Posted by at Nov 19th, 2008 in Green Design
ATLANTA—As ASHRAE, USGBC and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) move forward in developing the nation’s first standard for high-performance, green commercial buildings, membership on the committee developing the standard is being reconstituted. Proposed Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, will provide minimum requirements for [...]
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Posted by Editor at Nov 19th, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Local , Shopping Guide , Activism Vermont’s Burlington Free Press highlighted Holly Rae Taylor a.k.a. the “Compost Maven” this week in their paper. Taylor is, without a doubt, the most committed composter I have hear of. Not only does she bring home table scraps from [...]
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Posted by Editor at Nov 17th, 2008 in Green Design
SHEFFIELD, MASS.—Cypress Hotel & Spa, a leading designer and manufacturer of luxury bathrobes, towels, slippers, and sheets for the hospitality and spa industry for more than 25 years, introduced its exclusive new MicroCotton Green EarthTM towels to the spa market during the 2008 ISPA Conference & Expo.
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Posted by at Nov 13th, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Home , News , Polit-eco , Activism , Green challenge
In a recent issue of Newsweek the magazine released some very interesting and insightful…
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Posted by at Oct 29th, 2008 in Climate Change
Filed under: Food , Climate Change There are always those products that come out at just the wrong time. Greenland is about to have one of those…
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Posted by at Oct 21st, 2008 in Climate Change
Filed under: Home , Kids and Parenting , Climate Change Are you a “carborexic”? According to Dr. Jack Hirschowitz, in a recent NY Times article, while there…
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Posted by at Oct 17th, 2008 in Green Design
NATIONAL REPORT—Carpet cushion, also known as underlayment, has been one of the greenest products available to the lodging industry for years. More than 80 percent of carpet cushion sold today is made from bonded…
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Posted by at Oct 13th, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Polit-eco , Activism Whether you agree with Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin that global warming may not exist and isn’t caused by industry or with Democratic…
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Posted by at Oct 5th, 2008 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife Over 1,000 penguins have washed up in northern Brazil. Some were exhausted, others dead. Many were covered in…
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Posted by at Sep 28th, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Movies, TV and Books , Polit-eco , Activism , Plants and Wildlife In the last two decades at least 25,000 Fin whales have been…
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