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A Town With No Cars
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, green, greenliving )

Rod
- 1 hour ago - yellowsandblues.com
A town sans the luxury of wheels could be common phenomenon in any part of the world. But in Germany it's almost an anachronism. After all isn't Germany all about cars and the autobahn?
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Greenpeace Rankings: Who's the Greenest Seafood Retailer?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, fish, Sustainabililty, environment )

Hugh
- 1 day ago - greenbiz.com
Greenpeace yesterday released the third iteration of its Sustainable Seafood scorecard, as well as a hefty report about how overfishing is destroying not just ecosystems and the environment, but threatening the future of the fishing industry itself.
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Plastics From Biomass?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: business, CO2emissions, conservation, coolstuff, eco-friendly, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, greenliving, greenproducts, healthy, humans, organic, protection, recycling, Sustainabililty, technology )

Kit
- 2 days ago - sciencedaily.com
This procedure, if it can be effectively industrialized, could allow many of today's petrochemical products, including plastics, to instead be made from biomass.
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Kitchen Scraps to Garden Gold: Composters Explained
Green Lifestyle  (tags: compost, composting, gardening )

Grnolajoe
- 2 days ago - greenupgrader.com
A great explanation of the different types of composters and ways to compost.
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Massachusetts Draws Zones for Coast Wind Farms
Green Lifestyle  (tags: small wind farms, Massachusetts, state plan, coastal waters, environment, sustainable energy )

Little
- 3 days ago - boston.com
Dozens of wind turbines could sprout within sight of the Mass. shoreline under a state blueprint with the promise of generating electricity and controversy.The draft plan would allow a series of small wind farms of up to 10 turbines each in coastal waters
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ACTION ALERT: Please Watch "Earthlings", PETA Vids, and Consider Going Vegetarian
Green Lifestyle  (tags: vegetarian lifestyle, vegan, animals, conservation, eco-friendly, environment, food, greenliving, organic, shopping )

Simone
- 3 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Today marks my 1 month anniversary of becoming vegetarian. I became vegetarian on June 1st 2009 after watching several videos of animal cruelty via the PETA website as well as watching the documentary "Earthlings". What we don't know, or what we "don't
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Nature-Deficit Disorder Is Common Among Our Young People
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Nature-deficit disorder, childern, nature )

David
- 3 days ago - action.sierraclub.org
Nature-deficit disorder is common among our young people. How can you ensure that your kids don't end up with it? This week's tips tell you how to get your kids away from the video games this summer, and out into nature instead.
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From Bush to Bike - a Bamboo Revolution
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Bamboo Bicycle, Sustanability )

Ben
- 3 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year's crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda. "We planted this bamboo last year," he says, "and now the stems are taller than me. When it's ready we'll cut it, cure it and then turn it into frame
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Vegetarian Diets Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases
Green Lifestyle  (tags: vegetarian, vegan, The American Dietetic Association, health, diet )

LaJana
- 3 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat chronic dise
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No More Veg-Scuses
Green Lifestyle  (tags: vegan lifestyle, health, food, diet, healthy, greenliving, eco-friendly )

LaJana
- 4 days ago - vegnews.com
Looking for a reason to go veg? We've got 75 for you!If you've already said sayonara to steak but are tired of defending your decision, check out our favorite reasons--from serious to silly--for going veg.
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4th of July Vegan Recipes
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, fourth of july, picnic, vegan food, greenliving )

LaJana
- 4 days ago - examiner.com
All of us have been in a bind, searching for something to take to the family picnic or the friends' gathering for 4th of July. Many times, it's hard to find something that is vegan, but also that non-vegans will like.
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High-Tech Green Building Materials Are Transforming Construction
Green Lifestyle  (tags: construction, architecture, green, eco-friendly )

Lyn
- 4 days ago - solveclimate.com
While cork flooring and bamboo furniture get all the attention in green homes, eco-substitutes for old-school construction products like concrete, lumber and insulation are where the real action resides in the growing green building materials market.
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Every Public School Should Have a Recycling Program ! TAKE ACTION !
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, environment, recycling programs, public schools, protection )

Cher
- 5 days ago - change.org
Let's kick off a national recycling program that is incorporated into the curricula of every public school across this nation.
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Some Have to Fight for the Right to Use a Clothesline - True/Slant
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, conservation, politics, CO2emissions, eco-friendly, interesting, society )

Jeff
- 5 days ago - trueslant.com
Think you know your American rights movements? Make sure your list includes the right to use a clothesline. Who could possibly object to it, and for heaven's sake, why?
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Reject HR 2749 and Clean Up Factory Farms Instead
Green Lifestyle  (tags: FDA, factory farms, family farms, Monsanto, GMO foods, healthcare, dishonesty, government, propaganda, lies, safety, nutrition, food, protection )

Rebecca
- 5 days ago - peaceteam.net
They're trying to shut down family farms and force everyone to have to exclusively buy from factory farms without cleaning them up to make our food safer or help the animals. Also, we could be forced into genetically modified foods. ACT NOW to fight this!
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