Climate Culture
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Don't Come on In, the Water's Warm
A beachside nuclear reactor in Brazil leaked thousands of gallons of slightly radioactive water in May, but the public didn’t learn about the problem until the Brazilian magazine Epoca broke […]
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The people next door can help you think green
Everywhere I have lived, I have had neighbors, sometimes in houses just 15 or 20 feet away. Always I’ve had a garden and woodpile, sometimes bees, chickens, and fruit trees. […]
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Oregon Trailblazers
When it comes to sustainability, Oregon is No. 1, says the San Francisco-based Resource Renewal Institute. The group ranked states on transit spending, open-space protection, recycling, and pollution prevention, among […]
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Wall-to-wall Carping
Can a 12,000-square-foot house really be eco-friendly? What about Bill Gates’s 40,000-square-foot house built of salvaged wood? Architect Will Bruder says adding green features like geothermal heating and solar panels […]
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Getting Their Goats
The busiest ski resort in the U.S. is using goats instead of herbicides to get rid of weeds on its slopes. After the goats eat their fill, the Vail resort […]
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Getting the Munchies
Over the next few months, a Mobile Muncher bus will visit every large town in Spain to help the country reach its goal of recycling 100 tons of mobile phones […]
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Hey Good Lookin', What Ya Got Cookin'?
Nearly all residents in Villaseca, Chile, cook with solar power –pretty nifty in a country where firewood is a big source of energy, contributing to a steep loss in old-growth […]
