October 21, 2011
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July 8, 2011
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One of the key selling points of the eat local movement is that it will reduce the carbon footprint. But, recent studies by leading environmental scientists say that our food prodution and distribution systems are so complex, that a simple "eat local" solution may not be the answer. The most recent analysis, headed up by David ...
May 24, 2011
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Natural Home magazine named Chapel Hill North Carolina's Greenbridge project as one of the country's 10 most green housing developments. The development, which includes mostly vacant office and retail space, has 97 condominium units ranging from $250,000 to more than $1 million for penthouses atop its two towers, the second of which is ...
May 12, 2011
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SAM, also known as the System Advisory Model, is a comprehensive solar technology systems analysis model. This is the first update since 2009 and the new, improved model offers a variety of enhanced features including: New Utility Scale Financing OptionsThe new options The new financing options make it possible to do dramatically more detailed utility-scale ...
May 2, 2011
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In 2009, The International Living Future Institute issued its Living Building Challenge 2.0. The Bertschi School, an independent elementary school, decided to try to meet the challenge. Working in partnership with the The Restorative Design Collective, the school designed and built the first living building in the state of Washington. The Living Building Science Wing allows us ...
April 25, 2011
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Happy Earth Day! The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. This is a news report from NBC News on the 20 million people who participated that day. The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil ...
April 13, 2011
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