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Overgrown garden shed shows beauty of wild design
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19.6.2013 |
TreeHugger |
Green Box by Italian architects act_romegialli shows that good design doesn't need to be clean and controlled. |
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[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Art of Garden Warfare
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18.6.2013 |
International Herald Tribune: Editorials |
| Op-Ed Contributor: The Art of Garden Warfare |
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[flenvcenter :: Warfare]
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Paper bike helmets and bowls from old vegetables at the Royal College of Art Graduate Show
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18.6.2013 |
TreeHugger |
The annual design graduates' show at London's Royal College of Art is the place to see the future. |
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[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
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Green diary rescue: Wolves under the gun, eyeballing damselflies & mapping the polar cyclone
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16.6.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 230 of these spotlighting more than 12,964 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 50 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.]
Green Diary of the Week
Wolves: "Mission Accomplished" —by Agathena : "The original mission was wolf recovery begun in 1994 because of expiration (local extinction) of the grey wolf in many areas. Recovery goals of an equitably distributed wolf population containing at least 300 wolves and 30 breeding pairs in 3 recovery areas within Montana (MT), Idaho (ID), and Wyoming (WY) for at least 3 consecutive years were ... |
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[newstrust :: Biodiversity Threats]
[newstrust :: Species Loss]
[newstrust :: Conservation Efforts]
[newstrust :: Wildlife Protection]
[newstrust :: Legislation]
[newstrust :: Hazardous Waste]
[newstrust :: Education Reform]
[newstrust :: Higher Education]
[newstrust :: Farm Bill]
[newstrust :: Third World Poverty]
[newstrust :: Health]
[newstrust :: Housing]
[newstrust :: Jobs]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: United Nations on Climate]
[newstrust :: Generic]
[newstrust :: Storm]
[newstrust :: Forest]
[newstrust :: Agriculture]
[newstrust :: Floods n Droughts]
[newstrust :: Ecosystems]
[newstrust :: Species]
[newstrust :: Disease]
[newstrust :: Legal Strategies]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
[newstrust :: Education]
[newstrust :: Health]
[demo :: Hydel]
[demo :: Coal]
[demo :: Oil and Gas]
[demo :: Nuclear]
[demo :: Solar]
[dharmesh :: Toxics]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Rail]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Fire]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[chintan :: Toxics]
[flenvcenter :: Sustainable Agriculture]
[flenvcenter :: Industrial Agriculture]
[flenvcenter :: Gleaning]
[flenvcenter :: Famine]
[flenvcenter :: Local Food Systems]
[flenvcenter :: Global Food System]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Reduce]
[flenvcenter :: Disposal]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[dharmesh :: Hazardous Waste]
[sattva_1 :: disaster]
[sattva_1 :: air]
[sattva_1 :: energy]
[flenvcenter :: Art and Literature]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Media]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Greenhouse Gases]
[demo :: Generic]
[demo :: Storm]
[demo :: Forest]
[demo :: Agriculture]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[demo :: Ecosystems]
[demo :: Species]
[demo :: Disease]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Republican]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[sattva_1 :: climate]
[sattva_1 :: science]
[sattva_1 :: flora]
[sattva_1 :: agriculture]
[flenvcenter :: Mammals]
[flenvcenter :: Birds]
[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Species Loss]
[flenvcenter :: Species Conservation]
[flenvcenter :: Sustainable Development]
[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[flenvcenter :: Ecological Economics]
[flenvcenter :: Green Economies]
[flenvcenter :: Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Diversity]
[flenvcenter :: Community]
[flenvcenter :: Campus]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Medicine]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Toxics]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Op-Ed Contributor: Greedy Gardeners
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15.6.2013 |
NY Times: Editorials |
| Op-Ed Contributor: Greedy Gardeners |
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[flenvcenter :: Plants]
[flenvcenter :: Insects]
[sattva_1 :: flora]
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Community group’s urban gardens week events begin Sunday
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15.6.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jun 14, 2013 06:55PM MDT
The first Urban Garden and Farm Week, hosted by Wasatch Community Gardens, begins Sunday in Salt Lake City and runs through June 22. The centerpiece will be a self-guided tour that aims to demonstrate the virtues of sustainability, urban homesteading and organic gardening. The tour is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 22. The public also is invited that day to an early bird brunch fundraiser at Squatter’s Pub, 147 W. Broadway, from 9 to 11 a.m. Information and pre-registration for th... ... |
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[demo :: Organic Agriculture]
[sattva_1 :: business]
[demo :: Housing]
[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
[flenvcenter :: Local Food Systems]
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FAQ: Minnesota's new solar energy law
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14.6.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Business |
A new law provides money for incentives for homeowners and businesses that want to install solar panels on their property. Here are answers to questions regarding the law. |
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[newstrust :: Green Power]
[newstrust :: Businesses]
[demo :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[sattva_1 :: energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[subbutest :: All Srcs]
[phantomvish :: All Srcs]
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Dayplanner Friday
(Cached)
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14.6.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| Meetings and EventsSunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 815-915 a.m., outdoor amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 5, 259-0385.La Plata County Citizens Health Advisory Council meeting, 8-930 a.m., Eolus Room, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 759-3751.Gently used book sale, 8... |
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[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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Community gardens take root
(Cached)
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13.6.2013 |
Durango Herald |
| The enthusiasm of a young crowd x2013 a family crowd, really x2013 is keeping the community garden at the Durango Housing Corp. apartments in south Durango looking good this summer.Four Stolworthy family members x2013 10-year-old twins Sierra and Rayanna Cera, 6 and 5-year-old Ciyanne x2013 and Anpo Brown, 10, were watering... |
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[demo :: Housing]
[flenvcenter :: Local Food Systems]
[flenvcenter :: Four Corners Region]
[flenvcenter :: Institutions and Companies]
[sattva_1 :: flora]
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In the Garden: Native Flora Garden Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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13.6.2013 |
NY Times: Real Estate |
| In the Garden: Native Flora Garden Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden |
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity]
[irge304 :: Endangered Species]
[newstrust :: Biodiversity]
[newstrust :: Endangered Species]
[sattva_1 :: flora]
[sattva_1 :: disaster]
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Let this cute octopus sing to you about overfishing
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12.6.2013 |
TreeHugger |
This stop-animation film tells the story of overfishing from an octopus' perspective. |
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[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
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INDEX Awards celebrate the best designs to improve life
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12.6.2013 |
TreeHugger |
It's the big deal, "widely recognized as the most important design award in the world." |
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[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
[flenvcenter :: Endangered Species]
[flenvcenter :: Endangered Species]
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Yard by yard, Twin Cities Master Water Stewards take on pollution
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12.6.2013 |
Star Tribune: Local |
| Modeled after Master Gardeners, the grass-roots program aims to improve water quality by training folks to advise their neighbors. |
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[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
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[irge304 :: Pollution]
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Urban Garden tour showcases Salt Lake’s progressive gardens
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11.6.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jun 11, 2013 11:06AM MDT
Wasatch Community Garden’s chicken coop tour has been so successful, they don’t need to do it anymore — at least not exclusively. The Tour de Coops was started eight years ago to promote urban chicken ownership in Salt Lake County and its cities. And now, the rules on keeping coops throughout the county have been eased. So this year, the coops tour has expanded to encompass “all the different ways you can practice sustainability in your home and garden,” said Carly Gillespie, Wasatch’s community... ... |
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Architects play with big blocks
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11.6.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jun 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT
Imagine small markets, beer gardens and art galleries in what are now grungy alleyways and half-empty parking lots within the confines of Salt Lake City’s huge blocks. Those are some ideas that came from more than 200 architects and designers from 48 countries who participated in the “SixtyNine Seventy” project. The competition, called “The Spaces Between” asked designers to create plans for the interiors of blocks 69 and 70, which are between West Temple and State Street from 100 South to 200 S... ... |
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Former Astronaut Offers Dire Climate Warning
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11.6.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| A retired astronaut had some dire warnings for listeners at an event celebrating World Environment Day on June 1. Dr. David Hilmers, a retired Marine... |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Plants]
[flenvcenter :: Mammals]
[flenvcenter :: Plants]
[flenvcenter :: Mammals]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[flenvcenter :: Gardens]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
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Washington rejects restriction on garden pesticide
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7.6.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| The state Department of Agriculture declined a request to restrict a class of backyard pesticides suspected of killing honey bees. |
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[flenvcenter :: Industrial Agriculture]
[sattva_1 :: agriculture]
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In Seattle, a produce business sprouts from an unlikely patch
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7.6.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| New Holly Market Garden, started 20 years ago by immigrants and refugees on an unused basketball court in Southeast Seattle, now is one of two city P-Patches selling organic produce through a subscription service. |
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[flenvcenter :: Access]
[flenvcenter :: Local Economies]
[flenvcenter :: Refugees]
[demo :: Organic Agriculture]
[flenvcenter :: Access]
[flenvcenter :: Direct Marketing]
[flenvcenter :: Local Food Systems]
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A Restaurant Designer's Home, Where the Hearth Is
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7.6.2013 |
Wall St. Journal: Asia |
| With organic gardens, livestock and well-stocked ponds, Pat Kuleto devotes his Napa Valley home to the pleasures of dining, but economic realities have taken a toll. |
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[demo :: Housing]
[demo :: Organic Agriculture]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Domestic Lives: Do You Really Need More Than 260 Square Feet?
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6.6.2013 |
NY Times: Real Estate |
| Domestic Lives: Do You Really Need More Than 260 Square Feet? |
