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UNEP International Children’s Painting Competition

Trey Granger, October 2nd, 2007

The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized annually by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held since 1991 and has received over 190,000 entries from children in over 100 countries. This year’s Competition will focus on Climate Change: actions we can ... read more

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Portland Real Estate Firm Honored for Rehabilitation of Crane Building

Trey Granger, September 19th, 2007

Portland, OR — Guardian Management LLC (Guardian), a Portland-based real estate firm, is being awarded the 2007 Project of the Year Award in the Adaptive Reuse Category by Multifamily Executive magazine. The firm’s $22.3 million renovation of the historic Crane Building in downtown Portland received the top honor among roughly 170 award submissions. Guardian will be recognized at a special gala ... read more

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Africa to Host Conference on Environmental Compliance

Trey Granger, August 20th, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC - Experts from around the world will convene in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 5-11 2008, to collaborate on identifying concrete individual and collective actions to advance the global agenda of strengthening environmental compliance and enforcement at all levels of governance. The 8th International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) conference will open with two days dedicated ... read more

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Green businesses line up for S.F.’s stamp of approval

Trey Granger, June 20th, 2007

San Francisco Business Times - June 15, 2007 by Elizabeth Browne San Francisco's Green Business Program is drawing increasing interest from city businesses eager to gain a measure of environmental credibility as consumers and clients become more discerning about sustainability issues. Seventy-two small and medium-sized businesses have been recognized as green by the city of San Francisco since the program's inception two years ... read more

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Solar Energy Tips

Larry Cummings, April 2nd, 2007

Keep all south-facing glass clean. Make sure that objects do not block the sunlight shining on concrete slab floors or heat-absorbing walls. Consider using insulating curtains to reduce excessive heat loss from large windows at night.

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Thirteen Common Myths of Composting

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

Myth 1: Start a compost pile to manage grass clippings Why not try mulching before composting? Making piles of organic materials is more work than letting them lie. Instead of bagging, why not try "Grasscycling" or the "Don’t Bag It" system of using mulching mowers instead? There is no reason to bag grass if you cut it more often, use less ... read more

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Nine Steps to Hot Composting

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

Active Composting Active, hot composting is a BATCH process. It differs from passive piles that just "sit there" seemingly forever or "continuous flow systems" where stuff is periodically dumped on top of the material already in the bin and removed from the bottom when it is dark and crumbly. My recommended steps for creating active, hot batches of compost are: Prepare the Composting ... read more

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