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Cargohopper Amsterdam
Sep 19 2014 02:55 AM | eds in Green Living
Municipalities have much to gain from quiet, zero-emission urban distribution, . . . . . . climate, . . . . . . air quality, . . . . . . road safety and . . . . . . public kindness are important. Numerous, partially empty vans and trucks, parked in the...
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How To Lower Your Energy Costs
Jan 19 2015 03:40 PM | eds in Green Living
How to Lower your Energy Costs
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Jeremy Rifkin: Zero Marginal Cost
Apr 16 2015 02:00 PM | eds in Green Living
Jeremy Rifkin: Zero Marginal Cost
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The Perfect Home2
May 01 2016 06:30 PM | eds in Green Living
The Perfect Home - episode 2
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13 Largest Power Outages In History
Aug 14 2013 08:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Take a look at the 13 major power outages over many years, and . . . see that the problems we face are . . . not because we aren’t building enough power plants. Yet in North America and Europe, every year the regulators and . . . the utility industry...
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Averting The Climate Crisis
Feb 05 2014 04:25 AM | eds in Green Living
The low hanging fruit.
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Oil & Gas Companies Failing Society
Jan 21 2015 11:50 PM | eds in Green Living
Oil & Gas Companies Failing Society
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500 Million Us Solar Panels By 2020?
Jul 27 2015 11:40 AM | eds in Green Living
Hilary Clinton has said, . . . she wants the US to install 500 million solar panels, . . . within 4 years of her taking office, . . . as the US presidential candidate outlined details, . . . about her energy and climate plan. 07-27-2015 Source: 500 m...
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Mahatma Gandhi
Sep 26 2016 01:00 PM | eds in Green Living
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, . . . will ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement on, . . . Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2. The pact will come into force, after it is ratified by at least . . . 55 countries that account f...
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Sustainable Urban Delivery
Mar 21 2013 05:15 PM | eds in Green Living
Watch us pedal around Portland and . . . listen to what Portland business leaders have to say about the . . . . . . cost-savings, . . . . . . time compression, and . . . . . . environmental benefits we provide.
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$70.- Street Lamps
Apr 20 2015 09:45 PM | eds in Green Living
A 3-watt LED lamp is connected to a controller, and a battery pack, . . . which is powered by a small solar panel. The light fixture’s protective casing, . . . is an old plastic soda bottle. Each lamp costs around $70.- to build, and nothing t...
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Solar Decathlon House
Oct 13 2015 09:00 PM | eds in Green Living
From storm-resistant shelters, . . . to breezy dwellings that open like a flower, . . . the solar-powered houses in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015, . . . are as diverse and creative as the teams behind them. Each was inspired by th...
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Australians Love Solar, Utilities Hate Solar
Jul 24 2013 03:30 AM | eds in Green Living
Australians love solar because it lowers their energy costs. . . . Despite the removal of generous feed-in-tariffs, . . . in nearly all state jurisdictions over the last 2 years, . . . rooftop solar continues to grow because it offers households, . . ....
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A City Without Cars?
Nov 07 2013 02:40 PM | eds in Green Living
One month, one neighborhood, no cars, . . . the Haeenggung-dong neighborhood residents, . . . moved beyond car dependency, . . . in a real life EcoMobility experiment! Suwon City, South Korea, with over one million visitor's, . . . held the 201...
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Barefoot College: Learning & Re-Learning
Dec 06 2013 02:35 AM | eds in Green Living
By 2013, in . . . 52 countries, . . . 650 Illiterate women, trained as Solar Technicians, replaced . . . 5 million liters of kerosene, with Solar Lights, used by . . . 350,000 people affected annually.
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Follow The Money: Global Divestment Day
Feb 17 2015 03:45 PM | eds in Green Living
$50 billion, has been divested from fossil fuels to date. . . . Over 181 cities, universities, and other institutions, . . . have committed to divestment. 02-17-2015 Source: Global Divestment Day
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Nasa: Earth Is Warming
Sep 05 2016 01:50 PM | eds in Green Living
Over the past century, . . . temperatures began to rise at a rate that is . . . 10 times faster than historical averages, according to research by . . . NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That means the Earth will war...
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Interactive Map Of Global Land Temperatures
Jul 25 2013 12:00 AM | eds in Green Living
This map shows over 100 years, . . . of monthly average temperatures, recorded by approximately . . . 7,200 climate stations around the world since 1900. Source: Interactive Map Halftone
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Green Magic Homes
May 08 2016 08:45 PM | eds in Green Living
Green Magic Homes
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Follow The Money: $700 Million For Energy...
Jan 20 2015 02:20 PM | eds in Green Living
Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): . . . 93 billion yen ($779 million) for energy efficiency, and . . . 81 billion yen ($700 million) for energy storage. Solar power adoption has soared in Japan in recent years, with ar...
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Oehler Underground House
Sep 25 2015 05:55 PM | eds in Green Living
Oehler Underground House
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Passivhaus Can Insulate You From Bills
Aug 16 2013 06:25 AM | eds in Green Living
A passive house (passivhaus) is a super insulated energy efficient home. . . . They have: . . . . . . tiny heating bills, . . . . . . minimal carbon footprints, . . . . . . are flooded with natural light and . . . . . . enjoy superior levels of comfo...
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Dean Kamen's First Robotics Program
Mar 04 2015 02:10 AM | eds in Green Living
Building the Future 03-03-2015 Source: Dean Kamen's FIRST Robotics Program
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Most Important Pie Chart You'll See Today
Nov 05 2013 06:45 PM | eds in Green Living
13,950 Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles on Earth's Climate, . . . 24 reject Global Warming. CO2 is central to the mainstream scientific view on global warming. . . . 2013-11-05 Source: Chart
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Ted: Bicycle Culture By Design
Aug 16 2013 05:25 PM | eds in Green Living
Engineer's VS Designer's . . . How to get from "A" to "B" using "Desire Lines." Mikael Colville-Andersen is an urban mobility expert and . . . CEO for Copenhagenize Consulting.
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