-used useful edible and medicinal
