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• Forest as commodity revisited

  
  Sherry Chandler — Authority: 129
  Back in August, I did a post on forest as commodity. At that time, my friend Jeff Hess of Have Coffee, Will Write sent me a link to this article in the Washington Post about the struggles of a small independent logger in Alabama. Called Waiting for Work in the Silent Woods, the article shows [...]Related posts: ...
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• A snowy woods in the 18th Century

  
  Sherry Chandler — Authority: 129
  In 1847-48, Daniel Drake, a prominent physician in the Ohio Valley, sat down to write a series of letters to his children about his life as an early settle in Kentucky. His parents came from New Jersey to Mays Lick, just a few miles down the road from where I now live, when he was [...]Related posts: A cork Put a ...
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• Solid ground

  
  Ear I Am — Authority: 111
  Weve only got a few things veggie-wise hanging around in the garden now. The Summer and Autumn glut of tasty homegrown beans, courgettes, spuds, strawberries, onions, tomatoes, salads and the likes seem like a distant memory. I pulled up some baby beetroots a few weeks ago and, following a preserving recipe I found ...
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• Wind Turbines Back on Agenda At Ventnor Town Council

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 147
  Rob Mew requested turbines back on the agenda at the VTC last night.
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• Five Steps That Jewelers Can Do To Gain Market Share By Exploiting Ethical Jewelry Issues

  
  Fair Trade Jewelry — Authority: 114
  ~ By Marc Choyt, PublisherIf you are a jeweler or manufacturer interested in moving toward ethical sourcing, consider these five steps:1. Research the true social and environmental impact of every piece of your product.2. Taking responsibility for what you have, outlining your step by step plan to eliminate suppliers ...
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• Pro-Wind Turbine Island Group Has Over 3,750 Members

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 147
  Facebooks pro-turbine group is growing
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• Ex-Vestas Worker Speaks in Copenhagen

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 147
  Ian Terry, Ex Vestas worker, has been speaking in Copenhagen.
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• Rye School Attendance Going to the Birds

  
  My Rye — Authority: 125
  Recently Rye High School and Middle School attendance is going to the birds. Recently the school, thanks to a number or organizations, completed two reforestation and landscaping projects. Thanks to Steve Feeney for sending MyRye.com this comprehensive update. The partnership...
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• Al Gore Speaks at Copenhagen

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Al Gore addressed the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen today, saying that theres no time to waste in taking action, Grist.org reports. He calls for the U.S. Senate to pass a climate change bill by April 22, 2010, which is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. He also calls for the next UN Climate Change ...
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• Himalayas Melting?

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Research presented at the latest American Geophysical Union meeting points to carbon emissions from Asian cities as partly responsible for the 20 percent decrease in the Himalayan glaciers since the 1960s, Wired.com reports. The video above tracks black carbon through the Earths atmosphere from August to November ...
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• The Terminator on Climate Change

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for a climate summit for cities and regions like the one in Copenhagen, AFP reports. He offered to host it in his state. "The world’s national governments cannot make the progress that is needed on global climate change alone," he said, addressing the assembly ...
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• Biking 2.0

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Researchers are MIT have designed a bike wheel that saves the kinetic energy generated by braking and stores it for later use, when the rider needs a boost, The New York Times reports. The energy goes into a battery inside the wheels hub, a sleek red item called the Copenhagen Wheel that can be retrofitted onto ...
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• World Leaders Acting Like Kids

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Connie Hedegaard, the Danish minister presiding over the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen , says that the nations present are acting " just like schoolchildren... If they have a very long deadline to deliver an exercise, they will wait for the last moment...Its basically as simple as that," Reuters ...
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• Langley Chase Organic Farm

  
  The Foodie List — Authority: 120
  I run a small organic grassland farm in Wiltshire, rearing majestic four-horned Manx Loaghtan rare breed lamb and mutton. This year my lamb won the Meat Category of the National Organic Food Awards awarding us the most tasty organic meat in the UK! My mutton was highly commended at the Awards and I have now have ten ...
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• African Nations Suspend Copenhagen

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  African and other developing countries walked out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, suspending talks on Monday, Reuters and ENN report. They refused to continue discussion without a guarantee that talks regarding a second commitment period to the Kyoto Protocol would take precedence over broader ...
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• Five Key Points To Consider When Purchasing Ethical Jewelry

  
  Fair Trade Jewelry — Authority: 114
  Recycled precious metal, fair trade gems, fair trade gold, Canadian diamonds, Namibian-The Kalihari Diamond, Botswana diamonds… How do you differentiate between all these products and the companies making claims for their ethical sourcing?Relax. It doesn’t need to be that complex. Basically, there’s a small ...
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• Sherpas Protest for Himalayas

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  More than 300 Nepalis, including 100 climbers, protested in Copenhagen to bring international attention to the effects of climate change on the Himalayas, TakePart reports. "It didn’t snow at all during December, January,  and February, when itshould snow heavily, and it finally snowed massively in May, when ...
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• U.S. Climate Bill Compromise

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Three U.S. Senators have outlined a compromise climate bill in an attempt to win votes for legislation to be passed in 2010, Reuters reports. The House passed a climate bill in June. Other countries have accused the U.S. of being soft on climate change policy, and the compromise climate bill could aid President ...
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• Protestor Arrests in Copenhagen

  
  The Outside Blog — Authority: 580
  Danish police have arrested 68 activists who were protesting in street demonstrations in Copenhagen on Friday, Reuters reports. The goal of the protesters was to disrupt corporations and industry lobbyists that they see as "climate criminals" during the UN conference . The local police said the protesters made ...
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• Bottle Bus Shelter

  
  Babazeka blog — Authority: 117
  Take a look at this fantastic idea! It’s a solar powered bus shelter , using recycled glass bottles as the walls. It was designed by a student from the UK College of Design, Aaron Scales, and built with a non-profit organisation, Art in Motion . Isn’t it just too clever? I like this sort of thing a lot and ...
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