Eugene Sandhu
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Eugene Sandhu
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Slow moving and pretty cute for a reptile, turtles are apparently pretty tasty too. Demand for turtle meat, particularly in Asia, has surged to the point that the Centre for Biological Diversity has asked a number of American states to ban the harvesting of turtles and has called the practice unsustainable.
It's easy to think that we city-dwellers are a pretty polluting bunch. Turns out we may not be that bad, according to a report by the International Institute for Environment and Development. Residents in major cities directly produce less greenhouse gas per capita than the rest of the country.
2008 may have been the year that solar power started popping up in more places than your calculator.
Tip of the Day: Make Your Own Toothpaste
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You could start seeing .eco if Dot Eco LLC gets their way. The group wants the new top level domain for green groups or companies that have a site for environment initiatives. The idea is getting some strong support and has Al Gore on their advisory board.
It feels like green ideas in the auto industry have been shoved off the front page. Financial meltdowns and auto-industry bailouts have a little to do with that. Fair enough, but we'll be buying cars and living on the planet for a long time to come and there's still green auto news out there.
Is your home overflowing with trophies from your overachieving life? Mine isn't either, but Planet Green has found some places you can donate a surplus of un-recyclable awards. If you're getting bored of little statues that remind you of when you were the fastest, strongest, weirdest or just plain awesome-est, you can ship them off to groups that can make that symbol of previous success into something more than a dust collector in your closet.
A huge $29 million mansion in Florida is expected to get LEED certification. The 15, 000 square foot Florida home has floors made from renewable wood and bamboo, boasts a grass driveway, and uses solar panels to power light fixtures that are 70% more efficient than most.
Finding a Safer Shampoo
It's a big planet with a lot of green happenings. Here's a sample of environmental headlines from everywhere:Continue reading It's a Green World - Green Headlines from Everywhere
For an entire year, Dave Chameides put nothing on the curb for garbage pick up. Not even a box of recycling.
Hotwire.com, the San Fransisco-based discount travel site, has announced that they will help you pay the carbon offset cost for your travel plans. Here's how it works. After booking your travel stuff, you get the option to buy an offset through a third-party carbon offsetting service. Hotwire will pay half the cost of that carbon offset fee. TerraPass, the folks that offer the service through Hotwire (and who we've mentioned before) will use that fee towards a CO2 reducing project and hopefully make you feel less guilty about the trip you're planning.
The Atlanta community of Virginia-Highland has apparently become the first carbon-neutral 'zone' in America.
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