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90,000 Petition for Bottle Ban in Grand Canyon

Mother Nature Network, December 1st, 2011

Written by Jenn Savedge, MNN More than 90,000 people across the country have joined a popular campaign on Change.org asking the National Park Service (NPS) to go ahead with plans to ban plastic water bottles in Grand Canyon National Park. Last year, Grand Canyon National Park attempted to address its overflowing plastic bottle problem with a ban on sales of plastic water ... read more

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Tagged plasticbottle, trade

Published in Plastic


Panda Poo to Be Used as Fertilizer for World’s Most Expensive Tea

Mother Nature Network, November 22nd, 2011

Written by Bryan Nelson, MNN Are you a conservationist and a tea connoisseur? By using panda poo as fertilizer for a new kind of tea, one man in China thinks he has found the perfect tea for you — if you can afford it. An Yanshi, a lecturer at Sichuan University also known for his panda paintings, has recently been awarded a ... read more

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Tagged energy, food, reduce, trade

Published in Garden


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Shop Small: Small Business Saturday

Mother Nature Network, November 18th, 2011

Written by Melissa Hincha-Ownby, MNN If you have pledged to participate in Buy Nothing Day next Friday, November 25 but don’t think you can go for the Buy Nothing Christmas then I have another pledge for you to take: participate in Small Business Saturday. When you head out to do your holiday shopping next Saturday, November 26 avoid the ... read more

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Tagged food, organic, trade

Published in Household


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4 Alternative Thanksgiving Celebrations

Mother Nature Network, November 16th, 2011

Written by Starre Vartan, MNN As I was explaining to some foreign visitors the other day, the best part about Thanksgiving is that it's all-inclusive, and pretty much everyone can (and does) celebrate it. To take part in Thanksgiving, you don't have to believe in a specific religion, god or gods, dress up in any kind of outfit, celebrate a totally ... read more

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Tagged food, ideas, opinion, organic, organicwaste, reduce, trade

Published in Household


6 Tips For Green Renovation

Jim Halter, October 11th, 2011

The following is an op-ed piece by Jim Halter, vice president of construction solutions for Waste Management. It does not describe the views or opinions of Earth911. For architects, builders and suppliers, Greenbuild is like Thanksgiving, Earth Day and a little bit of New Years all wrapped up into one. It’s a time to exchange ideas about sustainable construction, which for ... read more

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Tagged asphalt, cardboard, carpet, concrete, constructionmaterials, opinion, recycled, reuse, shingles, trade

Published in Construction


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Guidelines For Hassle-Free Couponing

Mother Nature Network, September 8th, 2011

Written by Robin Shreeves, MNN.com Here’s a little couponing story. One day I had a coupon for $1 off two boxes of cereal and another coupon for $1 off a carton of eggs with the purchase of two boxes of cereal. The cashier got rather annoyed and told me that I couldn’t use two coupons on the same product. I said ... read more

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Tagged packaging, trade

Published in Household


New EPA Gas Economy Stickers Fuel Debate

Tonic, September 9th, 2010

Sorry, gas guzzler. You fail — or at least, earn a D. One of two new EPA-proposed fuel economy stickers, slated to be rolled out next year and slapped on 2012 showroom cars, doesn't dip into the F-range. But it gives letter grades to autos ogled by prospective buyers, which if you ask us, ... read more

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Tagged energy, fuel, gas, oil, reduce, trade

Published in Automotive


Microbes Take Bite Out of Gulf Oil Spill

Tonic, August 26th, 2010

Debate has been raging over government claims that only a quarter of the oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico by BP remains, but some scientists say naturally occurring bacteria have been eating away at the oil at such a rapid pace that much of it is already gone. read more

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Tagged oil, trade

Published in Hazardous


Garbage Moguls: Turning Trash Into Treasured Television

Tonic, August 23rd, 2010

One man's trash is another man's ... idea for a TV show? Garbage Moguls, the show where one little company turns trash into "upcycled" consumer goods, is back for season two. Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 will air on the National Geographic channel on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 7:00-11 p.m. If you watch, one of our ... read more

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Tagged cardboard, recycle, television, toys, trade

Published in Household


Whiskey Fuel Powered Cars Coming Soon

Tonic, August 20th, 2010

Leave it to the Scots to put whiskey to good use. Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have created a new kind of butanol from the remnants of the whiskey distilling process. They claim the new fuel is 30 percent stronger than ethanol and could be used in vehicles without adapting the engine. The whiskey-fuel could very well ... read more

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Published in Automotive


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