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System Converts Pig Waste Into Biogas and Fertilizer at Chinese Pig Farms
Green Lifestyle  (tags: green, greenliving, greenproducts, interesting, eco-friendly, technology, sustainable, protection, Sustainabililty )

Cal
- 1 day ago - blog.cleantechies.com
An international team of researchers has developed a system that will help Chinese farmers convert massive amounts of pig waste into a renewable source of energy and fertilizer.
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Plant Knowledge: They Can Smell, Sense Color, Spy a Fly
Green Lifestyle  (tags: plants, senses, veggies, flytrap, survival, green, interesting )

Julie
- 15 days ago - newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
Who knew that a weed can smell the difference between a tomato plant and wheat, a tobacco plant can sense color, and a Venus flytrap can distinguish between the splash of a raindrop and a fly? Like so much in nature, it's a matter of survival.
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Video:Video: In Washington State Ocean Acidification Is About People
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JL
- 16 days ago - blog.oceanconservancy.org
Big change starts with small steps. Hear from Julia Roberson and learn how Washington state is tackling ocean acidification.
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The Golden Age of Gondolas Might Be Just Around the Corner
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Cal
- 18 days ago - homes.yahoo.com
Laugh all you want (or cower in fear), but cable-drawn aerial transportation just might be the next big thing.
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Europe Is Protecting Bees From Pesticides. Here's Why That Important To Us
Green Lifestyle  (tags: animals, conservation, endangered, environment, green, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, ethics, GoodNews, government, interesting, law, news, animals, conservation, killing, wildlife )

Liam
- 19 days ago - ecomarket.com
It's official - the European Union has voted to ban pesticides deemed harmful to bees. Three chemicals called neonicotinoids will be affected: imidacloprid and clothianidin, manufactured by Bayer pharmaceuticals, and thiamethathoxam from Syngenta.
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Video:The Rebirth in the Dominican Republic
Green Lifestyle  (tags: world, society, news, interesting, humans, children, ethics, GoodNews, goodnews, Sustainabililty, CoolStuff, recycling, coolstuff, children, sustainable )

JL
- 24 days ago - sojo.net
This first video tells in beautiful scenes, the story of how a group in the Dominican Republic is using a recycling program to fund senior services. It's about community and about serving our neighbors. It is a real inspiration for working within our own
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(Take Actions): Change the Way You Think
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JL
- 32 days ago - worldwildlife.org
The Impact of Our Daily Choices May Be Greater Than We Realize The seemingly isolated actions we take every day--from our choice of morning beverage to our choice of business practices--leave an imprint on some of the world's most valuable and threatened
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GREEN NEWS YOU CAN USE: 20 Things You Didn't Know You Could Recycle
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Cal
- 34 days ago - mnn.com
From sandwich bags and bras to Crocs and crayons, there's a whole lot more than bottles and cans that can be recycled
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Ethiopia Leads the Bamboo Revolution
Green Lifestyle  (tags: africa, freedoms, ethics, government, interesting, world, europe, Sustainabililty, sustainable, CoolStuff )

JL
- 34 days ago - ipsnews.net
A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country's government.
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Pimp the Pavement: A Brief History of Seedbombing
Green Lifestyle  (tags: conservation, CoolStuff, coolstuff, eco-friendly, environment, garden, green, interesting, organic, Sustainabililty, sustainable, world )

JL
- 36 days ago - organicconsumers.org
The seed bomb growing method has been practiced globally for centuries. The idea germinated in Japan with the ancient practice of "tsuchi dango," which translates as "earth dumpling." The idea was re-invented in the 20th Century by the Japanese farmer
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That Sustainable Seafood Label May Be Fishy
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JL
- 36 days ago - motherjones.com
The MSC's principles "allow for overly generous interpretation by third-party certifiers and adjudicators, which means that the MSC label may be misleading both consumers and conservation funders."
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Bamboo Flooring: Better Than Wood?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: conservation, eco-friendly, environment, greenliving, interesting, Sustainabililty )

Frans
- 37 days ago - web.utk.edu
Bamboo flooring is growing in availability and popularity in the United States. Although bamboo has a number of attributes that make it a suitable flooring option, one of the primary marketing points has been its perceived environmental benefits.
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Slaking a Region's Thirst While Cleaning Its Beaches
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, design, CoolStuff, coolstuff, environment, green, health, healthy, interesting, Sustainabililty, society, water, recycling, protection, humans, world, sustainable )

JL
- 40 days ago - nytimes.com
Surfers here have long lived by a simple rule: When it rains, no matter how good the waves may be, stay out of the water. Those who do head out to the Venice Pier on a rainy day might have their bravery (or naïveté) repaid with pinkeye, a fever or diarrh
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Copenhagen's Ambitious Push To Be Carbon-Neutral By 2025
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Sustainabililty, sustainable, architecture, eco-friendly, green, goodnews, greenproducts, greenliving, environment, interesting, coolstuff, society, technology )

Cal
- 41 days ago - e360.yale.edu
The Danish capital is moving rapidly toward a zero-carbon future, as it erects wind farms, transforms its citywide heating systems, promotes energy efficiency, and lures more people out of their cars and onto public transportation and bikes
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