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NEWS ABOUT: sustainable living

sustainable living stories: 12 news summaries


 Eco-Kosher 
 Jews Aim for 
 Sustainable 
 Sabbath 

Culinary consciousness 'gives taste to the text we study': advocate

May 9, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new wave of “eco-kosher” Jews treats environmentalism as law, the Los Angeles Times reports. To strengthen their ties to their faith, culinarily conscious believers are hosting sustainable Sabbath dinners using homemade, locally grown foods. “Jewish tradition should heighten our awareness of the choices we’re making,”... More »

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environment • sustainable living • Jews • kosher • eco-friendly • seder

OPINION

Old Days—Good and Bad—Are Back: Noonan

In slump, simple pleasures are chic as traditional values gain

Apr 17, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reading about a Michigan family that shed modern excess in favor of a self-sufficient farm life didn't strike Peggy Noonan as shocking in these economic times. Her fellow New Yorkers have already begun responding to the same forces, causing Noonan to predict the rise of "a certain authenticity chic,... More »

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agriculture • retail • fashion • sustainable living • New York City • shopping • farming • recession • Botox • retail sales • economy

 How Green 
 Is Too Green? 

Is unplugging the fridge and fueling up on vegetable oil eco-friendly or just nuts?

Oct 19, 08 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - How far would you go to reduce your ecological footprint? Would you run your car on waste vegetable oil? Use your lawn as a bathroom to save water? Huddle for body heat? Unplug the fridge? Some 7% of the population is “dark green,” the New York Times reports,... More »

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climate change • environment • sustainable living • New York Times • carbon footprint

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

X Prize proposals to be posted on YouTube

Sep 11, 08 2:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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climate change • YouTube • sustainable living • global warming • MIT • contest • green energy • engineering • X Prize Foundation • Automotive X Prize • Lunar X Prize • Prize Capital

Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business

Architects, not automakers, have the power to halt global warming

Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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

A Different Kind of Apple for iPhone Waiters

Sustainable agriculture group heads queue for new phone release

Jul 8, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Silicon Ink Makes Splash in Solar Cell Industry

New technology could slash
production prices drastically

Oct 11, 07 3:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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sustainable living • solar energy • nanotechnology • solar cells

Little Shop of Hybrids: Green Mechanic Opens

San Francisco garage first devoted to hybrids-only service

Sep 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

UN's Take On Climate Change Grows Sunnier

Some measures may enhance global GDP

May 4, 07 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Policy and behavior changes can help limit greenhouse-gas emissions and slow climate change, say experts at a UN conference in Bangkok—and at a reasonable price. Some curbs on emissions may even enhance global GDP, but time is short. Within 10 to 20 years, global emissions should begin dropping to... More »

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climate change • energy • United Nations • sustainable living • greenhouse gases • fossil fuel • consumption • deforestation • carbon emissions

The Battle
Of the Bulbs

Men and women are light-years apart on
the merits of compact fluorescents

Apr 30, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(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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energy • environment • sustainable living • compact fluorescent bulbs • light bulb • bulbs

Markets May Lose Farmers 

Popularity of fresh produce a double- edged sword

Apr 11, 07 3:38 PM CDT
(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 • sustainable living • farming • locally grown movement • farmers markets

Restaurants Ban Bottled Water

Mar 22, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh-food pioneer Chez Panisse has joined a growing number of San Francisco–area restaurants in striking bottled water from the menu. The decision to serve local tap water only—flat or carbonated in-house—comes from an effort to cut down on the packaging waste and energy used shipping bottles. More »

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climate change • environment • sustainable living • bottled water • conservation • water • environmentalism • waste • restaurant • privatization

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