Lifecycle

National "2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge" Encourages K-12 Students to Rethink Waste and Consume Less

Veronique Pittman | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Recycling Challenge, Over-Consumption, Green Schools, Sustainability Education, Zero Waste, Recycling, Trash, Reducing Waste, Lifecycle, Green Cup Challenge, Garbage, Education News
Veronique Pittman

On April 2nd, thousands of students, in schools from Connecticut to California, will aim to "recycle right" for four weeks during the 2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge.

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Electric Vehicles: Where Do the Emissions Go?

Lucia Green-Weiskel | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Smart Grid, Beijing, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Climate Change, Lifecycle, Plug-in Hybrids, China, Coal, Green News
Lucia Green-Weiskel

There is a common misconception that electric vehicles are zero-emission and that their impact on the environment is as non-offensive as the quiet sound of their humming engines.

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Sony Sees the Value of Zero

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zero Impact, Subaru, Sony, Wal-Mart, Interface Flooring, General Motors, Lifecycle, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Zero Waste, Green News
Andrew Winston

Though corporate green efforts have grown exponentially in the last decade, most initiatives fall woefully short of what's necessary to meet the enormous sustainability challenges we face.

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Life Cycles of Consumable Goods: Lower-Impact Shades of Green

Renée Loux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fuel, Energy, No Impact Week, Lifestyle, Local, Renewable Energy, Green, Manufacturing, Personal Care Products, Recycled, Low-Impact, Lifecycle, Green Living, No Impact, Consumption, Paper, Home, Reduce, Consumerism, Nontoxic, Recycle, Green News, Environment, Reuse, Plastic, Food, Nontoxic Products, Green News
Renée Loux

Understanding the "life-cycle" of any consumable good offers a fairly accurate sense of how "green" it really is -- basically, where things come from and what happens to them when we are done with them.

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Will the Biofuels Industry Hang Itself in the Climate Bill?

Nathanael Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewableenergy, Waxmanmarkey, Lifecycle, Biofuels, Rfs, Green News
Nathanael Greene

The biofuels industry wants to put the market in overdrive, take the safety railings off and then blind EPA.

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For Better or Worse: Marriage Can Wreck a Female Friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Transition, Wedding, Marriage, Matchmaking, The Bride?S Survival Guide, Living News, Relationships, Female Friendship, Bride, Bridesmaid, Tension, Newlywed, Planning in Peace, Lifecycle, Sharon Naylor, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Marriage is a milestone that often alters a couple's relationship with each other, as well as with those around them. For the new bride, it can herald...

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The Cyclical and Virtuous Product Lifecycle

Ron Gonen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Lifecycle, Recycle, Green News
Ron Gonen

My goal at RecycleBank is to progress societies' view of the product lifecycle from linear to cyclical.

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