HIGHWAYS CAN HELP POLLINATORS ...

Jul 29, 2016 by

HIGHWAYS CAN HELP POLLINATORS RETURN TO HEALTH

[Translate] Compost-spreading tactics to encourage native plants that both control erosion and attract pollinators / Caltrans In the...

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Interview with Toody Maher on ...

Jul 29, 2016 by

Interview with Toody Maher on Co-Designing Parks with the Community

[Translate] THE DIRT  Jared Green Toody Maher / SF Gate Toody Maher is the founder and executive director of Pogo Park. She is an...

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DESIGN COMPETITION: A MORE RES...

Jul 29, 2016 by

DESIGN COMPETITION: A MORE RESILIENT WEST PALM BEACH

[Translate] Jared Green   THE DIRT Shore to Core / Van Alen Institute and West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment AgencyWest Palm...

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New Solar Device Removes Carbo...

Jul 29, 2016 by

[Translate] If the experimental technology can be commercialized, it can become an important tool for reducing the impact of climate...

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Democratic Platform Calls For ...

Jul 25, 2016 by

Democratic Platform Calls For WWII-Scale Mobilization To Solve Climate Crisis

[Translate] by Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Mark Stehle/Invision for NRG/AP Images Micro-wind turbines and solar panels...

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“Tiny buses for everyone!” say...

Jul 22, 2016 by

“Tiny buses for everyone!” says Elon Musk

[Translate] TED Conference You get a bus and you get a bus! By Heather Smith   GRIST Tesla has had a rough ride lately. A Tesla Model...

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Greenpeace reports jump in rad...

Jul 21, 2016 by

Greenpeace reports jump in radioactive contamination in Fukushima waterways

[Translate] Greenpeace Japan member Mai Suzuki removes sediment samples from a remotely operated grabber at Lake Biwa in Shiga...

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Fire From New Mexico Fracking ...

Jul 17, 2016 by

Fire From New Mexico Fracking Site Explosion Keeps Burning Three Days Later

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Kendra Pinto   A massive fire at a fracking site in rural New Mexico...

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The Developing World is Awash ...

Jul 5, 2016 by

The Developing World is Awash in Pesticides. Does It Have to Be?

[Translate] Environment Herbicides, insecticides and fungicides threaten the environment and human health in many parts of the world....

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SAN FRANCISCO WILL BAN ALL POL...

Jul 3, 2016 by

SAN FRANCISCO WILL BAN ALL POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTS BY 2017

[Translate] FUTURISM Chris Caravello/Flickr In Brief San Francisco will be the first major US city to ban the sale of polystyrene or...

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WHILE THE SPOTLIGHT WAS ON OFF...

Jul 3, 2016 by

WHILE THE SPOTLIGHT WAS ON OFFSHORE DRILLING, FRACKING QUIETLY MADE ITS WAY INTO OUR OCEANS

[Translate] Climate by Samantha Page climate progress CREDIT: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Vessels assist in the drilling of the...

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‘Water Windfall’ F...

Jun 30, 2016 by

‘Water Windfall’ Found in Drought-Stricken California

[Translate] Environment California’s Central Valley has three times more freshwater in underground aquifers than previously thought....

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SOLAR ROADWAYS: 3 COUNTRIES, 3...

Jun 30, 2016 by

SOLAR ROADWAYS: 3 COUNTRIES, 3 SOLUTIONS

[Translate]   UNDERSTANDSOLAR.COM We will all be driving on solar roadways soon if this global effort to build the most enduring and...

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CAN THESE INVENTIONS SAVE OCEA...

Jun 28, 2016 by

CAN THESE INVENTIONS SAVE OCEANS FROM OUR PLASTIC HABIT?

[Translate] (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) As an environmental catastrophe looms, innovators around the world are hoping...

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THE NEXT SPACE RACE: FARMING S...

Jun 28, 2016 by

THE NEXT SPACE RACE: FARMING SOLAR POWER IN THE COSMOS

[Translate] https://youtu.be/AB1VlSlLrgkhttps://youtu.be/AB1VlSlLrgkSPS-Alpha concept by John C. Mankins. (Illustration: Courtesy...

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NATION’S FIRST SOLAR ROA...

Jun 27, 2016 by

NATION’S FIRST SOLAR ROADWAY COMING TO HISTORIC ROUTE 66

[Translate] LORRAINE CHOW OF ECOWATCH ON BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: US Bureau of Land Management)Article reprinted with permission...

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4 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR HOMER...

Jun 27, 2016 by

4 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR HOME’S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

[Translate] Reducing your home’s environmental impact begins with reducing its carbon footprint. Your home’s carbon...

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HOLY CRAP … THE TREES ON...

Jun 27, 2016 by

[Translate] Scientists just showed that money really does grow on trees. Clayton Aldern   MOTHER JONES Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock...

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TADAO ANDO’S 152 ELIZABE...

Jun 26, 2016 by

TADAO ANDO’S 152 ELIZABETH STREET IN NEW YORK INCLUDES A MONUMENTAL GREEN WALL

[Translate]       ‘152 elizabeth street’ is an ultra luxury condominium building located in new york’s nolita...

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PENDA POSES GREEN-FILLED SKY V...

Jun 26, 2016 by

PENDA POSES GREEN-FILLED SKY VILLA RESIDENCES IN INDIA

[Translate]         penda has shared the latest development for his magic breeze project in hyderabad / india...

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A SOLAR POWERED PLANE JUST CRO...

Jun 26, 2016 by

A SOLAR POWERED PLANE JUST CROSSED THE ATLANTIC

[Translate] Solar Impulse sunprecedented By Samantha Lee GRIST If you thought there was something solar power couldn’t do, think...

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FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES IMPOSE M...

Jun 26, 2016 by

[Translate]  by David Roberts   VOX (Shutterstock) It is fairly well understood by now that releasing carbon dioxide and other...

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THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION:...

Jun 25, 2016 by

THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION: PERSPECTIVE AND CRITIQUE (PART 2)

[Translate] The Dirt Contributo New Landscape Declaration / LAFThe second day of the Landscape Architecture Foundation‘s New...

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THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION:...

Jun 25, 2016 by

THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION: PERSPECTIVE AND CRITIQUE (PART 1)

[Translate] THE DIRT BY Jared Green New Landscape Declaration / LAFAfter hearing 23 declarations on the first day of the Landscape...

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THE RISE OF VERTICAL FARMS ...

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Why Conserving Crops’ Wi...

Jun 22, 2016 by

Why Conserving Crops’ Wild Cousins May Be Critical for Human Survival

[Translate] Food As global food requirements grow with a skyrocketing human population, genes from wild relatives of common crops...

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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DUMPSTER...

Jun 22, 2016 by

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DUMPSTER DIVING

[Translate]   Food How to seriously cut down on your monthly food bill. By Assya Barrette / Greenhighfive   VIA ALTERNET  ...

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FRACKING PRODUCES TONS OF RADI...

Jun 20, 2016 by

FRACKING PRODUCES TONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE. WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH IT?

[Translate] Byproducts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, create radioactive waste like the truckload shown here in West Virginia....

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THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION:...

Jun 19, 2016 by

THE NEW LANDSCAPE DECLARATION: VISIONS FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS

[Translate] THE DIRT  BY  Jared Green India’s water crisis / National GeographicOver the next 50 years, landscape architects must...

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COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED DEVELOPMEN...

Jun 17, 2016 by

COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT: A FIRST STEP TO COMMUNITY SOLAR FOR ALL

[Translate]   ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE photo credit: Boardman Hill Solar Farm Communities are a critical actor in the global...

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