Carbon Footprint
Leon Chart to Find In-Season Food
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Choosing food that is not out of season is a good way to cut your carbon footprint. Here is a handy guide for finding and planning what to eat all year round.
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"Green" Celebrities That Turn Out to be Hypocrites
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While waving a green flag, these eco-celebrities suffer from stones and glass houses syndrome, often flying around the world in private planes and racking up a carbon footprint the size of entire neighborhoods of people.
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Mass Transit Should Be Free
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Make public transit free. Increase ridership, reduce carbon footprint, leave cars parked at home.
Read more »Fossil Fuel Emissions See Largest Drop In 30 years
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The economic recession and rising fuel costs did have one good effect, they dropped CO2 emissions in the United States as well as increased our energy to GDP efficiency
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E Paper May Offset Efficiency Gains
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With E paper and Ebook devices springing up and gaining in popularity, many say pressure on paper may wane, but some argue that the energy needed to run the devices may strain resources in another way
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Bicycling is No Sweat With These Hybrids
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Many people complain that the ride to work on a bicycle makes them sweaty, but now there is no excuse not to ride with these electric/pedal bike hybrids
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"Meatrix" Makers Take on Stuff
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Free Range Studios, the Producers of The Meatrix, have put out their latest movie showing us how and where we get our Stuff
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EPA Gives Tips for Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
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In an effort to highlight conservation and efficiency, the Environmental Protection Agency released a list of things the average person can do to reduce energy use and decrease their environmental impact
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Great Caesar's Goats! Google Mows Lawns with Herd Animals
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Google is cutting its carbon emissions from gasoline mowers by hiring a herd of goats to chomp down on the weeds, brush and grass on it's property
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Some Cities to Take Food Wrappers as Yard Waste
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Your cheese soaked Pizza box may qualify as compostable yard waste in your Municipality. Now you don't have to fossilize it in a landfill somewhere, it can be used to plant new pizza trees!
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