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Future May Involve Getting Paid to Charge Your Plug-in Vehicle
Green Lifestyle  (tags: electric, cars, free, energy, eco-friendly, sustainable, interesting, green, conservation, environment, wind, turbines, greenliving, globalwarming )

Tom
- 19 days ago - reuters.com
In West Texas and Illinois, electric customers are being paid to use electricity. With the growth of wind energy in these areas, electric companies are producing more energy -- especially during off-peak hours -- than they can use with no way to store it.
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The Cannabis Cafe in Portland Becomes First Marijuana Cafe in America
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Lone
- 6 days ago - nydailynews.com
PORTLAND, Oregon - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.
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Two Men and Their Hunt for Marijuana
Green Lifestyle  (tags: green bud, marijuana, money wasted, legalize it )

Lone
- 25 days ago - washingtonpost.com
ORLEANS, CALIF. -- W hat does a tough Mexican army major barking orders in the outlaw hills of the Sierra Madre have in common with the laconic sheriff detective from the north woods of California who puts a marijuana sticker on his truck as a joke?
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100 Exciting Lectures on All Things Green
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Lectures, Green, Education, Learning, Career )

Katie
- 1 day ago - onlinecollege.org
Whether you want to explore ways to implement these ideas in your own future career or are interested in finding out about sustainability efforts across a variety of fields, these lectures will give you insight.
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Marijuana Growers Upend Hard-Luck California Town
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Lone
- 19 days ago - latimes.com
Reporting from Hayfork, Calif. -- Education has long been preached as a way to keep kids away from drugs. It's the walk to school that has Supt. Tom Barnett worried
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Bill to Legalize, Tax Marijuana in California Gets a Hearing
Green Lifestyle  (tags: marijuana, legalize it, green, architecture, organic )

Lone
- 22 days ago - sacbee.com
Legislation to make California the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use lit up a Capitol committee hearing Wednesday with three hours of lively but mellow debate
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5 Ways the US Military Is Greening Up Its Act - From Solar-Powered Bases to Barnacle-Clearing Robots
Green Lifestyle  (tags: technology, green, greenliving, eco-friendly, US ARMY )

Katie
- 8 days ago - treehugger.com
In light of Veteran's Day, let's take a look at just some of the great ways the US Military is embracing greener technologies.
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Poinsettia ( Christmas Star )
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, about flowers, poinsettia )

Maria
- 5 days ago - flowersgrowing.com
History and Legend :The Aztecs called poinsettias "Cuetlaxochitl." During the 14th - 16th century the sap was used to control fevers and the bracts (modified leaves) were used to make a reddish dye.
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Cactus and Christmas Cactus
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, flowers, cactus )

Maria
- 5 days ago - flowersgrowing.com
There are thousands of Cactus species all over the world, with different types of stems. Their flowers are very gay colored, appreciated mostly for their short existence.
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Ask President Obama to Go to Copenhagen- Please Take Action !!
Green Lifestyle  (tags: globalwarming, global climate and clean energy treaty, Obama, world )

Tierney
- 16 days ago - online.nwf.org
Please join us today in asking President Obama to go to Copenhagen next month and work out a global climate and clean energy treaty that benefits our communities and the natural world. We can be a leader in adopting the policies that protect our natu
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100 Best IPhone Apps for Students Going Green
Green Lifestyle  (tags: iPhone Apps, Green, Students, Education, Learning, Tips )

Katie
- 1 day ago - onlinecourses.org
With the help of the following applications, your phone can provide daily tips for going green, calculate your carbon footprint, and even help you charge your phone in a more energy-efficient manner.
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Future In A Flat Spin: Horizontal Wind Turbines
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Energy & Fuel, Home & Garden, Science & Research, Technology & Gadgets )

Katie
- 25 days ago - webecoist.com
As world-savingly admirable as wind turbines are...well, they kinda stick out. Putting aside the question of whether the colossal wind-turbines we are growing accustomed to seeing are bad for our health or for local wildlife....
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Cave Homes - Living in Caves
Green Lifestyle  (tags: architecture, coolstuff, eco-friendly, environment, family, greenliving, home, humans, interesting, sustainable )

Daphna
- 4 days ago - thedailygreen.com
People have been hollowing out caves to make their homes for many thousands of years. We all need shelter from the elements, and it didn't take long for our ancestors to run out of available real estate in natural caves. In certain parts of the world, it
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Talking Turkey: Serve a Delicious, Vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner Without Disappointing Guests
Green Lifestyle  (tags: thanksgiving, meatless, vegetarian, dinners, eco-friendly, greenliving, food, family, environment, green )

Simone
- 10 days ago - thedailygreen.com
Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away and this year we have a few green additions to our family. With my newly turned eco leaf and with one of our family members going vegetarian, this year Thanksgiving presents a whole new set of challenges. But the
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19 Creative Ways To Decrease Your CO2 Footprint Online
Green Lifestyle  (tags: CO2emissions, conservation, eco-friendly, greenliving )

Tierney
- 17 days ago - webhostingsearch.com
Analysts state that the World Wide Web is the largest consumer of electricity in the world; it can be seen from the numerous data centers and servers, required to keep the Internet up and running, operating every single second of the day. But the web is
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