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Books Recycled Into Decorative Tower in Washington Museum

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:51:00 PST

Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership/Public Domain The Centre for Education and Leadership recently opened across the street from Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was shot, in...

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Going to the office? Be Careful, It Is A Chemical Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:18:09 PST

Office Space/Screen capture As if you didn't have enough to worry about, what with filling out TPS reports and dealing with the boss. It turns out that the Office Space is full of polyfluorinated...

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NOM NOM!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:06:27 PST

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Chipotle Airs Anti-Factory Farm Ad During Grammy Awards. What Does This Mean for Sustainable Business?

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:44:53 PST

The other night, during the 2012 Grammy Awards, Chipotle aired their great music video/commercial featuring Willie Nelson covering Coldplay, which illustrates some of the problems with factory...

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Should Environmentalists Cheer For Electric Cars? (Survey)

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:37:49 PST

© Tesla Ozzie Zehner has a book coming out in June, Green Illusions, where he will make the case that "We don’t have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis." He writes: We need to shift our...

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Priority Box Project Spreads Peace One Box at a Time

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:32:26 PST

© FdLM Studio Never mind the commercialism of Valentine's Day. Here is a free gift from a real artist that carries a message of peace. Franck de Las Mercedes has been sending out these peace boxes...

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Wretched Excess Dept: Electric Bike For The 1/10th of 1% Costs $36,000

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:20:03 PST

M55 Electric Bike/Promo image MocoMr shows what they call " a green ride for the wealthy"- the M55 Terminus E-Bike. It was all over the luxe websites and a few green ones two years ago, but is...

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Overeating boosts risk of memory loss in older adults

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:30:04 PST

Aside from contributing to other potential health problems, scarfing down butter-soaked double cheeseburgers might not be a good plan for your memory. A study to be presented at the American...

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Over Past Four Years, New Vehicles Became 14% More Fuel-Efficient in U.S.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:49:20 PST

After Decades of Stagnation... After what seemed like an eternity of mostly stagnation, average fuel economy for new vehicles has been going up in the United States. Researchers at the University...

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Recycled Washing Machine Lamps Combine Bold, Unexpected Materials

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:08:33 PST

© Tó Martins When I think of recycling washing machines, I certainly don't make the connection with bold and cheekily-designed lamps. But Portuguese designer Antonio "Tó" Martins' "Rewash" lamps...

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Take a Tech Detox on the National Day of Unplugging, March 23rd-24th

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:11:46 PST

functoruser via Flickr CC/CC BY 1.0 Last year I blogged about, and took part in, the National Day of Unplugging, an appeal from non-profit Reboot to take a technology sabbath to reconnect with...

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German Post Offices to Cash in on e-Waste

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:06:53 PST

derekGavey-modified by author/CC BY 2.0 Mobile telephones and personal computing devices have taken a lot of business out of the post office. Personal letters and corporate mailings now largely...

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Study: Depictions of Nature in Children’s Books Down By Half Since 1960

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:55:37 PST

normanack/CC BY 2.0 When you settled into bed at night as a child, can you remember what your parents read to you? What were your favorite children’s books and did you pass those vintage classics...

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Young people expect the future to look like Thunderdome

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:23:11 PST

This image has been floating around the internets (I can’t determine its original source) in a way that suggests it resonates with a lot of us. Doomsaying is something that’s always with us, and...

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Grand Canyon gives Coke the finger, bans bottled water

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:30:20 PST

A water bottle filling station at the Grand Canyon. Once upon a time, there was going to be a ban on the sale of bottled water at the Grand Canyon, because apparently people can't be trusted to ...

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Hanging Gardens Make Sleek Use of Small Balconies

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:23:19 PST

© Manuel Dreesmann Designer's rendering of the Skyfarm on a kitchen balcony. If you're an urban dweller with a typically tiny balcony, it can be a tough choice: Set up a garden, or have a nice...

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When You Wash Your Clothes, You Release Microplastic Fibers Into the Oceans

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:57 PST

Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0"No Sample Taken Around the World was Clean" Researchers are finding that not all plastic pollution is visible to the naked eye like the great pacific gyre. Microplastic debris,...

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Lamp Made From Jam Jars Wins Design Prize in Sweden

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:56 PST

Jan Lampei, /Promo image The winners of the Green Furniture Sweden Awards have been announced, and I smiled when I saw the winner in Inhabitat. It is made from recycled jam jars, that clamp on to an...

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Georgia obesity campaign sparks fierce online reaction

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:28:53 PST

The I STAND photo series aims to reflect happy and healthy bodies of all sizes A Georgia hospital designed a campaign to tell hard truths about childhood obesity. Is it tough...

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Recycling of non-bottle rigid plastics soars 72 percent in single year

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:13:06 PST

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has released a new report showing a significant increase in the collection and recycling of non-bottle rigid plastics in the United States. Prepared by Moore ...

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Eco-friendly LEGOs made of sawdust and coffee

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:53 PST

Earth Blocks are basically LEGOs, but made out of coffee grounds, tree bark, sawdust, or tea chaff mixed with a plasticlike binder material. Finally, a way to teach children that being eco-friendly...

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Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:59:21 PST

Polyurethane seemed like it couldn’t interact with the earth’s normal processes of breaking down and recycling material. That’s just because it hadn’t met the right mushroom yet.The Amazon is home...

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Swim Down Through a Sea of Trash With Dramatic, Eerily Beautiful Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:09:36 PST

© Mandy Barker SOUP: Bird's Nest. Ingredients: discarded fishing lines that have formed nest-like balls due to tidal and oceanic movement. Additives: other debris collected in its path. What would...

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The oldest living thing on Earth is 6,000 tons of grass

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:54 PST

Photo by M. San Félix Meet Posidonia oceanic, a type of Mediterranean seagrass that is also the longest-lived thing on Earth. What’s its secret? The usual — clean living, plenty of exercise, ...

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Students, Join the Green Your School Challenge!

noreply@blogger.com (Samuel Huber - http://www.ecologyrunner.com) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:15:15 PST

J.F Kennedy Elementary School in Grafton, Wisconsin (my school) is....so far, the ONLY school in the state of Wisconsin, USA, signed up! Come on teachers and students, get motivated, and go...

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