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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes

Source 4 Style, screenshot of development site. Image courtesy of Source 4 Style When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June , she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style , an online marketing platform to help fashion and interior designers source sustainable textiles by connecting them directly with suppliers. Founded b… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Bike With Baggage: Biomega and Puma’s New Mopion

All photos: Biomega Puma The Puma Bike family, (as designed by KiBiSi, manufactured and sold by Biomega ), has a new sibling. The Mopion is an urban cargo bicycle with a bit of twist. It has large cargo capacity, approaching the likes of a Long John style bike, yet packages it in a frame more closely resembling a stretched out version of the more traditional diamond frame city bike. This hybrid combination of bike designs should mean it will heft loads of gear or groceries more easily than than y… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ask Pablo: Is My Smart Meter Going To Kill Me?

Image Source: Juverna Dear Pablo: I have been hearing a lot of controversy around smart meters. Are the additional radio waves emitted by them a danger to my family? A “smart meter” is an electric or gas meter that electronically transmits meter readings to the utility. Smart meters are only a small component often touted, but rarely understood “Smart Grid.” Recently smart meters have been getting a lot more attention, primarily due to a small, yet vocal group of concerned Pacific… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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