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0 Sep 07
This site looks interesting, it's talking about personal carbon capture and storage as a strategy to prevent climate change:
http://cou2.com

"The COyou2 patented technolo ... Read more
0 May 29

I couldn't help but notice in the news that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District passed a Carbon Tax on Wednesday.
www.triplepundit.com/pages/bay-ar ... Read more

2 Apr 01 Apr 02

On the night of May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado, close to 2 miles wide, wiped out 95% of Greensburg, Kansas.

After the cleanup started, the Greensburg City Council approved a resolution that all city building projects will be built to LEED Plat ... Read more

0 Mar 14

In Pursuit of Greener tech!!!

Is the Clean – teach boom becoming another parameter for perpetuating a North-South Divide? How do emerging economies make a quantum leap to achieve equivalence with the devel ... Read more

0 Feb 12

Living green is more than just re-using a canvas bag at the grocery store. It is more than purchasing a hybrid car. It is so much more than these things.

It is about making healthy choices for yourself and your family. Choices that will hav ... Read more

0 Jan 04
...why would we have any energy source like uranium, that if put into the hands of terrorists could destroy the world?  It beggars belief.  At present the terrorists are delighting in destroying western civilization with it's own technology ... Read more
0 Jan 04
...I don't even need to say anything else.....except for maybe Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.  Talk about terrorism!  Thank God we don't have nuclear power here in Australia, and thank the good people of Australia that they voted for ... Read more
0 Jan 04

Dunno what's happening in America with the bag situation, but here in Australia it has become the norm to buy reusable bags from the supermarket.  No one has a problem with anyone bringing in their own bags.....in fact it's pretty much a no-n ... Read more

1 Sep 24, 2007 Oct 24, 2007

 

Fuel Ghoul predicts that social networks like this are the keystones to the portal of technocracy.

 The Rise of Technocracy

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1 Aug 15, 2007 Aug 16, 2007

Hello - newbie here. I work for Wallpaper* magazine and we've been championing an eco conscious lifestyle for quite a while now. Our latest thing was to feature five "urban farms" around the world in this month's issue.

We mad ... Read more

6 Mar 12, 2007 Jun 19, 2007

Has anyone here gotten any guff from stores for bringing your own bags?  Do they have to be see-through?  I ask, because I know a lot of stores suspect shoplifting when people bring big bags in with them.

Please let me know, if any ... Read more

3 May 04, 2007 Jun 12, 2007

I encountered my first major hurdle with asking for no bag at my local Office Depot.  I told the cashier I didn't need a bag (it was for just one item... an item with a handle, no less), and she insisted on bagging it.  Regretfully, I am ... Read more

2 Jun 11, 2007 Jun 11, 2007

My cousin and I share a wetpaint wiki and would like morre people to see it and edit it because we are constantly trying to improve it. It is really interesting and do me a favor and check it out!

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6 Feb 20, 2007 May 27, 2007

Check out a wonderful reference book called "The Better World Shopping Guide" by Ellis Jones. See http://www.betterworldshopper.org for more detailed information.

ISBN 13: 978-0-865 ... Read more

1 May 10, 2007 May 11, 2007

Hi all,

I'd like to invite you to check out http://www.greendeavor.com - a unique online portal for you to shop socially, live consciously, and earn rewards along the way.

It is a new, market ... Read more

0 Apr 20, 2007

Just wanted to share this article in USA TODAY Doing right thing isn't easy, even for those who want to The sidebars on the page have Green Resources ... Read more

0 Apr 10, 2007
When it comes to grocery shopping, reusable bags are a great answer but as a dog owner I have come across the problem of poop bags- what to use?? We use our own bags for grocery shopping as much as possible so we have been buying so called 'eco-frien ... Read more
5 Jan 23, 2007 Mar 23, 2007

Paper of Plastic?  Neither.  It's always priceless to see the look on a cashier's face when I tell them this.  I found some wonderful reusable shopping bags... that are so  fabulous that even the most fashion savvy can now be e ... Read more

6 Jan 23, 2007 Mar 13, 2007

I thought I'd go one better than "buy local" and get my veges from my backyard when it warms up.  Zero emissions.  I've been warned about local soil quality and fortunately UMass Amherst does soil testing for just $9.  The ... Read more

2 Jan 23, 2007 Mar 07, 2007

If you are looking to reduce your emissions but biking and walking are out of the question? I know how you feel.. I grew up in a very small town where owning and driving a car was essential, even now in the suburbs I can't do it either! Fortuna ... Read more

7 Feb 11, 2007 Mar 05, 2007

As much as I'd like to go car free, or zipcar, my circumstances are such at present that I own and drive a car. My old car is approaching 190,000 and I'm starting to research having a different car. Any ideas/opinions/reviews of green/er cars?

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3 Jan 22, 2007 Feb 18, 2007

My friend Melanie asked this: 

Also, I'd like some practical advice that I'm sure some 2People members would have: how to recycle lots of old computer equ ... Read more