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1. How to Better Mitigate the Impact of E-Waste
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2. Intel: Now Largest Purchaser of Green Power in U.S.
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3. Lush Holds Out From the Sellout
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4. My Other Car is a Bright Green City
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5. Ecobutton a quick, slick reminder to power down PCs
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6. Transformer Furniture: "Meander" by Talus Furnituer
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7. Dubai Jumps the Shark
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8. The Evangelical Ecologist Hosts Carnival of the Green
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9. Should You Pay More for the 'Privilege' of Driving a Gas-Guzzler?
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10. Edward Burtynsky on the Alberta Tar Sands
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11. ThinkGreen: To A Virtual World Beyond Recycling's Curbside
How to Better Mitigate the Impact of E-Waste
2008-01-28 20:00
Science & Technology
Image courtesy of art_es_anna via flickr RFID tags — the ubiquitous little devices used in passports and in product tracking — could help reduce the environmental impact of discarded computers by providing more accurate information about which parts can be reused. Eric Williams, a scientist at Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability and an expert on the life-cycle impacts of computers, is spearheading the effort; as he 
Intel: Now Largest Purchaser of Green Power in U.S.
2008-01-28 19:51
Science & Technology
Intel worker holding a CPU wafer, probably containin 45nm Penryn cores. Intel is announcing today that it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of "renewable energy certificates". That will make it the largest buyer of green power in the United States and give a boost to clean energy production, leading to increased generation capacity and eventually lower costs for everyone. It will also indirectly make your computer greener if you buy Intel, and it will pressure competitors to follow suit.... 
Lush Holds Out From the Sellout
2008-01-28 19:35
Business & Politics
The founder of Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics spoke with Karen Mazurkewich of the Financial Post about the buyouts of companies like the Body Shop and Bare Essentials, all gobbled up by megacorps and hedgies. 
"The deal that has Mr. Constantine rattled most is the recent sale of Burt's Bees to Clorox, a bleach manufacturer. "You couldn't have a more dramatic difference in image from a chemical bleach company and a natural cosmetics company based on honey and bees," he says. Mr. Constantine says these deals are having a negative impact in the industry. "If all [natural-based compan... 
My Other Car is a Bright Green City
2008-01-28 18:46
Design & Architecture
Today's cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, though, has more to do with where we live than what we drive? That is the question Alex Steffen asks at the start of a must-read essay about how much more important the design of our cities is than what is under the hood of our cars. ... 
Ecobutton a quick, slick reminder to power down PCs
2008-01-28 18:44
Ted Samson - Green gadgets
Not only are tradeshows growing greener; so to is the promotional swag companies are doling out. One fine example is a clever device dubbed the ecobutton from called a company called BIG. The concept behind the ecobutton is pretty straightforward. You connect the device to your computer via USB and download the necessary software. Then the big green illuminated ecobutton sits atop your workspace, reminding you how much you like nature and/or dislike wasting energy (or paying to waste it). Whenever the time comes to take a break -- short or long -- you simply press the button. Doing so... READ MORE 
Transformer Furniture: "Meander" by Talus Furnituer
2008-01-28 18:16
Design & Architecture
Combining crafty geometry with smart utility, Talus Furniture's "Meander" ottoman/chair/whatever is designed to do just that: meander about your living space. Want to put your feet up? No problem. Need an extra seat? Gotcha covered. How about a bench? It can do that, too. Let your imagination (and recollection of high school geometry) run wild. Meander's slick system combines polygonal shapes with a series of carefully-placed zippers, allowing for quick transformations between uses; the version above has casters for mobility, while... 
Dubai Jumps the Shark
2008-01-28 17:44
Design & Architecture
We have covered the incredible construction boom in Dubai before, wondering where the energy will come from that will keep it cool and keep its inhabitants flying in and out. While neighbour Abu Dhabi is building a carbon free city with decent architects, the designers of Falcon City think that urban planning means that you design your city to look like a falcon from the air. And in case you are homesick, it has an Eiffel Tower, a pyramid, a Taj Mahal and a Great Wall of China. ... 
The Evangelical Ecologist Hosts Carnival of the Green
2008-01-28 17:07
TH Exclusives
This week is Carnival of the Green # 112 and it's being hosted by The Evangelical Ecologist a conservative Christian environmental blog. So head on over to their site to check out a round up of green news and events from the past few weeks, submitted by other bloggers and green sites. To learn more about Carnival of the Green, where it will be and how to host (we are now booking into 2009!), please click here to link to our previous post. ... 
Should You Pay More for the 'Privilege' of Driving a Gas-Guzzler?
2008-01-28 17:00
Business & Politics
Image courtesy of graeme_newcomb via flickr A new bill under consideration by California's State Legislature would require citizens to pony up for the right to drive one of innumerable gas-guzzling vehicles helping to clog up the state's airways. As reported on by the Los Angeles Times' Margot Roosevelt, the California Clean Car Discount Act (AB 493) - which could become the nation's first "feebate" law if enacted - would impose fees or grant rebates based on a vehicle's em... 
Edward Burtynsky on the Alberta Tar Sands
2008-01-28 16:34
alternative energy
We have written many posts about the evil that is the Alberta oil sands, how it is stupid to the last drop, and how it is the highway to hell. Now the Globe and Mail is running a week-long special report on it, including a photo essay by TreeHugger favorite Edward Burtynsky. For once they have dropped their stupid pay-per-view fence so that we can link to it. Burtynsky photographs are usually shown as huge prints; The Globe has put them in a tiny window with strange software but th... 
ThinkGreen: To A Virtual World Beyond Recycling's Curbside
2008-01-28 15:50
news
Think about how your understanding of recycling affects your lifestyle - we generally drop the recyclables curbside, go back inside and literally wash our hands. For many of us, personal knowledge of what's beyond the curb is from the memory of a grade-school tour or college lecture. I'm probably also safe in assuming that very few of our readers have seen the inner workings of a modern landfill or incinerator. More of us, I know, will have been to the loading dock of a recycling center. But, how much do we really understand about how leading edge recycling centers operate? The technologies they mi... 
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