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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 27
Written by Madeline Breen | December 27th, 2012
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Today’s green news is inspiring us to make green New Year’s resolutions. Ones we’ll actually keep.
- 2012 will be known as the costliest year for weather disasters in the US. (Huffington Post Green)
- “Wrap with care, save the polar bear” — a safe sex campaign aims to save endangered species. (Technorati)
- Speaking of polar bears, is climate change or poaching their biggest enemy? (BBC Nature)
- 15 green New Year’s resolutions worth keeping. (The Daily Green)
- Put down the electronics! Four days in nature improves creativity by 50%. (Mother Nature Network)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 1
Written by Madeline Breen | November 1st, 2011
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Here’s your daily dose of green news to bring you out of your post-Halloween sugar crash.
- Anything Google does, Facebook can do better. Enter: Facebook’s two new energy efficient data centers. (CleanTechnica)
- Warming oceans could push Australia’s seaweed into oblivion. (TreeHugger)
- In Mexico City, what happens when your run out of room to build new buildings? Create an “earthscrapper” underground. (Grist)
- Upgrading your smartphone to the next shiny new model comes with a price on the environment. (Washington Post)
- 8,000 cars pass through Yosemite Valley a day. A new plan to protect Yosemite’s Merced River may limit those visitors. (Huffington Post)
21 Tips for Decreasing Your Energy Bill
Written by Stephanie Wear | March 3rd, 2011
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After putting her home through an energy audit, Steph Wear is saving big bucks on her utilities. Now she shares ideas that can help you lower your bills.
30 Days of H20: Final Days
Written by Dave Connell | February 22nd, 2011
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The hidden water used to produce the food we eat and the items we consume is incredible. Help us spread the word about these hidden water users through our 30 Days of H20 Campaign.
Dear Apple: Are Green MacBooks All We Get?
Written by Dave Connell | December 5th, 2008
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Last night I saw one of those ubiquitous Apple ads touting the environmental benefits of the new MacBook computer, and listing the following green attributes of the latest Apple must-have: • An aluminum and glass enclosure that is “completely recyclable”; • The ability to “run on a quarter of the power of a single light [...]
