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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. The roof above your head can do a lot of good for the Earth below your feet. CentiPUR-USĀ®-certified foam and organic natural dunlop latex (derived from the sap of rubber trees). INTERIOR PAINT.

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A defence of geoengineering

Business Green

Historically, the proposed examples have been pretty far out - including some in the literal sense, such as the mirrored "space shade" originally proposed back in 1989 that would deflect the sun's rays - like the white, cool roof concept used for buildings only on steroids and in orbit. Intriguing? Yes, but not immediately feasible.

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10 European firms every sustainability professional should know

Business Green

It then invests the capital raised into innovative climate projects, such as Cool Roof France (reflective building cladding, $540,000 invested) and Beyond the Sea (kite-pulled ships, $1.1m The company's website promises that, by using Tred, your money "will never fund fossil fuels." That's an area 1.65 That's an area 1.65