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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Holocene.

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Against the grain

Envirotec Magazine

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics. A cautious appraisal was maybe unexpected from a presentation titled (though clearly with some tongue in cheek) “So what if there are microplastics in bioresources?”.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

Despite the (slow) migration to electric-powered cars, consumer trends are making driving even more wasteful and unequal. A recent analysis found the emissions saved from electric cars have been more than cancelled out by the increase in gas-guzzling Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs). Reducing car use in cities.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Her recent book Back To Earth pairs fun astronaut trivia (you can take a “shower” by “gently squeezing hot water out of the straw of a drink bag directly onto your body and watching it coat you like a second skin”) with facts about pressing environmental issues — climate change, microplastics, and the insect apocalypse. “I

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

In this Green Business Bureau article, we give you 18 simple ways your business can lower its carbon footprint. According to the EPA, the largest source of GHG emissions in the United States is electricity and heat. 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . Change the lighting across buildings to more energy-efficient options.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

In this Green Business Bureau article, we give you 18 simple ways your business can lower its carbon footprint. According to the EPA, the largest source of GHG emissions in the United States is electricity and heat. 1: Switch to a renewable energy supplier . Change the lighting across buildings to more energy-efficient options.

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