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Compost in the City

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green, Eco, Soil, Compost, Los Angeles, Bon Appetit, Bridget Moloney, Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Living, Cooking, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Cities, Cities, Green News
Bridget Moloney

In L.A., it is illegal to compost things not generated on site. You would think it wouldn't matter, but people have been fined for it.

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Obama Cranks Up White House Thermostat: "You Could Grow Orchids In There"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, White House, White House Thermostat, Environment, Waste, Reducing Energy Waste, Obama Jacket, Barack Obama, Obama Coat, Green News

Uh oh. Hey, remember all that fuss about how Obama was bucking tradition by not wearing his suit jacket in the Oval Office? And how it was going to ...

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Toilet Poem Causes 20% Less Toilet Paper Use, Says Study

Metro.co.uk | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Paper Waste, Toilet Paper, Waste, Paper, Poetry, Japan, Reducing Waste, Green News

Poetry in the loo can cut down on paper use too, says a Japanese group campaigning to save toilet paper as part of the country's battle against global...

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Is Bottled Water Really So Bad?

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Plastic, Green Living, Pollution, Bottled Water, Green News

Surely there are bigger culprits out there. The problem for bottled water is that it is so ubiquitous and generally an unnecessary luxury. With most o...

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5 Kinds Of Treeless Paper

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Living, Deforestation, Treeless Paper, Paper, Green News

Do you have any idea how much paper we still waste every year in the US, despite the fact that we're in the midst of this so-called digital revolution...

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Cellular Blinds Save Energy From Seeping Out Of Your Windows And Wallet

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Living, Blinds, Reducing Waste, Interior Design, Cellular Blinds, Green News

Windows can be problematic. Their presence may account for 25% of your heating or cooling bill. We can't just do away with windows. Our houses would b...

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Delhi Latest To Ban Plastic Bags: Five Years In Prison For Waste?

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Plastic, Plastic Bag Ban, Delhi, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Green Politics, Reducing Waste, Green News

New Delhi has banned the use of plastic bags in all shops, starting very soon. Notification has been sent out to all shopkeepers, and they are being g...

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Drowning In Receipts? Help Might Be On The Way

blogs.discovery.com | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Receipts, Waste, Paper Waste, Reducing Waste, Paper, Green News

A startup called TransactionTree recently popped up, proposing a service for retailers that allows them to email an electronic copy of a receipt to c...

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Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Cell Phones, Wind Power, Economy, Green, Renewable Energy, Cars, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pollution, Green Energy, Facebook, Income, Internet Servers, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Waste, Green Growth, LEED Certification, Low-Carbon Energy, Technology, Energy, Twitter, Leed, Carbon Emissions, Computers, Web, Petroleum, Tax Reform, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Financial Growth, Software, Economic Stimulus, Savings, Business News
Bill Shireman

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

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5 Steps To Reducing All The Wasteful Packaging In Your Life

ecomii | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Packaging, Waste, Reuse, Green Living, Reducing Waste, Green News

1. Evaluate a product's packaging using these simple questions -- Is it without packaging or minimally packaged? -- Is the packaging marked as contain...

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Recycled Content Toilet Paper Saves Trees, Water And Landfill Space

The Good Human | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Recycled Toilet Paper, Recycled Content Toilet Paper, Recycled Materials, Waste, Paper, Reducing Waste, Green News

This is an easy one that you won't even have to suffer for! If every household in America switched out just ONE roll of regular TP for recycled TP, we...

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Which Is Greener: Keeping Old Car Or Getting New Green One?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Oil, Waste, Cars, Green Living, Pollution, Green Cars, Green News

Dear EarthTalk: Is it better to drive an older, well-maintained car that gets about 25 miles per gallon, or to buy a new car that gets about 35 miles ...

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Eco-Heroes In The Office Unite!

Wall Street Journal | ELIZABETH GARONE | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Office, Green Living, Green Business, Green News

Make it a daily habit. Start small. "The best way to start is to reduce all the waste that involves paper, plastic or petro," says Tim Sanders, author...

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7 Offensively Un-Green Products

TreeHugger.com | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Fake Skylight, Butter Clicker, Gas in Wine Bottles, Consumerism, Green Living, Green News

TreeHugger rounded up 7 products that are so environmentally-unfriendly it's mind-blowing. Here's a start: You know that the terroirists have won w...

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All That Packaging For Two Little Batteries? 7 Infuriating Images

TreeHugger.com | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Packaging, Overpackaging, Green News

One thing that is a constant thorn in the side of efficiency lovers is over-packaging. Using more cardboard, paper, plastic, space, and fossil fuels t...

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No Trash Man: LA Family Hasn't Thrown Anything Away For A Year

Yahoo! News | Tangi Quemener | Posted 01.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Trash, Pollution, Dave Chameides, No Trash Man, Green News

Dave Chameides has spent almost an entire year living a life full of utter garbage, and hoping he can inspire other Americans to do the same. The Los...

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Half-Naked President Elect Caught With Bottled Water

Chelsea Green | Dennis Pacheco | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Environment, Plastic, Pollution, Obama Shirtless Photos, Obama Shirtless, Bottled Water, Green News

What's the first thing that hits me? Man, this guy is in good shape! The second thing? This is the President? Seriously, when was the last time we had...

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Trash Talk

Zem Joaquin | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: End-Use, Monstrous Hybrids, Biodegrade, Commoditizing Trash, William McDonough, Landfill, Garbage, Nike, Environment, Toxic Wasteland, Waste, Trash, By-Prodcuts, Simple Shoes, Google, Soda Bottles, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Green Living, Oecotextiles, Etsy, Delphine, Green Products, Teracycle, Green News
Zem Joaquin

Almost every environmentalist agrees that we need a paradigm shift that acknowledges that nature doesn't have an "away," that everything created in nature is incorporated back in.

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A Holiday Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Alex Pasternack | Posted 01.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Waste, Holidays, Green Living, Consumption, E-Waste, China Pollution, Shopping, Garbage, Home News
Alex Pasternack

When I think of Christmas, I see the stuff under trees: toys and books and computers, DVD players and colorful paper. I don't mean the Christmas tree...

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The Trash Crash: Recyclables' Value Dives With Economy

New York Times | MATT RICHTEL and KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Economy, Recylables, Waste, Financial Crisis, Green Business, Green Economy, Green News

The economic downturn has decimated the market for recycled materials like cardboard, plastic, newspaper and metals. Across the country, this junk is ...

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Chicago Has Seven Years Worth Of Landfill Space Available

Associated Press | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Epa, Chicago Garbage, Landfills, Chicago Landfill Space, Waste Disposal, Chicago Landfills, Illinois Landfills, Waste, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Garbage, Chicago News

State environmental officials say overall disposal capacity in Illinois is sufficient for the next 18 years. That's despite a 3.5 decline in space. ...

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A Geeky Side of Bush's Legacy that Must Be Overcome

Jaron Lanier | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq War, Lies, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Waste, Dotcom Boom, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Jaron Lanier

Part of the project of climbing out of the deep, deep pit George W. Bush tossed our nation into has a geeky quality. We need to learn to stop using computers to lie to ourselves.

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Life Cycle: The Birth and Death of Your Bootleg DVDs

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Muggles, Banned, Polycarbonate, Bootleg, Green, Titanic, Aluminum, Co2, Dvds, Lord Voldemort, Dvd, Green Living, #7, Rihanna, Fda, Bisphenol-A, Mother Earth, Environment, Waste, Bpa, Plastic, Carbon Dioxide, Sarah Smarsh, Netflix, Harry Potter, Mia, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Your cinematic experience leaves its mark not only on your heart, but on the planet.

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Grand Central Terminal In New York Prohibits Reusing Newspapers? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Newspapers, Profit, Reusing, Grand Central Terminal, Waste, Green Living, Weird Rules, Recycling Newspapers, New York, Reducing Waste, Green News

Grand Central Terminal in New York City is already sort of a shrine to sustainability, what with all the mass transit, but lately they've been install...

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Life Cycle: Styrofoam: Mark of the Plastic Beast

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Devil, Non-Biodegradable, Green, Earth, Landfill, Chinese Takeout, Pollution, Green Living, 6, Plastics, Recycling, Containers, Recycle, Styrofoam, Waste, Environment, Trash, Food, Eating, Sarah Smarsh, 666, Cups, Biodegradable, Brangelina, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Your Styrofoam lunch container of Mooshu pork is labeled with...

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