The Big Shift Needed for Human...

Apr 22, 2015 by

The Big Shift Needed for Humanity to Protect the Earth: Restore the Commons

[Translate] On Earth Day, let’s talk about making the commons the organizing principle of social, economic and cultural life....

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Earth Day Should Be Less About...

Apr 22, 2015 by

Earth Day Should Be Less About Our ‘Precious Planet’ And More About Saving Ourselves

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS The earth will be fine. It’s us that need saving. CREDIT: Shutterstock In his weekly...

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Big Insurance Companies Are Wa...

Apr 22, 2015 by

Big Insurance Companies Are Warning The U.S. To Prepare For Climate Change

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a parking lot full of yellow cabs in Hoboken, N.J. is...

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Adidas Wants To Make Shoes And...

Apr 21, 2015 by

Adidas Wants To Make Shoes And Clothing Using Plastic Garbage From The Ocean

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling  CLIMATE PROGRESS Adidas has a plan to combat marine plastic waste. In an effort to bolster its...

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John Kerry’s Mission To Save T...

Apr 21, 2015 by

John Kerry’s Mission To Save The Arctic

[Translate] by Cathleen Kelly – Guest Contributor CLIMATE PROGRESS U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured here in a...

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8 of the world’s most inspirin...

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Nasa spacecraft that found wat...

Apr 18, 2015 by

Nasa spacecraft that found water on Mercury prepares to crash into planet

[Translate] Mercury Messenger’s 11-year voyage of discovery to end on 30 April Mission has forced rethink about origin of planet...

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Can Peru stop ‘ethical chocola...

Apr 18, 2015 by

Can Peru stop ‘ethical chocolate’ from destroying the Amazon?

[Translate] Amazon rainforest Andes to the Amazon NGOs allege illegal deforestation of primary rainforest to plant cacao and oil palm...

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This gorgeous video will remin...

Apr 18, 2015 by

[Translate] By Suzanne Jacobs GRIST Disasters (natural or human-caused) are like TV shows. As soon as get into one, your friend tells...

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Food in Uncertain Times: How t...

Apr 17, 2015 by

Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive

[Translate] The key is learning interdependence, not independence. By Makenna Goodman / Chelsea Green Publishing   VIA ALTERNET In an...

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Vogue Magazine Features Story ...

Apr 16, 2015 by

Vogue Magazine Features Story of Couple Giving Up Their Stuff

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Behavior Okay, so it turned out our story about Paris Hilton adopting a minimalist...

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Grab your hats, East Coast — t...

Apr 16, 2015 by

Grab your hats, East Coast — the worms are back

[Translate] Chris Hsia By Katie Herzog   GRIST Ahhh, spring! The sky is clear, the sun is out, and after many months of long...

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American Companies Are Shippin...

Apr 16, 2015 by

American Companies Are Shipping Millions Of Trees To Europe, And It’s A Renewable Energy Nightmare

[Translate] AP/Winfried Rothermel by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS In late March, a loosely affiliated coalition of southerners...

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Guidacci develops unconvention...

Apr 13, 2015 by

[Translate]     <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>   In a neighborhood of small lots, this home sticks out...

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Invasive species will save us:...

Apr 13, 2015 by

[Translate] Nature no longer congregates where we expect to find it — so conservationists must radically rethink priorities...

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America has fewer and larger f...

Apr 13, 2015 by

America has fewer and larger farms. Here’s why that matters

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Energy-positive portable class...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Energy-positive portable classroom produces four times more energy than it needs

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Why the Green Schoolyard Movem...

Apr 13, 2015 by

[Translate] Education Green schoolyards are becoming a reality in cities across the country. By Carla Thompson / The Huffington Post ...

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10 Reasons Why You Should Eat ...

Apr 11, 2015 by

10 Reasons Why You Should Eat Local

[Translate] Environment Some are not as obvious as you might think. By Cole Mellino / EcoWatch  VIA ALTERNET Photo Credit: Patrick...

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L.A.’s New City Plan Will Make...

Apr 11, 2015 by

L.A.’s New City Plan Will Make You Want To Move There

[Translate] by Ari Phillips CLIMATE PROGRESS Palm trees at the Magic Hour in Los Angeles, C.A. CREDIT: flickr/ Chris Goldberg Los...

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In The Midst Of Toxic Oil Spil...

Apr 11, 2015 by

In The Midst Of Toxic Oil Spill, Vancouver Announces It Will Go 100 Percent Renewable

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS Vancouver, B.C., a land of confused environmental news. CREDIT: Shutterstock There’s...

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How to Save Water, the Califor...

Apr 9, 2015 by

How to Save Water, the Californian Way

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor California is a big state. To offer water saving techniques for Californians, we first need to...

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This startup wants to fight de...

Apr 9, 2015 by

[Translate] Check out “UAE Drones for Good England” by @ziadoakes on Vimeo By Liz Core   GRIST Drones are one of the most...

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L.A. just called. It says go f...

Apr 9, 2015 by

L.A. just called. It says go find another dystopia.

[Translate] Mulling it Over By Heather Smith GRIST In 10 years, Los Angeles plans to reduce per capita water use by 22.5 percent. It...

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The incredible shrinking megac...

Apr 8, 2015 by

The incredible shrinking megacity: How Los Angeles engineered a housing crisis

[Translate] SALON.COM Los Angeles used to be the promised land for America’s homeowners. Now it’s tearing at the seams...

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Urban Software

Apr 6, 2015 by

Urban Software

[Translate] Author and theoretician Keller Easterling discusses how architects and urbanists might hack the operating system of our...

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Building Permits: What to Know...

Apr 5, 2015 by

Building Permits: What to Know About Green Building and Energy Codes

[Translate] In Part 4 of our series examining the residential permit process, search we review typical green building and energy code...

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New Survey: Corporations Centr...

Apr 3, 2015 by

New Survey: Corporations Central to a Sustainable Future

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green In a new survey from GlobeScan / SustainAbility, capsule more than 500 sustainability experts...

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Want to fix the climate? First...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Want to fix the climate? First, we have to change everything

[Translate] Gar Alperovitz    Johnfduda   GRIST By Brentin Mock There was an important launch earlier this week where a bunch of...

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Man Turns 70’s Airstream...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Man Turns 70’s Airstream into a Cool, Happy Home – video

[Translate]   click on image to see video Few things initiate personal transformation like a good old fashion emotional crisis....

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