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By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On a day that found civic leaders aggressively preparing for floods that could rival the worst in the region’s history, organizers of United Nations World Environment Day unveiled the theme of an event that will include six weeks of activities stretching from Earth Day in April through June 5: “Water Matters.”
The [...]
I.B.M. Researchers have developed a new way to make plastics that can be continuously recycled — a challenge for many plastics currently used in consumer products.
Researchers at I.B.M. and Stanford University said Tuesday that they have discovered a new way to make plastics that can be continuously recycled or developed for novel uses in [...]
Los Angeles is about to start a new pilot program with the innovative company RecycleBank. About 15,000 homes will be eligible for the program. Their recycling bins will be tagged, and with every pickup the weight of the stuff they recycle will be recorded. Based on how much they recycle, each household will get RecycleBank [...]
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In this tough economy, coupon use is growing. Last year marked the first time in 17 years that consumers used more coupons than they did the year before, according to one researcher.
That makes it a good time for advertisers to try couponing to draw in new customers and revive [...]
Garrison Elementary students got a musical lesson in coastal ecology Monday.
Children’s musician Roger Day engaged students in sing-alongs about everything from right whales to marsh mud as part of the Savannah Music Festival’s annual schools program.
“I liked the one about the ghost crab because it was scary and I like scary stuff,” said second-grader The’Andre [...]
Excerpted from “Wake Up and Smell the Planet” (Skipstone, 2007), by Grist.org.
Even eco-types like us can be couch potatoes (though the couch is formaldehyde-free and our potatoes are organic and locally grown). But when the clock says 5:03 p.m. and the stress of your last meeting lingers on, nothing beats the satisfaction of a [...]
Green homes are outselling the rest of the real estate market, more research from the Pacific Northwest indicates.
Green-certified homes are selling quicker and for higher prices than other homes in the Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore., areas, studies show. Here, a
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In Seattle, Wash., homes certified as eco-friendly sold for 8.5% more per square [...]
