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Renewable Energy from Dairy Farm Manure
nwfarmsandfood.com via @PacNW_PPRC &bull 5 Hours AgoFarm Power Northwest Rexville Methane Digester In a promising development for the agricultural economy, an up-and-coming Washington start-up company, is turning the dairy industry's huge manure waste problem into a renewable energy solution. After a successful debut with a farm-based anaerobic digester in Rexville, Washington, Farm Power Northwest, with its prime contractor, the Andgar Corporation, is constructing a second methane digester near Lynden in Whatcom County.The Million Ton Problem The environmental problem Farm Power Northwest has taken on is not… Full Story »
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Hank D and the Bee: Treat Your Worms Well
Eco Child's Play &bull Yesterday
A little info on composting with worms from EcoChildsPlay-and your own bin from the Sustainablog store. Follow the rest of the Hank D and the Bee series at JoeMohrToons.com. For cartoon updates and other green goings-on, follow Joe on Twitter… Full Story »
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Life of an . . .: Ten tips for a cleaner, greener home!
three-seventeen.blogspot.com via @kickitykickball &bull YesterdayIf you want to keep updated with our giveaways, please join our mailing list. We only send out an e-mail when we have a new giveaway or a giveaway winner!! I have heard many people refer to becoming green as a "hippie new trend" and I don't believe that's true. We don't have to do everything green! Though if we take some small steps around our home to reduce, reuse and recycle, we can… Full Story »
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The CSU Commitment to Sustainability Campus sustainability efforts recognized by Sierra Club
blogs.calstate.edu via @HomeRecycler &bull YesterdaySF State has been recognized by the Sierra Club as one of America's 100 greenest colleges. In the environmental organization's fourth annual "Cool Schools" survey, colleges were ranked according to their sustainability efforts in 10 categories. SF State placed 69th… Full Story »
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Waste Management going for 'black gold' | Green Tech - CNET News
news.cnet.com via @panchamavatar &bull Sep 1, 2010The Houston-based company has acquired Garick, which manufactures things like mulch, garden compost, and playground turf made from recycled organic materials. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. WM only went so far as to announce that Garick's composting… Full Story »
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Waste Management going for 'black gold'
CNET GreenTech blog &bull Sep 1, 2010
The Houston-based company has acquired Garick, which manufactures things like mulch, garden compost, and playground turf made from recycled organic materials. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. WM only went so far as to announce that Garick's composting… Full Story »
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A Push for Cart-less Shopping
Ecosalon &bull Sep 1, 2010
It seems, the bigger the store, the bigger the carts. SuperTarget, which has introduced fresh grocery products into its offerings, keeps us in the red with enormous carts to contain the bulk items we buy. Box stores know you will also pick up little extras in the aisles along the way, like electronics and kitchen tools. You didn't even know you needed towels and… Full Story »
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Live On From Beyond The Groove: Have Your Ashes Pressed Into Vinyl
TreeHugger &bull Sep 1, 2010TreeHugger has reviewed many different, greener things to do with our bodies after we have shuffled off the mortal coil, from freeze-drying to composting . Now an English company offers a new option: Have your ashes pressed into vinyl record… Full Story »
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Portland gets its largest, eco-green, indoor community dog park
Green Diary &bull Sep 1, 2010
Centrally located in southeast Portland, the 20,000 square feet Fido's Indoor Dog Park is the greenest, indoor community dog park for those pampered dogs. It is a climate-controlled play space with 13,000 square feet of special K-9 anti-microbial turf made… Full Story »
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Energy Conservation at ASU- Going Green, Growing Green
www.asupr.com via @solarfactory &bull Aug 31, 2010At Augusta State, growing green might refer to the beautiful grounds, expertly tended by a crew from the Physical Plant. However, it might also refer to the dollars saved by the Physical Plant in adopting an energy plan for campus… Full Story »
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Perform a Trash Can Autopsy to Save Money and Resources
The Daily Green: Living Green &bull Aug 31, 2010
Archeologists say that digging through a civilization's garbage can reveal more about peoples' lifestyles than just about anything else. Take a minute to look through your trash -- items you're recycling as well as sending to the landfill -- and… Full Story »
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RFID Bins: The New Recycling Police
Earth 911 &bull Aug 31, 2010
The newest trend in curbside recycling is the use of Radio-frequency identification (RFID), a tiny computer chip in the recycling bin that can do everything from weighing the contents inside to tracking which bins are used on a regular basis.… Full Story »
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Macleay for Oakland Mayor 2010: SIERRA CLUB 2010 QUESTIONNAIRE
macleay4mayor.blogspot.com via @saveTEM &bull Aug 31, 2010SIERRA CLUB 2010 QUESTIONNAIRE for OAKLAND MAYORAL CANDIDATES Please return this questionnaire with your answers included after its question. Why do you want to run for Mayor? What is your vision and what are your priorities for the City, and how would you implement them? My first reason for running for Mayor is to be the advocate for the city. I see this as a stand and deliver kind of job and if elected I will be one of those mayors you see everywhere reaching out to the public and on campaign for the city's projects. The main theme of… Full Story »
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SF Hits Waste-Reduction Target Two Years Early
ClimateBiz.com &bull Aug 30, 2010Recycling and composting helped San Francisco divert 77 percent of its garbage from landfills in 2008, which it hailed as a national record and the highest of any city in the U.S. Full Story »
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Healthy Building News
www.healthybuilding.net via @GREENGUARD &bull Aug 30, 2010The following is the second in a series of articles profiling true transformations in the building materials market. If you know of a transformative change, please let us know about it. Many manufacturers contacted us to tout their products when we last invited examples of true transformations in the building materials market. Forbo Flooring Systems was not among them. We called Forbo to ask for a… Full Story »
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Compost At Home Without The Smell
GoodCleanTech &bull Aug 30, 2010
Composting may be great for the environment, but it's not without its drawbacks. Most notably the strong stench of decomposing food. But Simple Human is looking to fix that with a new composting pail that can neutralize those very odors.… Full Story »
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Discover Helpful Information For Green Related Activities
www.go-green-renewable-energy.com via @moneymac1 &bull Aug 30, 2010It seems almost inconceivable to think that starting my car and letting it run for five minutes to get the heat or air conditioning going has any effect on the earth\'s pulse, but when you multiply that millions of times, there\'s no doubt that it… Full Story »
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Compost in New York City | Sustainable Diet
food.sustainablelivinginhawaii.com via @1stGardening &bull Aug 29, 2010I recommend getting your music from Jamendo and adding back your vocals so that we can hear what you are saying. This is an interesting and important subject. You know how I know? Because you're the broke dick that can't… Full Story »
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Thinking of Building Your Own Eco Dream Home?
www.squidgonegreen.com via @SquidGoneGreen &bull Aug 29, 2010There are few things more rewarding than planning and building your dream home. If you are focused on making your home eco-friendly, the rewards can be even more satisfying. There are some specifics you'll need to keep in mind if you decide to go the eco-friendly route in you house-building efforts. First, you… Full Story »
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2010 the Year of the Yurt?
Planet Green (Discovery Channel) &bull Aug 28, 2010
Down East Magazine has declared 2010 "The Year of the Yurt," and though they were talking vacation, it got me thinking big picture. Could I live in a yurt? Despite the recent yurt enthusiasm, yurts have been around for a long time. Yurts are actually the traditional housing of many Mongolian people and there's evidence of yurt living dating… Full Story »
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