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Norwegian Nudge: Countries Learn from Recycling Strategy

May 31, 2019 11:46AM

Norway recycles a whopping 97 percent of its plastic bottles by making bottle deposit returns simpler, and rewarding participating companies with lower taxes.

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Pre-Wired for the Future: Transportation Drives Urban Planning

May 31, 2019 11:46AM ● By Jim Motavalli

Imagine, if you can, pedestrian- and transit-friendly cities with new homes pre-wired for electric vehicles and office buildings planned without parking spaces. It’s already happening.

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Plants Talk: Discover Their Secret Language

Apr 30, 2019 02:45PM ● By April Thompson

Plants may not be raising an audible ruckus, but scientists are finding they communicate silently with each other through smells, hearing and underground networks.

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Skip the Slip: Digital Receipts Gain Momentum

Apr 30, 2019 11:46AM

Proposed legislation in California would mandate digital receipts as a way to lower the carbon footprint and endocrine-disrupting effects of paper receipts.

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Beyond Green Burial: Human Composting at the End of Life

Apr 30, 2019 11:46AM

It is now legal to compost human remains in the State of Washington, a pioneering process that can lower the carbon footprint of cremation and casket burial.

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Healthier Dry Cleaning: Non-Toxic Ways to Lower Risks

Mar 29, 2019 11:53AM

To avoid the hazardous chemicals of conventional dry cleaning, consumers can opt for “green” cleaners that use such processes as liquid silicone, “wet cleaning” with non-toxic agents and liquid carbon dioxide.

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Power Switch: Taking a Home Off the Grid

Mar 29, 2019 11:53AM ● By Jim Motavalli

Costs are down, technology is up and tax credits are up for grabs. There’s never been a better time to declare energy independence and explore solar, wind and geothermal options.

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Native Intelligence: Planting an Eco-Friendly Yard

Mar 29, 2019 11:53AM ● By Avery Mack

Native plants need less water, fewer chemicals and live longer than exotics and cultivars, supporting birds, bees, butterflies, wildlife and a healthy ecosystem.

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Saving a Drop to Drink: Our Role in the Coming Water Crisis

Mar 04, 2019 02:42PM ● By Jim Motavalli

Fresh water supplies are dwindling globally, including in the U.S., yet we can do things on a personal level to help hold onto this finite resource.

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Eco Fill-up: Liquid Fuel Stores Solar Energy

Feb 28, 2019 11:49AM

Swedish scientists are developing a liquid molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen that when exposed to sunlight, converts into a new isomer that theoretically can be released later to heat a household.

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