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1. Pull Tab Art & Upcycling Upcycling is a component of sustainability in which the use of waste materials to provide new products. It is generally a reinvestment in the environment. This process allows for the reduction of waste and use of virgin materials. "Upcycling is the...
2. If The World Were A Village of 1000 People... In 1990 a professor at Dartmouth College wrote an article that began with the words: "If the world were a village of 1000 people..." Professor Donella Meadows then proceeded to list statistics about the make-up of the world's population...
3. That's Bamboo? Wow! Bamboo is the eco-wonder of the world. It pumps oxygen into the air faster than trees, feeds the hungry, clothes the body, soothes the ear, carries water, digs potatoes, shelters the homeless as well as the privileged, and in case all that is not eno...
4. Marketing Ethics and Criticism Is Marketing an ethical profession? Does is exploit fears and vulnerabilities? Is it manipulative and uncaring? The function and practice of marketing has been criticised because it is claimed that it deliberately creates partial truths about produc...
5. Social Justice Topics When leading scientists and agricultural experts have proven that we produce enough food in the world to feed all seven billion people, why do many men, women, and children at the bottom of the economic period starve while those in the middle suffer...
6. Sustainable Building Construction, Green House Designs, And Eco Friendly Development Providing a vast variety of green building techniques and sustainable house designs. Including eco friendly articles, green living ideas and links. You'll also find sustainable living videos, green energy tips, recycling facts, renewable resource...
7. Solar Energy Solar power isn't perfect, but it's about as perfect as we can get if we need heat or electricity and don't want to generate emissions by burning carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, gas) or hazardous waste from nuclear power plants. Here we'll see what is...
8. The Bee Space The importance of beekeping is becoming increasingly vital to the survival of honey bees and ultimately all living things on the planet. Bees have existed for over 35 million years. The Queen Bee can live for 5 years and lays 2000 eggs a day. Honey...
9. Your Green Guide: How To Live A Greener Life Are you looking for more information about how to live a greener, more eco-friendly life? Concerned about global warming? Do you want to learn more about issues affecting our environment? I started Your Green Guide to help! In my years of work with no...
10. Aquaponics for the Home On this lens, you will find basic information about aquaponics, links to other aquaponics websites, information for getting started with your system, and products that I have found useful in setting up my own. Aquaponics is the practice of growing aqu...
11. Ministry of Sheep Wisdom gathered over centuries has been consolidated, refined and then sprinkled with the most modern and remarkable new thinking to bring you... THE MINISTRY OF SHEEP Enter the realm of all things sheep and rediscover what man has forgotten. Be f...
12. Carbon Offsets - What are they and How? What are Carbon Offsets? By purchasing carbon offsets, you help fund a project that prevents one ton of greenhouse gases from being emitted for each ton that you have caused. Carbon offset providers sell the greenhouse gas reductions associated with p...
13. Cob: An Ancient Building Tradition Reborn What I did with my summer vacation: spent a week covered up to my knees in mud, built walls out of said mud, had a great time getting to know about fifteen other people working with the mud, and generally fell in love with cob. Earthen building has...
14. Donella Meadows? Welcome to my lens honoring Donella (Dana) Meadows, known as GLOBAL CITIZEN and EARTH MISSIONARY. Meadows was the founder of the Sustainability Institute and lead author of the books 'Limits to Growth' and 'Beyond the Limits'. She wa...
15. Do your kids wear green underwear? After making the commitment to green my own underwear drawer, I decided to do the same for my husband and kids. You can read about my decision to "go green under there"on my first lens What color is your underwear? On that lens and What color is your...
16. Load Bearing Straw Bale Houses What sustainability advantage do load-bearing straw bale houses have over the post and beam (aka infill) kind? Simply put, they can use less wood since the bales themselves carry more of the weight. They are also easier for beginners to build... Unt...
17. Purple Sheep Project - We are all Doomed! What is your business doing to anticipte market shifts? The world is changing at an ever increasing pace, yet many companies keep doing what they have always done. It is critical to the survival of organisations that they anticipate market shifts a...
18. WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial Window to the World, calling for Wind of Wisdom, as common sense is a gift to each soul, as common environment is the inseparable planet, as common desire is to live in a better world. WcP is a Window to the World, calling for Wind of Wisdom. The re...
19. 15 Easy to Grow Southern Wildflowers Here are 15 easy to grow native flowering perennials that are guaranteed to thrive in the hot, humid areas of the coastal southern United States and in other parts of North America, too. As we move toward sustainability, native plants are becoming mo...
20. Locavores LOVE Eating Locally! Coined by a Bay Area group, the term "locavore" refers to people who only eat food grown, processed and produced within a 100 mile radius of where they live. Whether you call yourself a locavore or say that you are on the 100 Mile Diet, the concept of...