Tag: air quality
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4 Climate Policies to Celebrate This Thanksgiving
Policy plays an enormous role in the future of our planet. Check out this great list from Mother Jones of four recent environmental policies we should all be thankful for. [caption id="attachment_313603" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] 1. The U.S. and the World Bank will avoid financing coal-fired power plants abroad. Burning coal is among…
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AIR House Connects Inhabitants with Nature in Simple, Sustainable Style
The first team from the Czech Republic to enter the Solar Decathlon is Team CTU, made up of 26 students who set their sights on designing and building a prototype for future housing while raising awareness of solar energy, energy efficiency, and Czech architecture and engineering. Their submission in the Solar Decathlon 2013, for which…
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National Walk to School Day Gets Kids Off the Bus, Reduces Pollution
Organizers of the one-day event, now in its 16th year, say walking or bicycling to school results in a number of positive consequences …
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fluxHome Combines Passive and Active Principles for Net Zero Energy Use
One of four teams that are representing California in the 2013 Solar Decathlon, Team USC (from the University of Southern California) will be submitting its fluxHome, a net zero prototype, as an entry in the competition to be held in October 2013 in Irvine, California. fluxHome reimagines the suburban tract home in an energy efficient…
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Sustainable HARVEST HOME Helps to Heal Body and Spirit of Wounded Warrior
The first city-wide collegiate team to be formed in Washington, D.C. and compete in the Solar Decathlon is Team Capitol DC, made up of students and faculty mentors from Catholic University, American University, and George Washington University. Their entry is HARVEST HOME, taking its name from its harvesting of natural resources, and is designed to…