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  • September 2008

    • Contest Offers $25K for Best 'Crazy Green' Scheme

      CNET  |  Sep 11, 08 2:44 AM CDT

      Contest Offers $25K for Best 'Crazy Green' Scheme

      (Newser) - The X Prize Foundation is at it again, this time with a new eco-challenge offering $25,000 for the best “crazy green idea” to stop global warming, reports CNET. The organization, famous for its high-stakes engineering contests, is looking for breakthrough ideas in energy and housing. Proposals must be presented in two-minute concept videos, and posted on YouTube by October 31. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • YouTube  • green energy  • contest  • engineering  • sustainable living  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • July 2008

    • Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      Fast Company  |  Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

      (Newser) - With US homes on average twice as large as they were 50 years ago—and, of course, dwarfing those in all other developed countries—rethinking our idea of "home" is as crucial to cutting global warming as switching to a smaller car, says architect Edward Mazria in Fast Company . Half of all greenhouse gas emissions are building-related; residential buildings make up 21% of national energy consumption—almost as much as transportation. More »

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      environment  • architecture  • green technology  • design  • green home  • green building  • sustainable living  • sustainable development

    • A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters

      CNET  |  Jul 8, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters

      (Newser) - The countdown is on ahead of Friday's release of the iPhone 3G, and a handful of buyers are waiting outside Apple's flagship New York store. But they’re not diehard fans—they’re activists hoping to promote sustainable agriculture by breaking a world record. The Waiting for Apples group queued up July 4, beating a couple of other would-be first-in-liners, reports CNet. More »

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      Apple  • agriculture  • organic food  • iPhone 3G  • political activism  • sustainable living

  • October 2007

    • Silicon Ink Makes Splash in Solar Cell Industry

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Oct 11, 07 3:31 PM CDT

      Silicon Ink Makes Splash in Solar Cell Industry

      (Newser) - Silicon ink, a new innovation in nanotechnology, may revolutionize the way that solar panels are produced and dramatically cut solar energy costs. The company that makes the ink, Innovalight, will announce today $28 million in new funding from Norwegian corporation Convexa Capital, as well as plans for a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, writes the San Jose Mercury News. More »

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      solar energy  • nanotechnology  • sustainable living  • solar cells

  • September 2007

    • Little Shop of Hybrids: Green Mechanic Opens

      Wired  |  Sep 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Little Shop of Hybrids: Green Mechanic Opens

      (Newser) - While auto mechanics nationwide now service hybrid vehicles, San Francisco's Luscious Garage is the country's first shop to work exclusively on environment-friendly cars. "There's a critical mass of hybrids in the Bay Area," owner Carolyn Coquilette told Wired , which reports that nearly 10% of new hybrids registered in 2006 were to owners in and around San Francisco. More »

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      auto industry  • San Francisco  • environmentalism  • car  • hybrid car  • sustainable living

  • May 2007
  • April 2007

    • The Battle Of the Bulbs

      Washington Post  |  Apr 30, 07 2:00 PM CDT

      The Battle Of the Bulbs

      (Newser) - She's from Venus, he's from Mars when it comes to. . . compact fluorescent light bulbs. Right-thinking men everywhere are boldly buying and screwing the environmentally friendly bulbs into sockets all over the house, the Washington Post reports, while women are, in turn, unscrewing them and going back to incandescent. More »

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      environment  • energy  • sustainable living  • compact fluorescent bulbs  • bulbs

    • Markets May Lose Farmers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 11, 07 3:38 PM CDT

      Markets May Lose Farmers

      (Newser) - Farmers' markets have gotten so trendy the they're beginning to annoy their founders: the farmers. Now some of the locally-grown-produce movement's most high-profile members, turned off by the time commitment and the carnival-like atmosphere at many markets, are dropping out of the circuit. More »

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      food  • farming  • sustainable living  • farmers markets  • locally grown movement

  • March 2007

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