Shades of Green
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Everybody talks it. Corporate America's on the bandwagon. "Green" is the new "cool." But there are a million shades of it. This twine was created to share what is and what isn't. Add information regarding things you perceive to be truly "green" and those that aren't. Let's see if we can't enhance our color perception when it comes to this broad spectrum of services, products, processes, companies, and ways of thinking people call GREEN.
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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Where countries stand on CopenhagenThere are just over four weeks to go before the Copenhagen conference intended to agree a new international framework for controlling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The final round of preparatory talks in Barcelona has revealed deep divisions between some of the key participants. Use this table ...
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SAP - SAP Carbon Impact: Rapidly Deployed, Subscription-Based Carbon Management SolutionSAP Carbon Impact Rapidly Deployed, Subscription-Based Carbon Management Solution Discover how SAP can help you achieve your sustainability goals, enabling you to overcome significant risk to your market share and seize new business opportunities. Increasing energy and commodity costs. ...
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The Cahaba: A River of Riches | Science & Nature | Smithsonian MagazineThe Cahaba: A River of Riches Randy Haddock stands on a muddy riverbank in central Alabama, looking over his favorite place on earth. Haddock, a slight, spectacled biologist with a trim beard, smiles as he hoists a canoe over his head, carries it to the water and launches it almost ...
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STOP GLOBAL WARMING/ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ORGANIZING TEAMPDA - PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA MOBILIZING THE PROGRESSIVE VOTE Call President Obama! Dear Friend, On October 24, people all over the world will join together in an International Day of Action to combat catastrophic climate change . We call upon you to call President Obama on ... 
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12 Foods You Don't Have to Buy Organic (Dr. Andrew Weil)Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories tested, the following twelve foods do not have to be organic. These had the lowest pesticide load, and consequently are the safest conventionally grown crops to consume from the standpoint of pesticide contamination.
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The Cahaba: A River of Riches | Science & Nature | Smithsonian MagazineAlso worth checking out: www.cahabariversociety.org (looks after the Cahaba, which, as you can see in the article, is hugely biodiverse, but which also is a major source of drinking water for a large portion of Alabama. Currently seeking new members/sponsors. Check them out.Daniel Monroe added 2 weeks ago
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2The AIR-igator draws water from the air for thirsty gardensYes, some ACs use up lots of power (but not all! - check out heat/cool pumps using in-ground circulation). Still, getting water out of that process is a bonus.JDP added 3 months ago
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2Asia Challenges the U.S. for Green Tech Supremacy - Yahoo! NewsWill the Republican "NO" machine ensure that the USA falls behind the rest of the world in the most important technology race of this new century ... in order to protect their special interest masters (the current crop of energy companies)?JDP added 4 months ago
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2EETimes.com - Researchers ready personal energy monitoring devicesEnabling a "personal carbon tax"!? Cell phone as big brother.JDP added 4 months ago
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2GE and NASA to give open-rotor jet engine systems a spinAnd maybe wouldn't "suck in" birds as easily (or just slice and dice them around the engine)?JDP added 4 months ago
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