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Is Population a Problem?
Therefore, to support more people, it will be necessary to move to poorer lands, dig deeper wells, and spend more energy to transport food and water to increasingly distant homes and factories. Trucks and freight trains run day and night, laden with fuel, fish, and food. Or is overconsumption the real planetary threat? Earths.
The Green Changemakers - Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Curitiba – Designing a sustainable city
And green begets green; land values around the new parks have risen sharply, and with them tax revenues. Even new developments follow this pattern. The problem with cities is shipping food in and shipping waste out. Their counterparts in the New World, flourished, then collapsed. The era of cheap oil is about to end.
The Green Changemakers - Saturday, April 17, 2010
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Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
Curibita has 17 new parks, 90 miles of bike paths, trees everywhere, and traffic and garbage systems that officials from other cities come to study. He solved the city's flood problems by diverting water from lowlands into lakes in the new parks. About 15,000 new jobs have been generated so far, and 15,000 more are expected.
The Green Changemakers - Saturday, April 17, 2010
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  • Is Local Food Better?
    Editor's note from World Watch Institute : The local-food movement has been gaining momentum in developed countries, and in many developing countries as well, in recent years; in the United States alone, sales of locally grown foods, worth about $4 billion in 2002, could reach as much as $7 billion by 2011. So, is local food greener?
    The Green Changemakers - Thursday, April 16, 2009
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  • Sustainable Food – Book Review
    Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Sustainable Food How to Buy Right and Spend Less by Elise McDonough Published by Chelsea Green Publishing, August 2009 Paperback, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2, 96 pages, with Color photos ISBN: 9781603581417 Wondering whether it’s worth it to splurge on the locally raised beef? What about those organic carrots?
    Green (Living) Review - Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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  • What's wrong with what we eat?
    In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk. subsequent New York Times article pursued the same argument.
    The Green Changemakers - Thursday, October 30, 2008
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  • Curitiba – Designing a sustainable city
    And green begets green; land values around the new parks have risen sharply, and with them tax revenues. Even new developments follow this pattern. The problem with cities is shipping food in and shipping waste out. Their counterparts in the New World, flourished, then collapsed. The era of cheap oil is about to end.
    The Green Changemakers - Saturday, April 17, 2010
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  • What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?
    PPS announces its new Great Cities Initiative, which applies the principles of Placemaking to entire cities. Fortunately, there is a new wave of interdisciplinary collaboration that adopts a more cooperative approach to knit neighborhoods together, and it brings real economic and social benefits to cities. main street is not a highway.
    The Green Changemakers - Sunday, December 6, 2009
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  • TERRACYCLE WASTES NO TIME IN EXPANDING TO LONDON
    The announcement in New York coincides with Think London and UKTI’s North American business roadshow entitled the ‘Route to 2012’. Founded in 2001 by college freshman Tom Szaky, TerraCycle focuses on building a new, more responsible way of doing business. This successfully generated over 30 new business leads. link].
    Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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  • Free Energy from Tesla’s Wireless Electricity
    About the Author: Thomas Valone received his Master’s in Physics from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1984) and his PhD in General Engineering from Kennedy-Western University in 2003. This is a slightly edited excerpt from an article first published in NEXUS New Times Magazine , Vol. As Tesla experimented with a 1.5
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, November 14, 2008
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  • Vertical Gardens Feed and Beautify Cities of the Future: Existing and Planned
    The Vertical Gardens exhibit at New York City’s Exit Art was a glimpse into the future– not one that’s made up of sleek silver flying machines or barren cityscapes, but instead a vision wherein buildings and urban structures are integrated into the local ecosystem. An unobstructed view of the glowey planters.
    Eco Chic - Friday, May 15, 2009
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  • 13 Best Energy Ideas (And 3 Really Bad Ones) :: by Sarah van Gelder
    How can we make sure that this new infrastructure is climate friendly? New York is replacing traffic lights with ultra-efficient LEDs. The Local Multiplier Effect :: Food to Stay top Shift the Subsidy What: Shift government subsidies from climate-trashing fossil fuels to climate-friendly renewables and energy efficiency.
    The Green Changemakers - Friday, April 4, 2008
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  • As Climate Negotiations Slow, Forests Won't Wait
    New York - Experts warn that any international climate treaty or national climate legislation that fails to address forest and land use issues thoroughly and without delay will not be effective. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says overall tropical deforestation rates this decade are 8.5
    Green (Living) Review - Friday, November 20, 2009
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