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How Should We Really Measure Green Building?

“One of the greenest homes ever built” Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post: Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and cool it. It is certainly a point we have been discussing on TreeHugger for years, and it is great to see it in the Po… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Should We Really Measure Green Building?

Bike Race Employs Female Cyclists (to Kiss Men and Look Pretty)?

Image credit: Richard Masoner /Creative Commons From riding in high heels to the safety of women riders , we’ve covered all kinds of topics relevant to female cyclists. But when April suggested the world would be better looking if there were more girls on bikes , the accusations of sexism came flying thick and fast. So I wonder what these same commenters wou… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bike Race Employs Female Cyclists (to Kiss Men and Look Pretty)?

If You Really Want To Get Off Oil, Move To Buffalo

A few years ago, Wired Magazine published an interesting map showing carbon footprint per capita that graphically demonstrated the obvious: Where you get sprawl, lots of cars and air conditioning, you get a much bigger footprint for every citizen due to their higher energy consumption. So if we want to reduce our footprint and get off oil, what is the best thing for Americans to do? Move to Buffalo…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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If You Really Want To Get Off Oil, Move To Buffalo