Author: The GU team
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World Water Day
Tomorrow, 22 March is World Water Day, a day designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1992 to draw attention to the clean drinking water crisis all over the world. You can join events in your city, donate or participate in a virtual walk here. Save water.
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Earth Hour 2008
On 29 March 2008, join Sydney, Toronto, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, Atlanta, Copenhagen, Chicago, and other cities in turning off their lights at 8 PM. So far, 14 cities are participating, even Suva in Fiji. During that hour, World Wildlife Fund suggests hosting a green party, cleaning up your neighborhood. talking to your children about…
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Wet wet wet
I see the sign on electric hand dryers in public restrooms saying that you can save on paper waste by using the dryer. But I’ve always wondered how much energy these devices consumed instead. Until I got this email from Idealbite: The Benefits Earth-friendly etiquette. De-wetting your hands with an electric hand-dryer uses about 1/3…
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Lost
Saw this along the Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf. The California Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project was launched in July 2005 to retrieve fishing lines, nets, traps, etc. These items do not decompose and pose a danger to marine animals, boats and divers. Click here if you have fishing gear yourself that you would like to discard…
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The many uses of olive oil
I’m a huge fan of olive oil and use it quite a lot during the rare times I cook. But beyond that, I don’t get to use it at all. I hear it makes a really spiffy moisturizer for the hair, but my oil of choice for that purpose is coconut oil, which is much…
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For meat lovers only
If you’re looking for sustainable meat products, Ideal bite offers this run-down of what those labels mean: “Organic” – animals get access to the outdoors (cows, sheep, and goats get pasture time), bedding materials, and aren’t injected with hormones or antibiotics. “Cage-free” Poultry – birds aren’t kept in cages. “Free-range” – animals are given access…
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Anti-Smog building to rise in Paris
I’m a bit fuzzy on how this works, but Vincent Callebaut has developed a concept for a building that actually fights the smog of Paris. Anti-Smog is thus a didactic prototype of ecological experimentations. Solar Drop and Wind Tower implement the most advanced technologies in the auto-sufficient construction to better reveal the applications of the…
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Green Cities unite!
Los Angeles, Berkeley, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, and the County of Marin are part of the Green Cities California initiative! They’re starting out with a program to switch to 100% post-consumer recycled paper, which L.A. is finding hard to do with its paper needs, but hopefully, they’ll…
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Eco-scandal!
People are up in arms over a Chicago to London flight made by American Airlines. The airline’s crime? Flying with only five people on board. It does sound pretty scandalous, but when you think about how there would have been a ton more passengers who wouldn’t have been able to make their flight from London…
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Biodegradable?
Here’s something I saw over the weekend. So SM is either using truly biodegradable plastic bags or they just thought slapping a “biodegradable” tag will make them look good. Which is which?