EMISSIONS COULD MAKE EARTH UNI...

Feb 28, 2016 by

EMISSIONS COULD MAKE EARTH UNINHABITABLE!

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Baked earth caused by the severe water shortage in...

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PROFIT OVER THE PLANET: WTO...

Feb 27, 2016 by

PROFIT OVER THE PLANET: WTO’S LAWSUIT RULING COULD BE A GIANT BLOW TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MOVEMENT

[Translate] WTO tribunal ruled in a lawsuit initiated by the U.S. that India’s national solar energy program violates trade law...

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AL GORE’S ELECTRIFYING, ...

Feb 27, 2016 by

[Translate] Talk of the week TED TALK 25:20 minutes · Filmed Feb 2016 · Posted Feb 2016 · TED2016 Last week, Al Gore rocked TED with...

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ARE RVS A GOOD SOLUTION TO AFF...

Feb 26, 2016 by

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture We’re ever on the lookout for creative ways of making cities denser and more...

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STORMPROOFING THE ATLANTIC COA...

Feb 26, 2016 by

STORMPROOFING THE ATLANTIC COAST

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor Atlantic City, New Jersey / Structure of Coastal Resilience The galleries of the Center for...

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IT’S TIME TO TAKE PHYTOR...

Feb 26, 2016 by

IT’S TIME TO TAKE PHYTOREMEDIATION SERIOUSLY

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor Phyto / Routledge Any new studio reference book needs be beautifully illustrated. In this...

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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IS SLOWING...

Feb 25, 2016 by

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IS SLOWING CORAL REEF GROWTH

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Ken Caldeira Reef flat study site at One Tree Reef, Australia.   High levels...

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WANT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE? ...

Feb 24, 2016 by

WANT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE? HERE ARE 7 CRITICAL LIFE CHANGES YOU SHOULD MAKE

[Translate] Louis Vest By Heather Smith   GRIST A few months ago, the U.S. and 195 other countries signed this thing in Paris in...

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SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT ...

Feb 24, 2016 by

SCIENTISTS CALCULATE OUR DEBT TO EARTH

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     Wheat crops in Kansas depend on aquifer water. (James...

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BIOCLIMATIC DOME HOME IN COSTA...

Feb 22, 2016 by

[Translate]     by Tafline Laylin  INHABITAT Earth bag construction is taking off around the world, in large part thanks to...

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EDMONTON’S FIRST LANEWAY...

Feb 22, 2016 by

EDMONTON’S FIRST LANEWAY HOME HAS NO CARBON FOOTPRINT

[Translate]   An Edmonton couple is hoping to turn their passion for green energy into a money-saving one by building a laneway...

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2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE...

Feb 19, 2016 by

2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RANKINGS SHOW PROGRESS AND FAILURE

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green Deforestation in Brazil / Wired Yale University and Columbia University, together with the...

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HERE’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE...

Feb 18, 2016 by

HERE’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING CLINTON, SANDERS, TRUMP AND CRUZ ABOUT FOOD

[Translate] REUTERS/Katherine Taylor By Donald Carr GRIST Cross-posted from The Republic of Awesome Let’s assume the nascent “good...

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IF YOU’RE GOING TO COVET...

Feb 17, 2016 by

IF YOU’RE GOING TO COVET, COVET THIS

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Australia Prefab Sustainability The term “keeping up with the Joneses” is rarely framed...

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THE WORLD’S FIRST ZERO-C...

Feb 17, 2016 by

THE WORLD’S FIRST ZERO-CARBON CITY IS A BIG FAILURE

[Translate] Shutterstock By Katie Herzog GRIST Masdar was supposed to be the world’s first zero-carbon city. Developers envisioned a...

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TRIO OF LIVING GREEN BUILDINGS...

Feb 16, 2016 by

TRIO OF LIVING GREEN BUILDINGS REINVENT PARIS AS A THRIVING SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM

[Translate]   by Lucy Wang  INHABITAT Share on Facebook Pin Tweet+ The heart of Paris’ 13th district has been reimagined as a...

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DENMARK PREPS FOR CLIMATE CHAN...

Feb 15, 2016 by

DENMARK PREPS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BY BUILDING PARKS THAT CAN TRANSFORM INTO PONDS

[Translate] COWI, TREDJE NATUR and Platant By Kate Yoder GRIST The Danes may be among the happiest people in the world, but it’s...

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What Scalia’s Death Means for ...

Feb 15, 2016 by

What Scalia’s Death Means for Climate Change

[Translate] Environment The legal challenge to Obama’s Clean Power Plan is expected to eventually reach the Supreme Court. By...

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SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING THAT MAK...

Jan 22, 2016 by

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING THAT MAKES SENSE

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture There was a time when American single family homes weren’t so absurdly large....

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE ...

Jan 19, 2016 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (JANUARY 1 – 15)

[Translate] THE DIRT by J.R. Taylor Can a Professionally Designed Garden Add Value to Your Home? – The Huffington Post, 1/4/15 “This...

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BIRDS ARE GOING EXTINCT: ENTIR...

Jan 19, 2016 by

BIRDS ARE GOING EXTINCT: ENTIRE SPECIES ARE HANGING BY THEIR WINGTIPS.

[Translate] SALON.COM Deforestation and the pet trade have ravaged avian populations, and the consequences for mankind could prove...

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THERE IS NO PLANET B: WE’...

Jan 17, 2016 by

THERE IS NO PLANET B: WE’RE NOT COLONIZING THE MILKY WAY ANY TIME SOON

[Translate] Jenny McCarthy arrives at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, in Los Angeles....

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DISRUPTIONS ARE NEEDED TO ACHI...

Jan 14, 2016 by

DISRUPTIONS ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green “The Paris climate agreement didn’t create the commitments we need to limit global warming to a 2...

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WHY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MIGH...

Jan 14, 2016 by

WHY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE END OF THE WORLD

[Translate] Keystone XL may be dead for now, but it’s only one of several measures that would put the planet in grave danger...

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WE’VE FINALLY FIGURED OU...

Jan 14, 2016 by

WE’VE FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BENEFIT FUTURE GENERATIONS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Katie Herzog When we talk about climate change, everyone is always going on about “saving future...

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THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO F...

Jan 14, 2016 by

THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO FATHOM CALIFORNIA’S WATER PROSPECTS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST It’s finally raining in California — just when we’d begun to think that it...

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CATTLE GRAZING IS A CLIMATE DI...

Jan 12, 2016 by

CATTLE GRAZING IS A CLIMATE DISASTER, AND YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT

[Translate] REUTERS/Max Whittaker By Ben Adler GRIST The rules governing cattle grazing on federal lands are so obscure that your...

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NEW MAP SHOWS THE IMPACT OF SE...

Jan 12, 2016 by

NEW MAP SHOWS THE IMPACT OF SEA LEVEL RISE

[Translate] New Map Shows the Impact of Sea Level Rise THE DIRT by Jared Green World leaders have begun to get serious about fighting...

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BOOST YOUR SUSTAINABLE CITY AM...

Jan 12, 2016 by

BOOST YOUR SUSTAINABLE CITY AMBITIONS

[Translate]  THE DIRT BY JARED GREEN The American Architectural Foundation’s Sustainable Cities Design Academy (SCDA) is looking for...

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TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT: WORKI...

Jan 11, 2016 by

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT: WORKING WITH ARBORISTS

[Translate] Point of View Johanna Phelps  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE Tree 1199 post-construction and the newly planted landscape beyond,...

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