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Recycle Brita Filters!
--Press Release--BRITA - We want your cartridges! Less Limescale, less chlorine, less waste 9 Jan 2008Millions of households already choose BRITA filtered water for cleaner, clearer great tasting drinks; but did you know that BRITA is the only water filter brand to recycle its cartridges. In... Read more...
Published 1 week ago
Invest Green - New Program for Organic and Sustainable Farmers
Looking for a new route to green your venture capitalism? Consider this.Robert Karp, former director of Practical Farmers of Iowa, is launching a new program to help farmers committed to organic and sustainable agriculture start, maintain and grow their operations by linking them with socially... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
The Big Story is Food: Cash Cows and Cowboy Starter Kits
Is it true that government farm subsidies are going to the wealthy and not to the family farms of America? What is the outcome of the subsidies? Why are Americans going hungry?We are facing instability in the US jobs market, foreclosures in the US housing market, and the US family farm is being... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Biodiversity. Why should you care?
Biodiversity is a term we hear a lot lately in the news. We are told that it is important, but what exactly is biodiversity? And why should you care?The ecosystem of our planet is an intricately woven fabric of life with many interdependencies. The greater the magnitude of biodiversity the... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Water, H2O = Life!
The only resource more precious than the air we breath, is the water we drink.The American Museum of Natural History, subject of the movie, A Night at the Museum starring Ben Stiller, is hosting a "must-see" exhibit: H2O=Life. If you will be visiting New York City between April 19 - May 25, 2008... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
NatGeo Human Footprint Predecessor - 2007 UK Documentary
The UK Human Footprint documentary, predecessor of the National Geographic Channel Human Footprint documentary, was aired last year on April 29th, 2007. I found the full 72 minute documentary online on Google videos and I bring it to you here. Enjoy, when you have over an hour of free time. If... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
It may be corny but it ain't that green. The truth about biofuels.
The real irony about biofuels from corn is that they just aren't as "green" as once was thought. It takes a lot of energy resources to produce corn and then process it into a biofuel.Also land is being stripped of essential growth in the South American rain forests to make room for corn fields.... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Recycling is good right?
Don't be fooled by all the promotional campaigns that suggest recycling will solve all environmental issues...especially if it is a public service announcement from a plastics association.When we look at the responsible waste hierarchy, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", recycling is at the bottom of the... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
College where Green is more than Ivy on the Walls.
What do kids learn in college these days? If they attend St John Fisher College they have the opportunity to learn how to reduce their carbon footprint and that of their college as well.I present to you a guest Essayist who really "gets it". College employee, Linda Seavy, Recycling Committee... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
KU National Champs 2008!
Photo from Lawrence Journal World.Mass. Street MadnessVideos of Game NightFans Celebrate in LawrenceUNC fans - don't be so hard on Roy Williams!Buzz it upis_pub = 'ourfriendlyearty'; Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU! Final Four Victory!
Kansas Head Coach Bill Self signals victory to a national audience after defeating North Carolina on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tx.Photo Gallery on Lawrence Journal World websiteWhat do basketball and sustainable living have in common? Let me explain. Integral to the... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Big Sky, Open Prairie, Too much Ozone?
Home, home on the range,Where the deer and the antelope play,And seldom is heard, A discouraging word,And the skies are not cloudy all day.Contrary to the peaceful refrains of its state song, western Kansas, big sky and open prairie, has been found to have unhealthy levels of ozone during the... Read more...
Published 1 month ago