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Ped Antics
Colleges, high schools move to be more bike- and pedestrian-friendly |
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07 Aug 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:06 AM on 07 Aug 2008 High gasoline costs as well as concerns about the environment have been prompting schools across the country to make their campuses more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. Pressure from parents and students is one big factor in the shift, but another key seems to be a growing awareness about sustainability. A number of colleges are launching bike-sharing programs, some U.S. high schools ... |
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| Topics: education, gas prices, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Metro Effectual
City residents emit less CO2, study says |
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29 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:58 AM on 29 May 2008 Residents of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States emit less carbon dioxide pollution per capita than the U.S. average, according to a new study. The Brookings Institution analyzed data on household and transportation energy use and found that the average U.S. resident was responsible for about 2.87 tons of carbon pollution a year, but that residents of the U.S.'s 100 largest metro areas ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Where in the World?
Brazilians and Indians are the greenest, says survey |
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08 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:29 PM on 08 May 2008 Brazilians and Indians are the most eco-friendly folks in the world, and Canadians and Americans are the least, according to a new survey done by the National Geographic Society. Consumers in 14 countries, representing more than half of the world's population and about three-quarters of its energy use, were ranked on their sustainability in the areas of housing, transportation, food, and co ... |
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| Topics: Brazil, Canada, China, consumerism, green living, India, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Starting to Tank
Americans using less gasoline |
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03 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:41 PM on 03 Mar 2008 Well, it's finally happened: Americans are starting to use less gasoline. It took a weakened economy and record oil prices -- crude hit an all-time high of $103.95 a barrel Monday -- but in the past six weeks, U.S. gasoline consumption has fallen by an average 1.1 percent from 2007 levels, the most sustained drop in at least 16 years (excepting the dropoff that followed Hurricane Katrina). As Americans move to mitig ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics) |
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I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Super Bowl to plant trees and make other greenish efforts |
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07 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:50 AM on 07 Jan 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The National Football League has announced that it will plant trees and take other measures to offset some of the environmental impacts of the most hyped sporting event of the year. This year's Super Bowl will be held in Phoenix, Ariz., on Feb. 3. As part of the greening effort, the organizers have said they're planting 9,000 trees in the state, though o ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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The House That Love Un-Built
Green un-building catching on in the U.S. |
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18 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:14 PM on 18 Oct 2007 What's the opposite of green building? Green un-building (aka, deconstruction)! And it's catching on in the United States in that if-you-have-the-time-and-money-and-inclination kind of way. About 245,000 houses are torn town in the U.S. each year and roughly 1,000 of them are carefully deconstructed with up to 85 percent of their parts going to other projects or getting recycled. The remains ... |
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| Topics: green building, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Knock That Junk Off
New anti-junk-mail service stops unwanted catalogs for free |
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18 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 8:47 AM on 18 Oct 2007 A new service set up by the Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, and the Ecology Center called Catalog Choice can put a stop to all those unwanted catalogs clogging your mailbox. Since its debut last week, some 20,000 people have signed up for the service, already halting over 50,000 unwanted catalogs. That's a small fraction of the 19 billion catalogs mai ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Is Our Children Greening?
Students and colleges starting to go green |
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24 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green It's school time again, and you know what that means: pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks, and ambitious eco-minded students. Thanks to the influence of today's yoots -- a generation accustomed to sorting their trash and hyper-aware of global warming -- schools across the country are greening up education. California's Green Campus Program ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Due Deferens
Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate |
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11 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Due Deferens Separate studies show chemicals, cigarettes may affect male birth rate The percentage of boys born in the U.S. and Japan each year has gradually declined over the last three decades, a new study says -- and pollutants are a possible cause. "Male reproductive health is in trouble," says lead researcher Devra Lee Davis of the University of Pittsburgh, noting that both adult fertil ... |
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| Topics: green living, Japan, news, population, United States (all these topics) |
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We've Been Cartwheeling to Work
Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior |
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25 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior Americans hit in the pocketbook by high gas prices are, shockingly, changing their consumptive behavior. A survey by Consumer Reports found that over a third of American drivers are pondering getting a more fuel-efficient vehicle in place of their current one; half of those are considering a hybrid, and fewer than 5 percent want a l ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics) |
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Tiiiiiime Is on Our Side, Yes It Is
Time cover story propels global warming into the mainstream |
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27 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Tiiiiiime Is on Our Side, Yes It Is Time cover story propels global warming into the mainstream "Be worried. Be very worried." So warns the latest issue of Time magazine, which focuses on every Johnny-come-lately's favorite topic: global warming. The cover story -- the contents of which will be old news for devotees of scrappy nonprofit environmental magazines that need and deserve your ongoing financi ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Take the Pinheads Polling
Poll says most Americans back ultra-strength environmental protections |
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14 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Take the Pinheads Polling Poll says most Americans back ultra-strength environmental protections Nearly half of all U.S. adults think the government's doing too little to protect the environment. Almost three-quarters say that eco-protections are important, and that standards cannot be too high. No, you're not dreaming -- it's a fresh new Harris Interactive poll on attitudes of Americans toward environmental protection. T ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Soda Jerks
American activist leads international anti-Coke movement via internet |
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07 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Soda Jerks American activist leads international anti-Coke movement via internet The next time you feel ground under the heel of global capitalism, take inspiration from Amit Srivastava. The "one-man NGO armed with just a laptop computer, a website, and a telephone calling card," as The Wall Street Journal describes him, has become the lynchpin of an international movement demanding that Coca-Cola Co. be ... |
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| Topics: green living, India, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Dust, but Verify
New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust |
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23 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dust, but Verify New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust Samples of household dust from 70 residences in seven U.S. states were found to contain a toxic cocktail of industrial chemicals -- all of which have been shown to harm animals, all of which are legal and commonly used. The study, conducted by consumer-advocate group Clean Production Action, tested the dust for 44 chemicals and found 35 of them. ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Message in a Bottle Bill
U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise |
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02 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Reversal of Fortune Cookies
China passes U.S. as reigning consumerism champion |
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17 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Reversal of Fortune Cookies China passes U.S. as reigning consumerism champion America, for years the world's largest, proudest consumer, has been dethroned. Say hello to China, now the world's most consumingest nation, according to a recent survey by the Earth Policy Institute. China now beats the U.S. in consumption of four out of five basic commodities, including grain, meat, steel, and coal. The fifth, howe ... |
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| Topics: China, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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The Strong and Short of It
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22 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Strong and Short of It In a sign of increasing international concern about the ecological challenges posed by China, one of the world's most prominent greens has moved to Beijing and set up shop as an environmental consultant. For more than three decades, Canadian Maurice Strong has been a major player in global diplomacy, environmental and otherwise; earlier ... |
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| Topics: Asia, business, China, green living, news, nuclear power, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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