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Free bike rentals for green living

Feature | Living green
2010-7-31

YANGPU District has launched a number of programs to promote green living, including free bike rentals, family carbon purchases and education in over 100 schools. Tan Weiyun reports. Residents of New Jiangwan Town...

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A Growing Business

Feature | Living green
2008-9-13

IF you ask Daron "Farmer D" Joffe, he's more than a farmer, he's an agricultural consultant. Or, as his friends joke, an "entre-manure." Maybe that explains the calls he endlessly fields on his iPhone while shoveling...

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Sea of grasses could yield biofuels to power tomorrow

Feature | Living green
2008-9-6

THE tall grasses make a swishing sound as they bend in the breeze over a 0.8-hectare plot of black muck in the heart of South Florida's Glades growing region. But they're not everyday plants. These grasses —...

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BIOENERGY CROPS

Feature | Living green
2008-9-6

THE 45 varieties of energy crops being grown at the University of Florida center in Belle Glade, belong to eight major categories: Sugar cane hybrids or energy cane, perennials Elephant grass, a perennial tropical...

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High on nature Tree climbers recapture childhood joy

Feature | Living green
2008-8-30

TWELVE meters up in a gorgeous willow oak, the sudden cool breeze on an August afternoon feels like a gift. A pair of woodpeckers zooms past, while the sounds of the busy city surrounding this arboreal retreat almost...

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ECO TIPS Reduce consumption

Feature | Living green
2008-8-30

THE first step of waste prevention - reducing how much you use - doesn't get as much attention as recycling, but it's just as important. To make your world greener, simplify your life as much as possible. Only...

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Make and install a rain barrel

Feature | Living green
2008-8-23

IF your goal is to conserve water, then consider collecting water for gardening use. Did you know that 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain on a 1,000-square-foot (93-square-meter) roof is equal to more than 500 gallons...

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ECO-CARE Today's day care is brought to you by the color green

Feature | Living green
2008-8-23

CALL it the Four Seasons of day care. It's a place where children begin their day with daily affirmations and later make fishing rods out of lemon grass. Where drawings are framed as if they might be on display at...

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Water-saving suggestions

Feature | Living green
2008-8-2

INSTEAD of running the tap water until it is cold enough to drink, keep water in the refrigerator. Don't let the water run while you're shaving, putting toothpaste on the brush or scrubbing your teeth. Instead...

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Mother Nature goes online

Feature | Living green
2008-8-2

AN Atlanta advertising professional and an international rock star are about to take a surprising career turn - one that not even Mother Nature could have predicted. Joel Babbit, 54, a longtime Atlanta, Georgia,...

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Race series makes 'Challenge' to operate cars more efficiently

Feature | Living green
2008-7-26

THE Braselton, Georgia-based American Le Mans Series has waved the green flag on the Green Challenge, a race within the race that rewards fuel efficiency. The ALMS has been working on the Green project for months...

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SUN solutions Semiconductor companies move into solar power

Feature | Living green
2008-7-26

SEMICONDUCTOR companies,which made computers and other electronic devices ubiquitous, now are setting their sights on solar power. In the past few months, just about every major company in the semiconductor business...

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Clean as a breeze

Feature | Living green
2008-7-19

WIND power praised as smart alternative to oil, coal, nuclear. The wind gusted to 40 kph at the far end of the beach town of Tybee Island's famous pier in Georgia, the United States. A dozen kite surfers below...

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What is smog?

Feature | Living green
2008-7-19

SMOG is a mix of pollutants Ground-level ozone is an invisible gas that forms when pollutants emitted by vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources react chemically to the sun's heat. Gases emitted...

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What's your water footprint?

Feature | Living green
2008-6-28

HOW much water do you need? The question keeps bubbling up. To find out whether you're a water-sipper or a water-slurper, take the following quiz. Then see the chart below to rate your water footprint. Answer...