In WorldChanging - Posted 3 weeks ago

by Warren Karlenzig One of the great challenges in urban planning and green building has been material life cycle energy use--how steel, co...

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In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

Over one third of the world's land surface (38 percent) is threatened with desertification, according to a new study published in theInternational Jou...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 5 weeks ago

Seattle is in the midst of a fierce debate about the future of its waterfront. It's aging seawall needs to be replaced, a project the Mayor wants ...

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In Green Technology Forum - Posted 5 weeks ago

In advance of my upcoming two-day seminar on Cost-Effective Intelligent Green Building in Singapore, Ken Sinclair of AutomatedBuildings.com asked me a...

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In Worldwatch Institute - Posted 5 weeks ago

Bacteria that convert plants into diesel could become awidely available method for creating alternative fuels at commercial priceswithin the next two ...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 6 weeks ago

If that headline doesn't grab you, not sure what will. A recent lifecycle analysis of algae biofuels has been making the news recently (well a highl...

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In Practical Environmentalist - Posted 7 weeks ago

If you've ever been inside an uninsulated steel building in the middle of summer, you know how hot it can get inside.But can steel buildings still be ...

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In Green Technology Forum - Posted 11 weeks ago

A new study of green building occupants finds that, Items that are not too different from the norm or do not require drastic behavior alterations, ...

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In Eco-Advantage Blog - Posted 13 weeks ago

A couple posts ago, I talked about the ways you can use green data footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value ch...

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In World Is Green - Posted 19 weeks ago

I have been writing on nuclear energy on this blog and have quoted Stewart Brand. I ran past this idea with Atanu Dey on why Amory Lovins from the Roc...

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