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No More Baptisms in the Jordan River – Expected to Run Dry by 2011

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Abouid Even the most famous and admired places aren’t immune to the problems of abuse and pollution – the Jordan River being a prime example as it’s expected to run dry by 2011 due to overexploitation, pollution and lack of regional management, according to Friends of the Earth, Middle East . Over 90% of the river’s water has been diverted by Israel, Syria and Jordan, and what’s left is an unappealing mix of sewage, saline water, and run-off from cropland. And by the end of 2011, there won’t even be that left. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Eyes On: A Visit to a Zero Landfill Subaru Plant

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Subaru . Guest blogger Sara Snow is a green lifestyle expert and board member for Discovery’s 24/7 future-forward network Planet Green. There is a Subaru plant along a stretch of I-65 that you can’t miss if you happen to find yourself about an hour north of Indianapolis, traveling toward Chicago. It’s a 2.9 million square foot facility (with 3.4 million usable square feet including a second floor) that covers over 70 football fields. It’s big, but I can’t say that this particular plant looks all that different than any other from the outside. But get inside (they offer a 90 minute tour) and you’ll learn that not only was it the first auto assembly plant in the U.S. to achieve zero-landfill status , but they took that to heart and have gone a lot further. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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If Your City Were Perfect, What Would It Look Like? Build It with IBM’s CityOne Game (Video)

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Screengrab via IBM video If you were given total control of your city and could plan exactly how it was set up from the structures to the water management to the banking industry, how would you lay it out? IBM created a SimCity-like game called CityOne in which you can design the ideal city. The assumption is they want to mine people’s minds for the best ideas that we can implement to improve our real cities, and see what we can salvage from our terrible urban planning efforts. Check out a video of the game after the jump and see if you want to add in your two cents about how bike lanes should be set up, and if we should be running off nuclear or wind energy. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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