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Prof Plans Greenhouse-Like Tunnel to Grow Crops
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Greenhouse, Purdue University, Professor Cary Mitchell, horiticulture )

Kristi
- 5 days ago - content.usatoday.net
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- A Purdue University scientist hopes to build a special greenhouse that will grow vegetables in the Indiana winter by tapping into excess heat produced by a campus power plant.
Yes Vegans Can...
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, environment, green, greenliving, vegan, health, greenproducts )

Simone
- 14 days ago - all-creatures.org
There are many myths about veganism. Just to set the record straight, here are 25 things that vegans can do!
20 Tree House Pictures: Play-Club Plans to Big-Kid Houses
Green Lifestyle  (tags: architecture, eco-friendly, coolstuff, family, green, home, interesting )

Daphna
- 27 days ago - dornob.com
Treehouses are more popular than ever, as play spaces for children but also as luxury hotel (and even house) designs for adults. Some of the most fantastic plans and ideas can be traced to specialist designers and builders - and pictures of their work can
First of Wind-and-Solar Powered Street Lights Are Up
Green Lifestyle  (tags: wind-and-solar powered street lights, Muncie, Indiana )

Kristi
- 32 days ago - thestarpress.com
MUNCIE -- Delaware County's first "green" street lights are here. The first of 23 wind-and-solar-powered street lights have been installed at Park One/332, the business park at Interstate 69 and Ind. 332, and another 27 will be placed at locations...
Homemade Green Tea Facial
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Facial, Green Tea, CoolStuff, goodnews, green, health, interesting )

Teresa
- 165 days ago - greenearthjourney.blogspot.com
Let me start by saying I am a firm believer that you shouldn't put anything on your body that you wont put in it.The skin absorbs EVERYTHING.All of these recipes are made from things you can eat and are more than likely in your kitchen cupboards.
Study: 98 Percent of "Eco-Friendly" Products Make Misleading Claims
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenwashing, business, lies, deception, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, consumers, abuse, money, marketing, society, green, greenliving, greenproducts, eco-friendly, conservation, sustainable, shopping )

Tom
- 187 days ago - motherjones.com
A study of 4,000 "eco-friendly" consumer products on supermarket shelves found that 98 percent make false or misleading claims. The study found rampant greenwashing in every product category. Twenty-two percent featured a meaningless "green label" badge.
Sign Petition: Tell the Energy Department to Strengthen Lighting Efficiency Standards
Green Lifestyle  (tags: power, energy, tube, fluorescent, bulb, house, Sustainabililty, greenliving, greenproducts, environment, eco-friendly, CO2emissions, conservation, business, humans, technology, architecture, carter, obama, government, politics, oil, independence )

Tom
- 203 days ago - change.org
A new lighting standard could save energy and money and reduce global warming pollution. Urge the new leaders at the Department of Energy to strengthen the proposed lamp standards and close the loopholes left behind by the Bush administration.
RIGHTS: Indigenous Wisdom Against Climate Change
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Indigenous Peoples, Indians, Natives, culture, society, activists, ethics, environment, politics, world, environment, greenliving, Sustainabililty, conservation, climatechange, globalwarming, environment, habitatdestruction, pollution, protection )

Kat
- 237 days ago - ipsnews.net
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Apr 28 (Tierramérica**) - While industrialised countries like Canada continue to emit ever-higher levels of greenhouse-effect gases, indigenous peoples around the world are working to survive and adapt to an increasingly dangerous...
Care2 Member Plants 30+ Trees By Inspiring Fellow Care2 Members!
Green Lifestyle  (tags: care2, trees, environment, everywun, chris, CO2emissions, eco-friendly, ecosystems, globalwarming, green, greenliving )

Megan
- 255 days ago - journey.everywun.com
Chris O., Care2 member since 2002, uses new socially conscious website, http://www.everywun.com to plant 30+ trees by inspiring fellow Care2 members. Chris exemplified what extraordinary impact can be made by taking simple actions. Read about how you can.
Michelle Obama Goes Organic and Brings in the Bees
Green Lifestyle  (tags: green, greenliving, food, eco-friendly, conservation, ecosystems, coolstuff, CoolStuff, family, health, goodnews, home, humans, organic, Sustainabililty, sustainable )

Elena
- 272 days ago - usnews.com
Charlie Brandts, a White House carpenter for 25 years, is now the First Beekeeper
 
 
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