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Photo: Monica M. Davey/Feature Photo Service for IBM 13 Billion PET Plastic Bottles are Thrown Away Each Year Certain things are harder to recycle than others. While it’s relatively easy to make a new aluminum can out of an old aluminum can,...
Lloyd Alter Many small towns are experiencing a comeback these days; a combination of aging boomers and the green movement, combined with technology that lets people work just about anywhere make them a viable alternative to urban and suburban life....
Photo via jurvetson So far, kinetic charging for cell phones has been confined to the realm of external chargers (which are only now starting to be actually useful ) and concept designs for futuristic phones . But Nokia looks to be taking piezoelectric...
photo: Kartikeya Kaul via flickr. India the world’s last major emitter to formally back the Copenhagen Accord has done so. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the decision reflected India’s contributions in shaping the Accord. Ramesh...
Credit: hessnatur We announced the Planet Green and hessnatur Eco-Tee Design Challenge winner, Lindsay Seligman for her One Life design, back in September 2009 and we are happy to report that the organic cotton t-shirt is available now. Click through...
photo: Alexander Torrenegra via flickr. Just as its announced that Brazil and the United States will work together to slow Amazon deforestation , Cool Green Science asks an important question: Has it been policy or recession driving down deforestation...
Image credit: Timberland Earthkeepers From recycled plastic bottles to the 100% locally sourced tee, Kara’s list of 7 dark green t shirts we’d actually wear showcased some of the best in sustainable apparel. But what if you could get a...
Photo via Osaka University Plastic recycling is often a conundrum. Sorting at home can be iffy, since consumers don’t always know what’s recyclable and what’s not in their area, and some plastic types like bioplastics aren’t...
image: Carnegie Institution We’ve written about the phenomenon of outsourced carbon emissions a number of times, with the example of perhaps up to one third of China’s emissions coming from manufacturing goods destined for consumption abroad...
