Category: Green Building LEED News
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Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, South Africa Move Against Monsanto
Roundup is banned in Sri Lanka after thousands die from a mysterious kidney disease, and the company is blocked from owning seeds and spurious advertising.
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Dying to Give Back: The Green Burial Movement
I met with Jean shortly after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As I approached her home for the first time, I was greeted by voluminous blue barrels at the bases of the gutters collecting rainwater from a passing storm. An attached hose snaked outwards towards a garden burgeoning into spring. She welcomed me inside…
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How Large Cities Can Advance a Renewable-Powered EV Infrastructure
The recent Chicago Auto Show was a great place to see new car models and automakers’ futuristic designs. Until recently, few automakers displayed electric vehicles. But this year, most showed clean electric and hybrid cars, and showed off their cool next-gen concepts. How can Chicago and Illinois strategically position themselves to be electric vehicle leaders…
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Is Your City a Food Desert?
To put it simply, a food desert is a neighborhood far removed from grocery stores that sell healthy food. [embed]http://vimeo.com/63759817[/embed] Subsequently, foods high in fat, calories and sugar are too abundant, which encourages unhealthy eating that can lead to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, according to a newly published Walk Score blog. To…
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Eco Euphemisms That Confuse Our Understanding of Environmental Destruction
In his now-classic essay, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell warned: “Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. … But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.” Orwell’s insights are as…