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Photo via user Crath on reddit The Second “R” Something else than carry bagel sandwiches, that is (see below). This one might only apply to geeks, but then again, if you have lots of empty CD and DVD spindles, chances are you also have a bunch of disorganized cables in a pile somewhere…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Finally Something To Do With Empty CD/DVD Spindles
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Bamboo is round and hollow while floors are flat and solid, so to make bamboo floors they cut the stuff up into strips and compress it with resin into solid chunks, that can be sliced into flooring. They make a lot of it in China; they also make a lot of regular furniture and produce a lot of waste. Somebody had the idea of taking that scrap and compressing it into chunks and voila: EcoTimber Strand Poplar Flooring was born. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Better Than Bamboo: Flooring Is Made From Furniture Scraps
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Photo via zappowbang Lawmakers have started taking a stronger stance with electronics manufacturers, requiring them to accept more responsibility for the end-of-life handling of the gadgets they produce. The recent noise in New York between city and state officials and manufacturers helped set the stage for other states to push companies into pulling their weight in the recycling of electronics — the long-term effect of which cou… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Wisconsin Requiring Electronics Manufacturers to Pay for E-Waste
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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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Ask Pablo: Is My Smart Meter Going To Kill Me?
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This image shows an area of road building and development adjacent to primary forest in red tones, and secondary forest regrowth in green tones. Credit: Carnegie Institution. You can see the effects of global warming in a new high-resolution map that shows carbon locked up in tropical forest vegetation and emitted by land-use practices in Peru’s Amazon. The maps were created with satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys. And the images may help pave the way for a new United Nations monitoring system to curb deforestation and forest degradation…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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First-Ever Carbon Map Shows Global Warming in Peru’s Amazon
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There is a price to pay for cheap energy and gas for our cars that goes beyond dollars, as we saw this year with the 29 dead miners in West Virginia and the 11 on the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf. American labor used to make things and fix things, and used to be proud to do it, for a decent wage. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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On This Labor Day, Demand Safe Green Jobs, And Honor Those Who Work With Their Hands
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Photo from one of Captain Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari Boat Tours In the past week, copious amounts of planktonic krill have drawn large groups of blue whales off the coast of Long Beach in Southern California. As many as 25 whales have been spotted from the shore. Dan Salas, captain of Harbor Breeze Cruises’ 65-foot vessel, told reporters that recently as many as 100 blue whales have been spotted swimming in the wate… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hail the Whale! See And Hear The Blues Gathered Off The Coast Of Long Beach
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It’s Déjà Vu all over again: An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire yesterday in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP’s massive oil spill. In other green news this week, the US Geological Survey has released a new report on the state of glacier retreat in the Himalaya, stating that “Many of Asia’s glaciers are retreating as a result of climate change”; Animal Planet’s new miniseries Blood Dolphin delves deeper into the dolphin hunts in Japan; and we reveal exclusive photos of secret titan redwood trees, located … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Week in Pictures: Déjà Vu. Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf, Climate Change Blamed for Melting Himalayan Glaciers, and More (Slideshow)
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A design by Özgür Masur from Argande ‘s 2010-2011 fall-winter collection. Istanbul was abuzz last week about the latest efforts to position the city as a new fashion capital and help Turkey move from manufacturer of raw materials for clothing to purveyor of style. The third Istanbul Fashion Week drew plenty of press and party-goers and even a few fashion-world celebrities . But was th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Few Green Highlights at Istanbul Fashion Week
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