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A New Guzzler Made of Glass and Grass by Bamboo Bottle Company

All pix: Bamboo Bootle Company Is this what people have been clamoring for? A refillable glass bottle, protected by a sheath of fast growing, renewable bamboo. When the scare over Bisphenol-A (BPA) in our drinking bottles was in full flight, folk were ditching their Nalgene BPA laden polycarbonate bottles in their droves. Camelbak offered their Tritan plastic. Many opted for

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Greenopia Ranks Greenest Breweries: New Belgium Comes Out on Top

Image Credit: New Belgium Brewery This week, Greenopia released its updated green rankings of the world’s 15 largest breweries. Judged on the growing practices of the barley, malt and hops it uses, transportation, production efficiency and packaging of its beer, New Belgium came out on top, with a perfect four out of four leaves. The company considers sustainability a

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Three Weeks In, Minneapolis’ Bike Share Program Is a Real Nice Ride

Image Credit: tsuacctnt via Flickr To the growing list of major cities with bike share programs we now add Minneapolis. Recently named America’s most bike-friendly city , Minneapolis joined the ranks of Paris, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C. and others earlier this month with the opening of Nice Ride Minnesota . With 1,000 bikes in 60 kiosks around the city, Nice Ride is living up to its name. The sleek green bikes hav… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Not Even Volcanic Ash Can Stop Justin Bieber

The Icelandic volcano may be holding European air travel hostage but not Justin Bieber . With the growing cloud of ash is threatening North Eastern Canada but the 16-year-old singer still managed to jet out of St. Johns, Newfoundland where he was performing at the JUNO Awards and arrived safely at home in Toronto.

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The Nuclear Security Summit At Washington

Washington Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) was held on April 13 which is attended by the World Leaders and International Organization that proposed in a work plan a series of detailed measures designed to secure nuclear material in response to the growing threats of nuclear terrorism. > > Read More The Nuclear Security Summit At Washington is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading