Movilnet, part of Venezuela's national telephone & communications company, CANTV, now makes the country's first cell phone, from recycled plastic bottles & equipped with a solar energy charger. Also, 20% less energy is used to manufacture it than others.

Mark Langan's art sculptures are made from old and recycled cardboard. His upcycled cardboard art is as amazing as it is green. Check out several impressive examples.

It's the latest front in food legend Alice Waters' promotion of eating fresh, locally grown foods. Waters told "60 Minutes ...... " that "the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House" would do much for her cause.

The Kyoto accord, which aims to curb the air pollution blamed for global warming, has come into force seven years after it was agreed. The accord requires countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

You might not realize it, but you can prevent global warming at the pump. By supporting the right companies, you can help reduce your carbon footprint.

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Occupants are exposed to higher levels of vehicle pollution in idling vehicles than when in motion because exhaust enters the cabin. Emissions from vehicles contain NOx and VOC's which are prime ingredients in the formation of smog

With people constantly upgrading their computers, TVs and cellphones, electronic waste, or e-waste, has quickly become the fastest growing component of solid waste

Traditional farms're increasingly seen as the future- if only they can survive. Way of farming -way of life-badly threatened in 2 yrs since Poland joined EU, victim of sanitary laws & mandates to encourage efficiency & competition that favor mechanized,

So how do we save Africa from a possible future disaster? Apparently, by creating a real disaster in the here and now: making poor Africans even poorer. That sounds like madness - or plain badness - to me.