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• Sesame Street Gets a Real Street

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  In celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th Birthday the gang got their own corner in New York City! Now the corner of 64th and Broadway reads 123 Sesame Street and 11/10 is officially Sesame Street Day. This makes me happy for so many reasons but the main one is that Sesame Street’s new corner is right by my ...
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• America Recycles Day - November 15th

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 603
  Recommit to recycling for the health of the planet PHILADELPHIA - - Once a year the U.S. EPA officially  reminds everyone that recycling plays a dramatic role in reducing pollution. This year American Recycles Day is celebrated on Sunday, November 15. It’s a great day to recommit to recycling - an ...
  12 hours ago

• Number of cars to be scrapped in Europe

  
  Random graphic of the day: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library — Authority: 127
  Scrapped cars or “end-of life vehicles” are not collectedas bulky waste, but they too pose problems because of their size and disparate components. Given car production trends this is an issue that demands serious consideration.
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• Two Bills Introduced to Stop Cruise Ship Sewage Dumping

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Cruise ships are often referred to as “floating cities” and for good reason. Large cruise ships can be the equivalent of small cities in terms of how much waste they produce. Last month, I blogged about the Cruise Ship Environmental Report Card , recently released by Friends of the Earth . Take for example ...
  13 hours ago

• LGs TV Recycling Program: Hip or Hype?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 721
  A whole lot of these, getting recycled. Photo via freakapotimus Switching over to digital TVs has caused a lot of e-waste. Last week we pointed out how it has been responsible for a 70% rise in tossed televisions in the UK , and similar concerns abound here in the US as we switched to digital. But its not just ...
  14 hours ago

• Thinking Outside the Box on Packaging Design

  
  GreenBiz.com Green Business News — Authority: 630
  Although many people think of packaging -- especially wasteful packaging -- as an afterthought, as more and more environmental regulations begin to address packagings impacts, manufacturers are starting to design their packages with more care than products themselves.
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• Community-Inspired Campaign To Clean Up Galway Citys Forests & Parks Gets Underway!

  
  Speedie's Blog — Authority: 98
  Our Environmental campaign group ‘ Friends of the Forest ’ have joined forces with Galway City Council in order to implement a new initiative designed to secure public participation in regular major monthly clean-ups of the city’s public spaces. While we fundamentally disagree with local authority ...
  14 hours ago

• Digital Dumping and the Global ‘E-Cycling’ Scam

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 726
  By Gbemisola Olujobi The port of Lagos in Nigeria receives about 400,000 used computers every month, out of which only one in four is useful. The rest end up in landfills, garbage dumps and, in a curious twist, as resources for scammers. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 6, 2009 Dems Make ...
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• How much you can earn by following Google AdSense

  
  Internet Marketing Solutions — Authority: 149
  entire route bucks Adsense three – of your number clicking ads you every While ad, important need out It essential your ads as your order an a [...]
  16 hours ago

• VIDEO: Coal ash dumping may have caused deformities

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 486
  Video by Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald Staff According to the Miami Herald, “ Villagers in the Dominican Republic claim children have been born without limbs and organs. And, they are blaming the abnormalities on rock ash dumped by a Virginia coal company .” More from MiamiHerald.com : A civil lawsuit filed ...
  17 hours ago

• Leaders discuss Yucca decision (South Carolina)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Local business leaders may get an earful on Yucca Mountain and related issues in the weeks ahead from the SRS Community Reuse Organization. J. David Jameson, president and CEO of the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce, was among several speakers at a press conference on Monday announcing a publicity drive that focuses ...
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• Would you live in a nuclear shadow? | Open thread

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The government is paving the way for a huge expansion of nuclear power – but would you live near a power station? A new nuclear power station in Hinkley, Somerset , is a step closer to becoming reality and could be operational within nine years, according to the This is Somerset website. Ten new plants are ...
  18 hours ago

• e-Waste: Getting Rid of Your Old Tech*

  
  Tech - for Everyone — Authority: 128
  One of the great things about Tech is there’s always something new coming out. And, Moore’s Law tells us that the power of computers doubles every 18 months. Technology is ever-evolving and advancing.What is not so great about that is: our gear becomes obsolete, and winds up gathering dust on a closet shelf or ...
  18 hours ago

• Study Analyzes Food Waste in Britain

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 745
  A new report suggests that British consumers unnecessarily discard $20 billion worth of food and drink every year.
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• Meat Is Inherently Inefficient

  
  Vegan Soapbox — Authority: 529
  Image found here . It continues to amaze me how easily marketers pervert basic science. For example, CattleNetwork claims : “Bottom line: Instead of banning factory farms and the efficiencies those large-scale operations bring to the world’s dinner table, we need to find ways to become even more efficient in ...
  19 hours ago

• Energy Efficiency - What does Google tell us

  
  Energy Tough Love Blog — Authority: 124
  Just for kicks I typed Energy Efficiency into the Google Search engine and guess what turned up? You would think it would be pages devoted to helping you out. What you get instead are major corporations that…well are a big part of the problem. ...
  19 hours ago

• Coke going colorless: How could a naked can help the planet?

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 611
  Designer Harc Lee has some innovative and cool ideas when it comes to saving the planet and making that small contribution towards a future that could eventually make a world’s difference. One of the simplest and most attractive ideas that he has come up with is to profess the usage of softdrink cans in a ...
  20 hours ago

• Environment Agency calls for flood defences to protect 900,000 properties

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  The number of homes and businesses at highest risk could rise by 60% by 2035, warns the agency in its five-year strategy More than 900,000 homes and businesses in England and Wales could be at the highest risk of flooding by 2035 without increasing investment in defences, the Environment Agency warned today. The ...
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• Shakespeare had no BlackBerry and Aristotle mananged without an iPhone

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  All of our technology is completely unnecessary for a happy life: Bono and Bob Geldof should be campaigning to make wealth history, writes Tom Hodgkinson. From the Ecologist , part of the Guardian Environment Network Putting down some of our hi-tech gadgets and hi-octane pastimes might help us make a lot less ...
  20 hours ago

• Green Shopping and Green Savings for All Budgets

  
  Green and Clean Mom — Authority: 120
  The guest post is provided by Ann from Buxr.com, a community of bargain hunters sharing online coupons and hot deals. Shopping online can save both your money and our planet! Why is that, you ask? Well, let’s see:Go Green by Saving Gas and EmissionsAccording toGfK Online Shopping Survey (OSS, 2008 ), about 70 % of ...
  21 hours ago

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