Thursday Bram
Ben & Jerry's New Cool
Ben & Jerry's is testing a new kind of freezer based on hydrocarbons.»
Voices That Matter 
Scott Salyer
Energy Efficiency Enters the Public Vocabulary
Support for energy efficiency depends heavily on getting the public up to speed.»
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Cosmo Catalano
Cutting Costs (and Carbon!) With Homemade Gifts |
From ornaments to electronics, handmade gifts can help you shrink your carbon footprint.» | |
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Cosmo Catalano
Bad Economy Good for Green Fridges |
GE is rolling out smart appliances that optimize energy use and reduce harmful refrigerants.» | |
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Thursday Bram
Nau Is Here Again |
Nau, the environmentally-aware clothing line that closed in May, will soon reappear in select retail stores.» | |
Worldwatch Institute
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens
An underground "urban chicken" movement has swept across the United States in recent years.»
Susan Kraemer
Roofer Discovers Green Roofs Last Longer
After working on his customers' roofs for 15 years, a Washington roofer finds inspiration and builds a vegetable garden on top of his own house.»
Cosmo Catalano
Setting the Table for Sustainable Shindigs
A sustainably-produced and biodegradable party set could ease your party clean-up in a whole new way.»
Cosmo Catalano
Tool Sharing Opens Up Green Home Improvement Options
A new wave of websites allows communities to cooperate on cost savings, quality-of-life increases, and carbon footprint reduction.»
News That Matters
Inhabitat
U.K.'s Unpackaged Grocery Shop Nixes Wasteful Packaging
What do you get when you combine clever marketing, a cute shop and delicious food, but eliminate the packaging?»
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Popular Mechanics
Common Pavement Sealer May Lead to Unhealthy Homes |
Sealer wears away to expose carcinogenic compounds that can be tracked indoors.» | |
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Inhabitat
Rent a Living Christmas Tree in San Francisco |
As an alternative to clear-cutting, the SF Environment Department and Friends of the Urban Forest are offering trees for rent, which will be replanted after the holidays.» | |
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Environment News Service
Sustainable Landscape Industry Takes Root in Texas |
Some say the landscape industry will continue to thrive only if it adopts more environmentally-friendly growing and selling methods, and embrace sustainability.» | |
California Green Solutions
Heat Pump Retrofit Saves Money, Energy
AirGenerate has developed a heat pump retrofit that can more than double the energy performance compared with a standard electric water heater, using nothing more than the air surrounding it.»
Rocky Mountain Institute
Pennsylvania Governor Signs $650 Million Energy Fund
Governor Edward G. Rendell recently signed into law a new fund intended to save families and small businesses money on their energy bills by supporting investments in energy conservation and efficiency.»
River Wired
Harnessing the Wind at Home
A growing number of homes in the U.S. are opting to have residential wind turbines installed, and as a result are seeing dramatic reductions in their energy costs.»
Red Green and Blue
Off-Grid Living Going Mainstream?
No longer solely the realm of eco-conscious idealists and die-hard survivalists, off-grid homes are picking up steam as a viable mainstream option.»
River Wired
What Americans Misunderstand About Environmental Shopping
Greenwashing can obscure efforts to shop greener, but now there are ways to be sure that you’re actually shopping green and not falling victim to misleading hype.»