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Green Spaces in Green Places: Is Building Green Going From Niche to Mainstream?Asheville, North Carolina, USA - There hasn't been a lot of good news in the general economy lately; from a complete collapse of sub-prime mortgage loans, to slumping property values, whip-sawing stock markets, $110+ barrels of oil and colossal brokerage houses that suddenly run out of cash -- it isn't pretty. |
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An Ex-President, An Actor And Hundreds Of Students Help Rebuild New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA - More than 600-students from 40 states in the U.S. and six continents joined Sunday with former President Bill Clinton and actor Brad Pitt to help rebuild the Katrina-damaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. |
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Angelina Jolie Makes It Right, TooNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Pregnant Angelina Jolie comes out to support her main man Brad Pitt in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisana on Sunday. |
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Green means go for new firmsDorset, England, UK - When Anya Pearson was forging a highflying career working for high-street clothing retailers, she noticed a lot of things about the fashion industry that she did not like. |
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Southern Baptist leaders sign environment vowNew York City, New York, USA - In a major shift, a group of Southern Baptist leaders said their denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop global warming. |
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‘Green jobs’ focus of union, environment talksPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - In addition to helping the environment, an economy driven by clean energy would create hundreds of thousands of "green collar" jobs and help revitalize U.S. manufacturing, proponents said as they gathered at a conference of union organizers and environmental activists. |
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Interview with “Tree Chick” Cindy KatzCherry Hill, New Jersey, USA - I had the privilege of interviewing Cindy Katz from Plant A Tree USA. |
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18 Fairtrade ideas for Fairtrade FortnightLondon, England, UK - With Fairtrade Fortnight reaching the end of its first week, the Fairtrade Foundation has come up with 18 tips and nuggets of Fairtrade information to spread the word about the UK’s fastest growing grocery sector. |
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Watershed Restoration Funded for Washington, Oregon ForestsOlympia, Washington, USA - National forest lands in Washington and Oregon will get federal funding to help restore critical and endangered watersheds. |
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Environment should take priority over forestry industry: N.B. surveyNew Brunswick, Canada - New Brunswickers place environmental values ahead of the industrial harvesting of forests, suggests a government-commissioned survey released on Wednesday. |
evironmental news headlines
- Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland
- Flexible working ‘would benefit the environment’
- Architects’ Home and Office is Less Than Eight Feet Wide
- One Millionth Hybrid Vehicle Hits the American Road
- After years of confrontation, green groups and companies finding common ground
- Sixty pandas safe after China quake
- Trading Tractors for Camels
- Cubs a ray of hope in India’s fight to save tigers
- Waste Management To Fuel CA Trucks With Landfill-Harvested Liquid Natural Gas
- Tornado-flattened Kansas town is coming back greener
- Superior to undergo major tree planting for urban forest
- Portland earns a Platinum rating from the League of American Bicyclists
- Officer stops traffic for duckling crossing
- Fire From the Dragon: Green Entrepreneur Harnesses Truck Energy
- Gov. Celebrates Irvine Ranch Land, Designated as 1st-Ever ‘California Natural Landmark’
- Vertical (Diagonal?) Farm from Work AC in NYC
- The Air Car - zero pollution and very low running costs
- Losing More of the Plastic Paunch at Whole Foods
- The real Good Life: An entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own food
- EU considers truck pollution charges
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