September 27, 2009, Posted by admin at 3:25 pm
“JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's hard to believe, but there's a beehive in town that could weigh as much as 30 pounds.
The hive was home to about 30,000 bees.
It was found on the Southside near Arlington. Professional beekeepers had to remove the hive, which was more than 2 feet wide.
There were several honey combs inside the
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September 24, 2009, Posted by admin at 4:01 pm
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By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The US Green Building Council has pronounced New Orleans home to the biggest green neighborhood in the world, thanks to the efforts of Brad Pitt and the group Make It Right who have built 13 LEED Platinum certified, storm-resistant homes and are planning another 150 more in the Lower 9th Ward
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September 24, 2009, Posted by admin at 12:08 pm
Coyote Springs Land Company And a new home for solar power.
What to do when building a 159,000-home city in the Nevada desert and the housing market collapses?
Go solar.
The Coyote Springs Land Company this week expanded a deal with BrightSource Energy, a solar power developer based in Oakland, Calif., to carve out 12 square miles
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September 23, 2009, Posted by admin at 3:50 pm
Five years ago a pregnant Sarah Beatty was busy feathering her nest when a shocking environmental health scare proved her home to be toxic. Angry but empowered, Beatty began her quest to find healthy, safe home products yet quickly realized that there was limited access to these sorts of things, especially on the east coast.
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September 22, 2009, Posted by admin at 11:50 am
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By Adria Vasil, author of Ecoholic
Maybe it’s the half-Greek in me, but there’s nothing that makes me giddier then the sight of a table full of food (well, other than actually eating the food). Trouble is most of what we stack onto our plates isn’t just weighing on our hips, hearts and
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September 21, 2009, Posted by admin at 3:50 pm
This is depressing: I’ve concluded that my bath soap, of all things, is contributing to global warming.
It contains palm oil. And buying an eco-brand doesn’t help. Many of them have it, too.
The world of suds is quite the soap opera. Trying to sort it out took me into global commerce, biodiesel, and vegetarianism.
One thing I
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September 21, 2009, Posted by admin at 11:50 am
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September 21, 2009, Posted by admin at 9:10 am
Sometimes this organic mom wants to gift her own not-entirely-organic mother a present. I try to make the gifts meaningful, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t also aim for something with an underlying green theme. Nothing over …
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September 21, 2009, Posted by admin at 6:51 am
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On August 5th, the company eSolar opened the Sierra Sun Tower, the newest example solar power towers. According to the website of esolar, the Sierra facility supplies 5 MW of clean, renewable energy to the grid. As the only commercial CSP tower in the United States, supplies electricity to Southern California Edison (SCE) and will
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September 20, 2009, Posted by admin at 2:19 pm
Using Your Own Bag is the Best Solution
What is better paper or plastic? The best answer is neither. In a time when we are becoming more environmentally aware, every individual can make a significant impact and decrease pollution, simply by using his or her own bag to carry shopping items home. Both
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