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How Four Moms Have Shaped the Future of GM and the Malibu Eco

Bio-Friendly Blog Yobo Member
May 16th, 2012

ho is to say that vehicle was made with their particular needs in mind? Does it have eco-friendly features and technology designed to assist them on the road to fuel efficiency? Well, that’s where four moms from GM come in with the Malibu Eco.

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Empire State Building Cuts Energy Use 20%

CNN Money
May 9th, 2012

The Empire State Building is on an energy diet. The hulking building, a symbol of American power and, to some, excess, has cut its energy use by 20%.

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10 Quick and Easily Apps for Green Living

Taiga Company Yobo Member
May 3rd, 2012

With growing eco awareness sprouting more and more environmentally friendly options, those living a busy and sustainable lifestyle can take their green on the go.

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Climate Leadership From American Colleges and Universities

Huffington Post
April 30th, 2012

In 2007, a small group of visionary college and university presidents gathered to form the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Five years later they have achieved some remarkable results.

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Textile Recycling Added To Sustainability Festival In Amherst

Hampshire Gazette
April 26th, 2012

Even though people frequently use collection boxes to drop off used clothing for agencies that distribute and sell it, many of the items still end up in landfills and incinerators. The Recycling and Refuse Management Committee is trying to change that, and also help the Fisher Home Hospice Shop and the Amherst Survival Center’s free store, by sponsoring Amherst’s first textile collection at this year’s Sustainability Festival on April 21.

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Exploring the Role of Continuous Improvement in Sustainability

Taiga Company Yobo Member
May 14th, 2012

Business sustainability concepts today that are required for continued operations into the future are quite different than they were just 10 years ago.

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Sustainable Settings: Learning From The Land

Post Independent
May 3rd, 2012

Sustainable Settings, an entrepreneurial nonprofit, sells produce at the Aspen Farmers Market and raw milk from its new, solar-powered dairy to people who invest as shareholders in the Guernsey herd.

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Ethikus Offers A Groupon-Like Service To Find Ethical, Sustainable Businesses

Christian Science Monitor
May 2nd, 2012

New York City startup Ethikus provides vouchers for small businesses whose practices embody principles of sustainability.

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Living Green: Smaller Farms Finding New Economic Foothold In Agriculture World

PJ Star
April 27th, 2012

For the Brockman family, agriculture is a sustainable way of life grown on smaller acres than the typical mass producer of corn and soybeans. The family plants hundreds of vegetables, fruits and herbs on the kind of farm that, 15 to 20 years ago, was about as common to find as a local community college student rushing off to operate a farm.

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A Former Chicago Meatpacking Plant Becomes a Self-Sustaining Vertical Farm

Good
April 24th, 2012

Had Willy Wonka had been fascinated by industrial ecology instead of cocoa beans, his factory may have looked something like The Plant, Chicago’s first entirely self-sustaining “vertical farm.”

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