Archive for 'Green Living'
Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 20
This really should have been last week’s (Friday the 13th’s) Cool Green Morning — filled with The Worst Nightmares of whales, wasteful companies, and people who like to paint their cars a lot. (Are they going to take car painting away from us, too?) Prepare yourself — real scary stuff in today’s best green news [...]
Posted: November 20th, 2009 under Air Pollution, Asia Pacific, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Fish, Green Living, Green Technology, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Sustainable Livelihoods, United States.
Tags: Asia clean tech, Asia green investment, auto painting pollution, CleanTechnica, CNET Health Tech, Dot Earth, Ecopolitology, EPA, GoodGuide, GoodGuide app, green app, green invest, greenhouse gas emissions, Japan, Japan whale, Jeff Gordon, NASCAR, Obama climate, smartphone green app, sustainability app, Sylvia Earle, Thomas Friedman, Todd Stern, U.S. green investment, U.S. green tech, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, whale hunt, Yvo de Boer
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, November 19
Too bad that feeling guilty isn’t enough to reduce carbon emissions. But we’re excited that California passed efficiency standards to cut television electricity use in half by 2013. And how about the recovery of a rare giraffe species in Africa? Not bad news for a cool green morning.
There’ll be no more energy-sucking televisions in the state where TV was born, now that [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Business, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living.
Tags: California, carbon emissions, corporate sustainability, rare giraffe, Responsible Travel, television energy efficiency, The Daily Green, UN Population Fund, women and climate change
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Telecommuting: How to Save the World in Your Pajamas
I’ve talked a lot about biking as a great alternative to driving to work, but there is another option that may be a little less daunting: telecommuting.
If you regularly drive to work, telecommuting can save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere and save you a bundle of money to [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2009 under Green Living, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: Chrissy Schwinn, driving alternatives, EconomyStory, home office, home workspace, how to telecommute, Jon Hoekstra, Jonathan Hoekstra, Katie Kemple, Margaret Southern, Misty Herrin, Quint Careers, telecommute, telecommuting, work from home
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 18
Coke’s introducing the “PlantBottle.” Houston’s taking a modest step toward a greener image. Enviros are teaming up with the religious right to encourage climate action on the Hill. Today’s news is exceptionally cool AND green. Read on for more:
What’s more important than reaching a global agreement in Copenhagen? Scientific American thinks a U.S.-China deal on [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2009 under China, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Copenhagen, Energy, Green Living, Green Technology, Policy, United States.
Tags: China, Coca-Cola, Copenhagen, Green Inc., GreenBiz, Guardian, Prius, scientific american, Texas, Triple Pundit, U.S. climate legislation, United States
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 17
Rish and shine! There’s a cool green morning out there, waiting to greet you with some oh-so-refreshing news: marine sponges are important, the Dutch want to tax drivers and there could be a rot-free apple in your future.
The Daily Green asks, Is everything you know about being green wrong? Here’s the scoop: it’s not about what car you [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2009 under Australia, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Coral Reefs, Europe, Green Living, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Sustainable Livelihoods.
Tags: apple won't rot, Coral Reefs, cut emissions, Daily Green, driving tax, Green Living, increased wind, Lake Superior, marine sponges, ocean carbon, RS103-130, Spong Bob
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 16
Good news about cow poop. Good news (?) about Copenhagen. Good news for those of you who’ve always dreamed of a dress made of LED lights. Happiness is the smell of a new Cool Green Morning, to paraphrase Don Draper…
The rehabilitation of poop continues: The Netherlands has opened its second cow-dung power plant, reports CleanTechnica [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Copenhagen, Energy, Europe, Fish, Forests, Green Living, Green Technology, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, South America.
Tags: Amazon deforest, Amazon forest, biogas, Brazil Amazon, CleanTechnica, Copenhagen, cow dung electricity, cow dung power plant, Dave Roberts, Dot Earth, Grist, Inhabitat, LED dress, lights dress, Netherlands cow dung, Obama, shark, Swarovski, The New York Times, tuna, turtle
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Follow Nathan: Recap of a Remarkable Journey
In August, we blogged here on the extraordinary cross-country bike journey of Nathan Winters (AKA, “Follow Nathan”) to raise money for The Nature Conservancy and raise awareness for climate change and sustainable agriculture. At that point, Nathan had just crossed the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, halfway through his journey from Maine to Washington State — a trek [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2009 under Climate Change, Green Living, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Adirondacks, Adirondacks conservation, Bellingham, charity bike ride, Climate Change, Follow Nathan, Nathan Winters, sustainable ag, sustainable agriculture, The Nature Conservancy
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 11
Happy Veterans’ Day, readers! Thank a solider for his or her service, give ‘em a hug, and then dive into today’s roundup of the best green news on the interwebs:
The Daily Green weighs in on the “real vs. artificial” Christmas tree debate. Is it really that time of the year already?
There’s a [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2009 under Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Europe, Green Living, Policy, United States.
Tags: Bright Green Blog, carbon emissions, Climate Change, food waste, green holidays, LEED certification, New Orleans, Science Channel, The Daily Green, Treehugger, U.S. climate legislation, United Kingdom, vegetarianism
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 9
That’s not lice causing that scratching on your head (at least, we hope not) — it’s just a lot of head scratchers in today’s hot green news roundup. Stop the itch of curiosity right here!
Now here’s a question that’s been keeping millions up at night! Which is greener: Going into the refrigerator for a bottle [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2009 under Animals, Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Green Living, Policy, Science, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: Ask Pablo, Bright Green Blog, carbon emissions, carbon price, CleanTechnica, Climate Change, climate change denial, climate change denier, Columbia University, communicating climate change, Copenhagen climate, energy conservation, greenhouse gases, Institute for Policy Integrity, Jeremy Hance, Mongabay, Obama, Obama endangered species, ozone hole, Richard Black, The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, Treehugger, Water conservation
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Ecotourism: Green Problem or Green Solution?
Ecotourism is often presented as the savior for wildlife and wild places — providing local communities with financial incentives to preserve nature while also reducing poaching and development pressure.
But, lately, others question whether rich Westerners jetting around the world really help much at all: They disturb animals, create demands for new development and only employ [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Ecosystem Services, Green Living, North America, Protected Areas, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods.
Tags: air travel, avitourism, Brazil, carbon footprint, Climate Change, ecotourism, ecotourism bad, ecotourism good, Galapagos, green travel, Matt Miller, Namibia, Serengeti herd, tourism, Yellowstone National Park
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