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Legalize Hempcrete: The Growing Eco-Movement to Build Homes Out of Hemp
Business  (tags: business, consumers, greenbuilding, hemp, hempcrete )

Nancy
- 36 days ago - good.is
Hemp Technologies, a North Carolina-based construction company working on the California project, already has built homes out of hemp in Hawaii, Texas, North Carolina, and Idaho. The North Carolina project, known as "NauHaus," received LEED platinum...
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Is There A Stealth Tax Increase For Working-Class People In The Republican Budget?
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, debt, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, greenbuilding, investing, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 46 days ago - ourfuture.org
A little-noticed report from the Department of Labor last month contained the unsettling revelation that 10.5 million Americans, more than 7 percent of the labor force, is classified as "working poor." These are people who are working at least 27 weeks->
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Winds of Fortune Sweep West Texas
Business  (tags: environment, energy, green, nature, society, interesting, SustainableDevelopment, oil, investing, investments, greenbuilding, corporate, government )

Robert
- 79 days ago - chron.com
BP and other energy companies are funneling millions into building and operating wind farms in West Texas, helping to transform oil country into one of the nation's leading hubs for green energy production.
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KENYA: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope With Climate Change
Business  (tags: microloans, GoodNews, consumers, women's businesseses in the thirdd World, finance, economy, goodnews, greenbuilding, society, politics, news, money, world )

Cal
- 81 days ago - ipsnews.net
So far, the microfinance institution is financing close to 500,000 low-income Kenyan women to run different small-scale entrepreneurships not limited to agribusiness.
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We Are The Many - Makana   video
Business  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, dishonesty, culture, education, children, freedoms, government, goodnews, GoodNews, humans, politics, religion, sadness, society, world, violence, usa, tv, abuse, americans, dishonesty, bush, bushadministration, candidates, ch )

Michael
- 108 days ago - youtube.com
No doubt MTV and other corporatist American channels won't touch this video with a light-year long pole. Many people here in amayricka, particularly the middle-aged and elderly, have been made so comfortably numb, it may take a total collapse.
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Jobs for the Poor? Save the Wild for $1 a Day
Business  (tags: ecosystems, development, economies, poverty, economy, ethics, goodnews, government, SustainableDevelopment, sustainabledevelopment, politics, society, news, greenbuilding, GoodNews, business, environment )

Cal
- 133 days ago - enn.com
Paying people to steward the nearby ecosystems could help raise them out of poverty, noted the study authored by Will Turner and his colleagues at Conservation International.
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A Clean Energy Resource Too Large to Be Ignored -- Geothermal Power Gains Steam
Business  (tags: energy, geothermal power, politics, news, money, investments, investing, environment, greenbuilding, government )

Cal
- 179 days ago - enn.com
Globally, activity in the geothermal power sector recovered somewhat in 2010 following a weak 2009, as overall investment increased, according to NRG Expert's 2011 Geothermal Report. A
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BAD BUSINESS: 10 Faux Progressive Companies ... With Some Dirty Secrets
Business  (tags: corruption, corporate, business, ethics, greenwashing, greenbuilding, society, news, dishonesty, labor, law, lies, consumers )

Cal
- 277 days ago - alternet.org
Many of these companies have earned credibility among progressives, despite having a poor track record with the environment, sexism, union busting, monopolizing, and more.
15 comments
GOOD NEWS! Report: More Americans Have Green Jobs Than Oil or Gas Jobs
Business  (tags: greenbuilding, green jobs, green, economy, business, usa, news, politics, GoodNews, goodnews, environment )

Cal
- 311 days ago - csmonitor.com
Clean energy and other parts of the 'clean economy' account for 2 percent of US jobs, employing some 2.7 million Americans, according to a recent report.
6 comments
Nissan To Reuse EV Batteries In Buildings
Business  (tags: Nissan Motor Co., recycle, EVs, Leaf, batteries, reuse, emergency units, lithium-ion bettery, greenbuilding, energy )

Naoko
- 317 days ago - asahi.com
Nissan Motor Co. hopes to recycle batteries from its Leaf EVs as emergency units in buildings once the batteries are no longer suitable for vehicle use.
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American Jobs Alliance Sign Uo and Info Page.
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, debt, economy, environment, ethics, Entrepreneurs, energy, farming, government, greenbuilding, investing, law, marketing, money, society, sustainabledevelopment, usa, world )

Ruth
- 331 days ago - landing.americanjobsalliance.com
Please sign up, email. Stand with the American Jobs Alliance today to stop the outsourcing of American jobs!"Right in our own backyard, Americans have the talent, manpower and ingenuity to fuel our future..Our movement is not about a political party....:
22 comments
BAD BUSINESS: Cargill Supplier Linked to Illegal Logging, Slave Labor
Business  (tags: environment, corruption, business, abuse, palm oil, palm oil practicews, envbironmental destruction, corporate greed, dishonesty, economy, corporate, cover-up, society, news, greenbuilding, SustainableDevelopment, world, politics, money )

Cal
- 338 days ago - ran.org
RAN has linked Cargill Supplier in Malaysia to illegal logging and slav e labor despite recent agreements with the government there outlawing both practices.
4 comments
GOOD NEWS! Oil Giant ConocoPhillips Pulls Out of Controversial Amazon Project
Business  (tags: economy, environment, energy, Conoco Phillips, Amazon projects, politics, oil, news, goodnews, greenbuilding, world )

Cal
- 378 days ago - survivalinternational.org
US oil giant ConocoPhillips has announced it is pulling out of the controversial oil block 39 in the northern Peruvian Amazon
21 comments
GOOD NEWS: KFC Dumps Palm Oil Due to Health, Environmental Concerns
Business  (tags: SustainableDevelopment, palm oil, society, sustainabledevelopment, business, goodnews, ethics, corporate, greenbuilding, news )

Cal
- 413 days ago - news.mongabay.com
KFC Corporation, the fast food giant, will stop using palm oil in its deep friers, reports The Independent.
83 comments
EAST AFRICA: Climate Change Threatens EA's Staple Food Crop
Business  (tags: climate-change, nature, humans, agriculture economy, habitat, habitatdestruction, environment, business, politics, society, money, greenbuilding, farming, world, economy )

Cal
- 431 days ago - theeastafrican.co.ke
East Africans have to rethink their reliance on maize as a staple crop after a new study showed that yields of the crop are set to decline drastically as a result of climate change, hurting food security in the region.
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