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Sneaker Life Cycle Impact	23.5.2013	Global Pollution and Prevention News - ENN
The American term sneakers refers to footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather or canvas. Sneakers were originally sporting apparel, but today are worn much more widely as casual footwear. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led life cycle assessment. A life cycle measures the environmental impact of the raw materials, processing, and transport to the final market as well as waste disposal. But what’s surprising to researchers isn’t the size of a shoe’s carbon footprint, but where the majority of that footprint comes from.
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Sneaker Life Cycle Impact	23.5.2013	Green Lifestyle and Sustainable Culture News - ENN
The American term sneakers refers to footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather or canvas. Sneakers were originally sporting apparel, but today are worn much more widely as casual footwear. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led life cycle assessment. A life cycle measures the environmental impact of the raw materials, processing, and transport to the final market as well as waste disposal. But what’s surprising to researchers isn’t the size of a shoe’s carbon footprint, but where the majority of that footprint comes from.
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Sneaker Life Cycle Impact	23.5.2013	Green Technology and Environmental Science News - ENN
The American term sneakers refers to footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather or canvas. Sneakers were originally sporting apparel, but today are worn much more widely as casual footwear. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led life cycle assessment. A life cycle measures the environmental impact of the raw materials, processing, and transport to the final market as well as waste disposal. But what’s surprising to researchers isn’t the size of a shoe’s carbon footprint, but where the majority of that footprint comes from.
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Sneaker Life Cycle Impact	23.5.2013	Environmental News Network
The American term sneakers refers to footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather or canvas. Sneakers were originally sporting apparel, but today are worn much more widely as casual footwear. A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a new MIT-led life cycle assessment. A life cycle measures the environmental impact of the raw materials, processing, and transport to the final market as well as waste disposal. But what’s surprising to researchers isn’t the size of a shoe’s carbon footprint, but where the majority of that footprint comes from.
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Public/Private by product networks help businesses turn waste into cash	13.5.2013	The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News
The examples of how industry can recycle waste stretch back through history, but now it’s urgent as resources are slim and profits sometimes slimmer. Some recent examples put into focus how waste becomes extra revenue and also how pollution is negated.
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Marlo Thomas: 12 Ways to Be Green for Earth Day, and Every Day	22.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
Climate change is one of those topics that practically dares you to step up to it. We know it exists and we know it's critical, but it's so enormous that it's hard to wrap your head around it. We see the receding ice caps and dwindling numbers of polar bears; we see the cyclones, floods, droughts and hurricanes -- yet somehow where it's all headed seems so far away.
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6 Healthy Food Swaps That Are Good For You And The Earth	22.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
You've probably already adopted a number of eco-friendly behaviors that benefit your health. Maybe you keep a reusable water bottle on you at all times,...
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Clean energy now lags behind fossil fuels	19.4.2013	The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News
The International Energy Authority (IEA) have criticised national policies and actions currently slowing the drive for renewable energies.
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Researchers discover way to produce hydrogen fuel from any plant	10.4.2013	TreeHugger
Virginia Tech researchers figure out how to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant which could drive down fuel cell costs.
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Closing the Loop: Zero Waste, GHG Emissions and Green Jobs in B.C.	2.4.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Below is the summary for our latest Climate Justice Project report, Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs through Zero Waste in BC (I recommend checking the much prettier full paper, stand-alone summary, and awesome infographic by Sam Bradd on the website). Closing the Loop was a complex and challenging project that made my head spin, but in the end is one I am really proud of. For me it puts in place a key foundational piece of the Climate Justice Project, and bridges the ecological economics that I had first encountered in grad school two decades ago with all of the nuances of how waste policies have played out in the real world. read ...
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Frances Beinecke: Senate Spurns Bid to Block Carbon Standards	25.3.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The U.S. Senate cast key votes on the fiscal 2014 budget resolution Friday that sent a clear message on climate change: we won't stand in the way of executive action to cut the carbon pollution from our nation's power plants.
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Dell, Cisco, BT and SAP testing CO2 reporting standards	20.3.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Dell and BT among ICT firms teaming up with the EU to test new carbon reporting methodologies.
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ICYMI: SxSWxSustainability, groceries' carbon footprint and more	15.3.2013	Energy & Climate \| Greenbiz.com
New this week: clean energy trends, the next "greenest Olympics," and a military contractor's sustainability project.
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The Steel Scrap Age	8.3.2013	Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es303149z
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Draw 3D sculptures with world's first 3D printing pen	20.2.2013	TreeHugger
This gadget takes the basics of 3D printing and puts it in your hand, literally. But is it more than just a novelty?
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Elephants and North Stars: 4 steps to meet sustainability goals	15.2.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Setting ambitious public goals around sustainability is a bold move — but only if you take on what really matters.
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NASA Develops Aircraft Design that Uses 50 Percent Less Fuel	13.2.2013	Climate Change News - ENN
It seems like new, innovative technologies to reduce our carbon footprint are always 10 years away. It's hard to imagine there won't be another amazing technology just around the corner. In this case, NASA has developed a manufacturing method for wing-shaped aircraft. When combined with an uber-efficient jet engine called an "ultra-high bypass ratio engine", this new design promises to cut fuel consumptions by half.
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Susan Scafidi: Why Fashion Week Is Going Green	12.2.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
As the fashion world incorporates environmental and other ethical concerns into brand identity, sustainability is becoming the new normal. In other words, eco-chic is going mainstream.
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Using Solar Energy to Create Wind Power	5.2.2013	TreeHugger
This unique wind power solution involves using the heat of the sun to create an artificial wind to power turbines.
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Bio-based chemicals: When green is toxic	1.2.2013	Business Operations \| GreenBiz.com
Bioplastics will reduce your carbon footprint, but ignore health hazards at your own peril.
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