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green-talk.com - 22 hours ago

Want your Voices Heard at Copenhagen? Send Diane!

— green-talk.com — As many of you know, climate talks in Copenhagen are upcoming. Although the Big Boys will be... there representing their interests, what about us ? Can we be assure that our interests in the environment are taken into account when decisions are made? We need someone there to represent us. ... (more) Want your Voices Heard at Copenhagen? Send Diane!

Green Living

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green-talk.com - 2 days ago

Builder Dan Phillips’ Philosophy: One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Home

— green-talk.com — Dan Phillips of The Phoenix Commotion is my hero. He builds low income housing made out of... salvaged, recycled materials. Recently featured on MSNBC , he talked about how his homes are not a hodgepodge of different materials. Instead his houses are whimsical, thought provoking, and ... (more) Builder Dan Phillips’ Philosophy: One Man’s Trash Is ...

Environment

Recycling

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green-talk.com - 4 days ago

Green Speed Links for November 29, 2009

— green-talk.com — Photo by Fernando de Sousa . Usually my Green Speed Links for the week are an eclectic... group of green news. For some reason, green building news caught my eye this week. For those of you who are not as enamored with green building as I am, I sprinkled the links with other interesting ... (more) Green Speed Links for November 29, 2009

Building/Design

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green-talk.com - 7 days ago

Could your Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes Kill You?

— green-talk.com — Sorry to be so melodramatic, but I wanted to catch your attention. I know Thanksgiving is food... and football. It happens to be one of my most favorite holidays. I absolutely love sweet potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce, and all the trimmings. So whats the problem? When I ask for Aunt ... (more) Could your Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes Kill You?

Environment

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green-talk.com - 10 days ago

Growing Amaranth and Enjoying the Super Grain all Year Long

— green-talk.com — By the time I was done reading about a food, I would be running to my computer... to find a source to grow the plant. However in Amaranth’s case, I saw the plant and it was love at first site. I jumped in with both feet without any knowledge of how to grow it, harvest it or store it. ... (more) Growing Amaranth and Enjoying the Super Grain all Year Long

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green-talk.com - 18 days ago

Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce or Reuse Day?

— green-talk.com — Today is America Recycles Day , which is the only day nationally recognized to encourage people to... recycle. For the past eleven years, this date has been celebrated across the country increase awareness of recycling at our home and business. (See here as to events in your area.) As the ... (more) Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce ...

Green Living

Recycling

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green-talk.com - 20 days ago

NJ Residents: Recycle your Unwanted or Expired Medication Nov 14, 2009

— green-talk.com — On November 14, New Jersey residents have the oppurtunity to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted... and/or expired medication through the OperationMedicineCabinetNJ.com program from 10 am to 2 pm . According to the program, Every day 2,500 youth age 12 to 17 abuse a pain ... (more) NJ Residents: Recycle your Unwanted or Expired ...

Green Living

Recycle

Recycling

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green-talk.com - 22 days ago

Amaranth: Cooking with this Super Grain

— green-talk.com — A Young Amaranth Plant This year I decided to plant Amaranth, a highly nutritious grain. I saw... its ornamental cousin last year and flipped at how beautiful this plant was. My husband tells me that I grow to grow. It does not matter if I intend to eat it. I enjoy the pleasures of ... (more) Amaranth: Cooking with this Super Grain

Green Living

Organic Food

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green-talk.com - 24 days ago

InStyleBelly: Pregnancy Consignment with an Eco Chic Attitude

— green-talk.com — Photo courtesy of Fit Pregnancy-June-July 2009 and Maternity Designer, Liz Lange . I love consignment shops. Some... of my best consignment purchases have been for special occasions. Think about it. How many times do you wear the same dress to an event? When I saw an article in a local ... (more) InStyleBelly: Pregnancy Consignment with an Eco Chic ...

Environment

Eco Goats

Recycling

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feedproxy.google.com - 29 days ago

Will Triple Pane R-5 Windows Become the Norm?

— feedproxy.google.com — Photo from Department of Energy. I bet you just got used to hearing about double pane, Low-E... glass, Argon filled windows. You know the ones. The ones labeled as ENERGY STAR ? Now, there is a new babe in town getting a lot of attention from the Department of Energy. The R-5 window ... (more) Will Triple Pane R-5 Windows Become the Norm?

Energy/Transportation

George Will

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green-talk.com - 11/3/2009

Barcelona Wake Up Call to Climate Meeting Attendees

— green-talk.com — Imagine what the sound of one thousand alarm clocks was like when they simultaneously rang at 8:30... in the morning as a “wake up” call to the attendees of the last international climate meeting before the major climate change summit in Copenhagen in December? The wake up call was ... (more) Barcelona Wake Up Call to Climate Meeting Attendees

Environment

Climate Change

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green-talk.com - 11/2/2009

Green Speed Links for November 1, 2009

— green-talk.com — Photo by Fernando de Sousa . This week my email box was jammed with press releases as... well as interesting reads. I have no idea what is in the air but it seemed as if the green chatter was so much louder this week. Kind of like the amount of ladybugs I have clinging to my windows ... (more) Green Speed Links for November 1, 2009

Energy/Transportation

Alternative Energy

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green-talk.com - 10/29/2009

Dreaming about Installing a Solar Hot Water System?

— green-talk.com — Attribution: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ukinitaly/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Solar Hot water Evacuated tube collectors seem to be the rage... at the International Builder’s Show last winter. I don’t know why, but those gleaming dark tubes just caught my eye. The more I learned about ... (more) Dreaming about Installing a Solar Hot Water System?

Environment

Water Conservation

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feedproxy.google.com - 10/27/2009

Give your Unused Swing Set a New Purpose

— feedproxy.google.com — For some dumb reason I own two swing sets. Long story, but to sum up the reason…... an impulse buy. Here is the short condensed version. I bought two adorable recycled horse tire swings about fifteen years. Way before I was a certified treehugger. So, don’t go thinking I ... (more) Give your Unused Swing Set a New Purpose

Green Living

Recycling

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green-talk.com - 10/22/2009

TerraCycle and 3M Partner to Recycle Tape Dispensers

— green-talk.com — TerraCycle is one of my favorite companies. (You will notice from the amount of links in this... article, that I love to write about this little recycling company that can.) Their motto is someone else’s trash is someone else’s pocketbook, or bag or flower pot or binder OR ... (more) TerraCycle and 3M Partner to Recycle Tape Dispensers

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