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San Francisco: Eco City of the Future
Green Lifestyle  (tags: ecosystems, climate, climatechange, conservation, energy, environment, globalwarming, goodnews, green, habitat, humans, nature, pollution, protection, Sustainabililty, greenliving, coolstuff, architecture, design, home, interesting, recycling, techno )

Susan
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 hour ago - greenopia.com
Hundreds gathered on Nob Hill last night for the kickoff event for the Ecocity 2008 World Summit, organized by Richard Register of Berkeley's Ecocity Builders.
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How to Create Invisible Shelves
Green Lifestyle  (tags: coolstuff, design, environment, offbeat, recycling, home )

Linda
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 5 hours ago - wikihow.com
Add some cool to your pad on the cheap! This is a great way to start conversation about your favorite books and how cool you are for making books float on your wall. This trick of the eye shelf is truly amazing. Try it for yourself.
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Pamper Mom at Home
Green Lifestyle  (tags: Mother's Day )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 8 hours ago - greenlivingonline.com
Everyone loves spa treatments. This Mother’s Day create a home spa where Mom can be pampered. With a few key ingredients, some imagination and organization, you can give Mom the gift of relaxation this Sunday.
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Thou Shalt Sort Thy Plastics
Green Lifestyle  (tags: recycling )

Michael
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 8 hours ago - slate.com
How bad is it to mix your soda bottles with your yogurt cups?
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Who Killed the Electric Car Trailer
Green Lifestyle  (tags: movie, doc, film, oil, design, environment, energy, society, technology, climate, carsworld, Sustainabililty, organic )

Victoria
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 10 hours ago - boston.com
(2006) the victim is a battery-powered automobile. GM & Toyota Threatened the owners of the EV1 (including Alexandra Paul, Martin Sheen, Peter Horton, Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Ed Bagley Jr, ***President Jimmy Carter)
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Fuel For Your Entrepreneurial Brain : Ecopreneurist
Green Lifestyle  (tags: business, CoolStuff, coolstuff, design, eco-friendly, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, energy, environment, family, food, globalwarming, goodnews, green, greenliving, greenproducts, interesting, organic, recycling, shopping, sustainable, technology )

Paul
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 14 hours ago - ecopreneurist.com
An Amsterdam based firm scours 400 business resources and has 8000 on the ground eyes and ears looking for the best new business ideas on the planet. What will you find?
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ENN: Consumer Group Ranks Companies on Emissions Efforts
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, CO2emissions )

Carrie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 16 hours ago - enn.com
Nonprofit group Climate Counts will release its second annual rankings of 56 consumer companies today on how they measure greenhouse gas emissions, their plans to reduce them and how fully they disclose their efforts.
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In Defense of the Sun - A Look at Its Benefits for Body and Soul
Green Lifestyle  (tags: health, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, disease, humans, risks, protection, prevention, humans, interesting, environment )

Julia
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 19 hours ago - thelohasian.com
Why we need to reconcile our fears of the danger of the sun. A look at its unknown and forgotten benefits.
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Study: Are Organics Healthier?
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, organics, science, labels )

Social
StarsGold Notes
- 19 hours ago - thedailygreen.com
A New Study released from The Organic Center, concludes - "Yes, Organics are Healthier" This happening around the same time the USDA renews approval of Non-Organic Ingredients in Organic Foods, but others still think they're a complete waste of money.
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The Courage to Rethink Everything...As a First Step in Real Sustainability
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, green, environment, eco-friendly, conservation, family, energy, interesting, humans, Sustainabililty, sustainable, society )

Julia
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 19 hours ago - thelohasian.com
It's less about what we do - then what we think...without a shift in our perspective we can have no real longevity in our sustainability efforts. What's ultimately involved in changing our thinking...and where do we begin?
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Brussels Delays Decision on GMO Crops
Green Lifestyle  (tags: GMO, Brussel, environment, science, genetically modified crops )

Klarabell
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 21 hours ago - euobserver.com
07.05.2008 - 17:30 CET| By Leigh Phillips EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has pushed back a decision on whether to permit three genetically modified crops, saying that additional scientific analysis on their effects on the environment a
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Tankless Water Heater Save Space and Money
Green Lifestyle  (tags: water, entertainment, save, money )

Ananya
StarsGold Notes
- 1 day ago - article.wn.com
BILL HIBBS QUESTION What's your opinion of the newer "tankless water heaters?" I have a main floor laundry room with my washer, dryer, furnace and 23-year-old water heater in it. I would have a lot more room if I had one of the new water heaters there ins
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Dharma in the Dirt / In California, a Zen Gardener - NYT
Green Lifestyle  (tags: gardening, zen, Northern Cali, Muir Beach, West Marin, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center )

Larry
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
Her own garden, bordered by a mountain creek with a view of the Pacific Ocean, lies down the road from the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, where she helped pioneer the concept of organic gardening in the United States.
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City Farmers' Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market - NYT
Green Lifestyle  (tags: urban gardening, city farming, NYC, South Bronx, Brooklyn, food )

Larry
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
For years, New Yorkers have grown fruits and vegetables in window boxes, backyard plots and community gardens. But more and more people, like Karen Washington, who began growing food in the South Bronx in 1985, are raising food not just to feed their fami
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Moss Makes a Lush, No-Care Lawn
Green Lifestyle  (tags: garden )

Matthias
Butterflies
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
The garden of your childhood dreams... a place for fairies and elves. Let nature take its course in your garden - never kill moss again. and never mow your lawn again!
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News From Green Music Network/ Sponsoring the Community Empowerment Convergence
Green Lifestyle  (tags: green music network, San Francisco, community empowerment )

Larry
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - care2.com
We desire to collectively re-envision our communities. We want to develop sustainability awareness and action, civic engagement, and localization of culture, economy, and decision-making. We promote respect for all life and the planet that sustains us.
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Tesla Electric Car And How to Use Less Gas
Green Lifestyle  (tags: auto, conservation, CO2emissions, interesting, car, save gas, use less gas )

Stefanie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - focusorganic.com
The new Tesla Roadster electric car, and tips for using less gas in your gas powered cars.
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Safety of GM Crops? Alarm Bells Ring for European Commissioners
Green Lifestyle  (tags: GM crops, green, greenliving, greenproducts, environment, eco-friendly, ecosystems, conservation )

Klarabell
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - greenpeace.org
International — The GM food industry suffered another serious setback today as European Commissioners overturned the verdict of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), who had given assurances that three new types of GM crops were safe. For the first t
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Right-Sized Living Guide
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, conservation, eco-friendly, sustainable, home )

Jana
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - care2.com
In 1970, the average new U.S. home was about 1,500 square feet. By 2001, it had grown to more than 2,300 square feet, even as the average number of people per household continues to shrink. Where do we draw the line from an environmental standpoint?
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Goldman Sachs Predicts $200/Gallon Oil
Green Lifestyle  (tags: energy )

Carrie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - matternetwork.com
Remember the days when $100 a gallon for oil used to be unthinkable? The world's largest investment banks predicts we'll see twice that price in the next few months.
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Greening Your Restaurant - Buying Local Isn't Easy
Green Lifestyle  (tags: buying local, eco restaurant, green restaurant, local produce, organic food service, organic restaurant )

MC
StarsGold Notes
- 1 day ago - ecopreneurist.com
Of all of the industries tracked by Climate Counts , an organization that produces a company scorecard , Food Service scored the lowest...no wonder, buying local isn't easy especially for big operators
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Sungevity Hits The Home Solar Sweet Spot
Green Lifestyle  (tags: business, CO2emissions, conservation, CoolStuff, coolstuff, eco-friendly, energy, environment, family, globalwarming, goodnews, green, greenliving, greenproducts, Sustainabililty, sustainable, technology )

Paul
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - triplepundit.com
With the rising cost of power, and the greater awareness of the human impact on the environment, home solar power has moved beyond deep green people and out into the broader society. Sungevity has hit the mark on how to sell home solar to the masses.
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Cow Poo Plant Gets $66 Million
Green Lifestyle  (tags: energy, Sustainabililty, recycling )

Carrie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - greenbang.com
Launched just last month, Environmental BioMass Energy will provide financing of $66 million for a new plant that will translate cow manure into 20 megawatts of energy.
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Homebuilders Flunk Sustainability
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenliving, architecture, Sustainabililty )

Carrie
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - matternetwork.com
Socially responsible investment fund Calvert ranked U.S. homebuilding companies on sustainability. The results aren't pretty.
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Strida 5.0 - the Ultimate Folding Bike : The Alternative Consumer
Green Lifestyle  (tags: coolstuff, transportation )

Maureen
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - alternativeconsumer.com
Looks to met like Great Britain-based Strida has completely conquered the concept of the folding bike...
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Mom's Day in the Kitchen
Green Lifestyle  (tags: eco-friendly, greenliving, food, humans, home )

GP
StarsGold Notes
- 1 day ago - fvclassic.wordpress.com
Kitchen gadgets aren’t just for cooking experts. Sure you can go overboard; after all, there are virtually thousands of contraptions to choose from. But here’s a list of some really useful kitchen gadgets you can buy for mom—and each one is under $50!
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Toyota Expands Green Efforts Beyond Its Vehicles
Green Lifestyle  (tags: greenproducts, coolstuff, conservation, environment, Sustainabililty, organic, technology )

Trish
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 1 day ago - greenstudentu.com
From creating green rooftop tiles to planting shrubs that absorb pollution, Toyota is making a name for itself in the green movement.