Be Wise! Be Healthy!
Be in the know about Sustainable Living and Green Building, Products & Experts
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| April 2008 Issue |
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From the Editor's Desk |
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Green Innovation Plays in the Key of the Future |
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General Features |
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Jobs of a Green Collar |
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AL's Sacred Geometry, Part 6 |
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REGREEN Guidelines Help Make Greener Decisions |
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Outdoor Air Issues |
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500 Trucks of Illegal Logs Seized |
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Indoor Air and Toxins |
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Shedding Light On Toxins |
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A Shift to Alternative Chemicals |
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Building & Construction |
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Does LEED Play in Peoria? - Arizona, That Is |
Green-Collar Jobs in Americas Cities
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A Model Solar Program Produces Local Energy Savings, Equal to Removing 1,110 Cars Off the Road |
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Environmentally Friendly Live/Work Lofts |
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Still the Media Insists Green Building is More Expensive? |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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More Easy Steps: What You Can Do about Global Warming |
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Taking Control: Prevent Toxins From Getting In |
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Green Products |
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Carbon Sciences Converts CO2 Into Useful Product |
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An Innovative Designer's Dream: Furniture Picture Essay |
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Green Product Profiles |
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EcoStar Recycled Content Roofing Tiles |
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A Small and Simple Gypsum Accessory Product |
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Green Economics |
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Bipartisan Senate Energy Tax Package To Save Money, Boost Economy, Create Jobs |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
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| March 2008 Issue |
blooming trees and flowers of all kinds
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From the Editor's Desk |
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Welcome Spring!!! |
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General Features |
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Jacquelyn Ottman's Four Green Marketing Predictions For 2008 |
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The Stuff from which Sustainability Leaders are Made |
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AL's Sacred Geometry, Part 5 |
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Whole Foods Powers Store With Fuel Cell |
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Global Warming |
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California Proposes a Global Warming Fee on Businesses |
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Next President Will Have Ample Authority to Act on Climate Change |
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Building & Construction |
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Nissan Disses U.S. Green Building Council |
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Green Choices Grow with Energy Star Qualified Buildings |
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Largest Housing Manufacturer Gains Military Housing Contract |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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A GreenSage Guide to Green Materials |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Start Natural and Organic Gardening Habits |
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Green Products |
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Nature Provides Recipe For Sustainable Manufacturing |
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Cardboard Revisited: "Bloxes" Aim to Green the Office |
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Surface iQ Wallcovering Earns Cradle to Cradle Certification |
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Insulating Coatings Corporation Continues to Promote Sustainable Roof Technology |
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Green Economics |
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Report: Clean Energy Market to Triple within Ten Years |
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Green Expert Profiles |
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Johnathan Goodwin, a Virtuoso of Fuel Economy |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
| February 2008 Issue |
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From the Editor's Desk |
Are there aerial spraying plans for anywhere around your home?
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The Invitation |
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General Features |
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Green Jobs Conference Coming Up |
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The UN and the Economics of Green into the Future |
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AL's Sacred Geometry is on vacation this month |
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Outdoors: Health & Toxins |
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California Plans Bay Area Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying |
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"Green Infrastructure" Plan Launched to Benefit Communities and the Environment |
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Building & Construction |
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That Old Building May Be the Greenest on the Block |
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The Greening of Existing Buildings |
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Armstrong Plant Gets FSC Chain of Custody Certification: Hardwood Flooring |
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ASHRAE '08: Reaching New Heights |
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Florida's Showcase Green Envirohome's (FSGE's) Green Roof |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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A GreenSage Guide to Indoor Air Quality |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Safe Home: Phasing Out Toxic Fire Retardants |
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Green Products |
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New to the GreenSage Directory Tiger Foam, an Eco-friendly Portable, Foam Insulation Kit |
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Nokia Phone 'Remade' From Recycled Tires, Cans, Plastic Bottles |
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Nike's Shoe Made From Manufacturing Waste |
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Green Economics |
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Investing in Building Integrated Photovoltaics Companies (BIPVs) |
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Green Expert Profiles |
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Honoring John Mohawk and a 'Basic Call to Consciousness' |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
| January 2008 Issue |
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From the Editor's Desk |
You say you want a resolution,
well you know. . .
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You Say You Want a Resolution? Ideas for a Greener, More Civil 2008 |
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A Look at Nine Families and Their Weekly Food Consumption |
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General Features |
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AL's Sacred Geometry, Part 4 |
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Sustainable Packaging |
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China Bans Plastic Bags, Sets Tougher Fuel Standards |
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Silver Lining to Climate Change - Green Jobs |
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Collaboration Amongst Agencies - Surely You Jest! |
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Global Warming |
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Let's Plant One Billion More Trees in 2008! |
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Peatlands are Quick and Cost-Effective Measure to Reduce 10% of Greenhouse Emissions |
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Building & Construction |
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City-Based Green Building Programs Increase |
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Commentary: myEnergyLoan, Green Property Loans Providing Incentive, Making a Difference |
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Free Life Cycle Assessment Tool: Athena Institute Showcases Tool at EcoBuild |
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Singapore Opens Green Airport Terminal |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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A GreenSage Guide to Woodburning Stoves & Fireplaces |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Green Cleaning and an Environmentally Sound Guide to Show You How |
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Catalog Choice Gives You Control of Your Mailbox |
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eCycling: How to Dispose of Your Old, Unwanted Electronics |
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Green Products |
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New to the GreenSage Directory ACTech® SIPs with a Conscience |
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New Environmental Benchmark for Textile Finishes - GreenShield Gets SCS |
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Bamboo Road Bridge Can Support 16-tonne Trucks |
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FSC® Certification for a New Coated Paper with 80% Recycled Content |
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Green Economics |
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Triple Bottom Line Thinking Grows Exponentially |
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Environment Driving Global Economy, Says Worldwatch Institute in State of the World 2008 |
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Eyes on the Lawmakers |
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Iodine vs. Chlorine in Produce Processing : The Farm Bill and IoteQ of Australia |
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Green Expert Profiles |
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Al Gore, The World at a "Fateful Fork" A Nobel and The Assault on Reason |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
| Winter Holiday Issue 2007 |
"The First Thanksgiving"
by Jean Louis Gerome Ferris
painted in 1915
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From the Editor's Desk |
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A Message on Thanks & Giving |
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General Features |
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AL's Sacred Geometry, Part 3 |
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GreenBuild 2007 Chicago Draws Record Crowds |
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Global Warming |
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Stop Global Warming? Stop Coal! |
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Corporate Solutions Found at Clinton Global Initiative |
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Key Greenhouse Gas Threshold Crossed |
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Health & Toxins |
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U.N. Warns of Ecology Threats |
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Building & Construction |
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Clinton Partnerships to Retrofit Public and Private Buildings Nationwide |
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From Brown to Green |
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LEED for Homes Launched at GreenBuild Conference/Expo |
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Environmentally Conscious Commercial Tenants want Green Buildings |
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Straw Bale Construction Reaches New Dimensions of Style |
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New Urbanism |
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From Green Buildings to Green Communities: The Mueller Model |
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Chicago's Historic Bungalow & Green Home Expo |
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Energy |
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San Francisco Bay Area Solar Has Highest Per Capita Solar Systems Installed |
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Companies Join Forces to Create Near Zero Energy Homes |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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A GreenSage Guide to Affecting Change at Your Office |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Overextension American Dream Or Nightmare? |
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What's on Your Skin? Facing Up to the Toxic Truth about Cosmetics |
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Exposed: The Global Power Struggle over Poisonous Products |
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One Woman vs. the Poisoning Polymer |
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IEQ Interests |
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Lighting Your Way to Health |
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Green Product Profile |
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New to the GreenSage Directory Ambiente HRC, High Recycled Content Carpeting |
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Energy-efficient and Sleek, Architecturally Styled Fluorescent Luminaire |
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Green Expert Profiles |
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Cook & Fox, Architects Go Green at the Office |
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Ray Anderson, Hero of the Environment |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
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| October 2007 |
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From the Editor's Desk |
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On Harvests & Halloween |
Bountiful harvests & scary monsters
scariest when we alienate ourselves from what keeps us alive.
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General Features |
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AL's Sacred Geometry, Part 2 |
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Bottled Water and Women's Reproductive Hormones |
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Bill on the Gov.Schwarzenegger's Desk Clarifies Disclosure About Bottled H2O |
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WaterSense Label Quickly Identifies Water-Efficient Faucets |
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Green Electronics Council & EPA Recognize Green Electronics Champions |
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Global Warming |
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Nuclear Is Not the Answer Another Perspective |
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A Majority of Americans Want Local Action on Global Warming |
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California's ARB Proposes to Triple Action To Curb Global Warming Gases |
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Health & Toxins |
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October is Children's Health Month |
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EPA Issues One-Year Registration for Soil Fumigant Iodomethane |
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Cleaner Transportation |
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UPS Expands "Green Fleet" With 306 Alternative Fuel Vehicles |
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Building & Construction |
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Benefits of the Home Mortgage Collapse? |
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REI Prototype Store Opens in Boulder, Colorado |
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Student Teams Compete to Design, Build and Operate Homes Powered Only by Solar Power |
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Modular Concept Addresses Barrier to Adopting Solar Energy |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Bright Idea: Change a Light, Change the World with Energy Star |
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Six New Documentaries to Air As Part of Sundance Channel's THE GREEN |
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Green Jobs and Green Workforce Training |
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KEEN Hybrid.STAND Inspires Everyone to Stand Up for the Environment |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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Easy Steps, Encouraging Homeowners on Their Energy Savings |
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Green Products |
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Wood Plastic Composites are in Your Future |
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The Thin-film Photovoltaics (TFPV) Market is Forecast to Grow 7 Times |
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Faith-based BIM |
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Green Economics |
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Twenty Diverse Companies Make the Sustainability Cut |
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The Economic Trickle Down Theory as it Relates to Sustainability |
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Eyes on the Lawmakers |
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Green Legislative Breakthrough? |
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House Passes Major Energy Bill |
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Green Expert Profiles |
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Saying Goodbye to A Crusader of A Healthy Body for All, Anita Roddick |
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Lester Brown |
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Green Product Profile |
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Wood Plastic Composites are in Your Future |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
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| September 2007 |
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Schools are at the forefront of the tipping point toward greener, healthier buildings and kids!
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Its Back to (Greener) School |
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General Features |
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Sacred Geometry |
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The Buckminster Fuller Challenge Launches |
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Global Warming |
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Nuclear Power Is Green Power - Or Is It? |
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Health & Toxins |
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A $13 Million Air Pollution Settlement from Sierra Pacific |
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Cleaner Transportation |
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Most School Buses Belch Toxic Diesel Fumes but this one Reduces Them by 90%! |
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Report Touts Environmental Benefits of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles |
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Building & Construction |
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Green Products Needed for Green Schools From Transportation to Energy to Operations |
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A Masters in Sustainable Architecture Just the Beginning |
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Saving 40 Trees by Recycling 8 Cars |
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Cost of Green Revisited |
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Solar Homes as Standard for Brentwood Development |
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Sonoma Mountain Village to Pilot LEED-ND (Neighborhood Design) |
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Not Your Father's Affordable Housing |
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HUD Rolls Out Green Initiative for Green Properties |
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Lifestyle - What You Can Do |
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Green Cleaning Award Honors School Programs |
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A Greener and Healthier Future for California Schools |
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National Wildlife Federation Issues Garden Furniture Report |
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GreenSage Guide to Living Green |
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Get the Gas Out! Formaldehyde Gets the Boot |
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Green Products |
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Maharam Receives GreenGuard and GreenGuard Children & Schools Certification |
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InterfaceFLOR Benefts From USGBC Ruling |
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Green Economics |
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Climate Change: Profiting Along Side the Proven Scenario |
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Eyes on the Lawmakers |
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AIA-Backed Infrastructure Bill Passes Senate Committee |
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Humor |
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THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT! Never heard creation explained this way before !!! |
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Green Expert Profile |
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BKSK A GreenSage Profile |
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Green Product Profile |
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What? A Company That Cares What You Think? |
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Calendar of events |
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Dozens of Green Events Around the World to Participate in |
| July/August 2007 |

Maine's Healthy Beach Program
Ensuring people enjoy the beach and healthy water conditions.
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From the Editor's Desk |
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Water water every where |
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General Features |
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Lake Manassas Showcased as Part of National Lakes Survey |
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EPA and Environmental Monitoring of Maine's Coastal Beaches |
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Global Warming |
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Isn't it Time to Tax Carbon? |
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New Software to Track Cities' Carbon Emissions |
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AIA Leadership Pushes Congress for Carbon Neutrality |
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Fuelin' Woes |
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