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In Pakistan, the annual mean surface temperature has been consistently rising trend since the beginning of 20th century. The rise in mean temp. has been of 0.6-1.0°C in arid coastal areas, arid mountains and hyper arid plains, and there has been a 10-15% decrease in both winter ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling, Transport

Yeadon based nonprofit LoveLovingLove Inc. has been working for over three years to bring an “Earthship” to Philadelphia . In April, they will be one step closer. Architect and Earthship inventor Michael Reynolds will be teaching a three day seminar April 6-8th at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. An ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Recycling

Aquaponics is an environmentally-friendly, natural food growing method to facilitate the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, re-circulating ecosystem utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish wastes to plant nutrients. It is also called as recirculation farming. Recirculation farms are a socially responsible farming method and business ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling

DuPont has achieved zero waste to landfill across all of its 15 global manufacturing and partner sites in its building innovations business. After three years of working towards its 'drive to zero' landfill programme, DuPont Building Innovations claims to have reduced its annual environmental footprint from just over 36,000 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Consumerism, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Recycling

Swap-o-Matic is a vending machine enabling users to donate and receive items without spending money. Over the years we’ve seen various initiatives enabling consumers to easily trade goods with each other for free. The latest twist on the exchange concept is Swap-o-Matic, a vending machine that allows users to ... keep reading
Written by Springwise last month, about Consumerism, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling

Student groups at the University of California Santa Barbara, including the Associated Students Coastal Fund, Environmental Affairs Board, Isla Vista Surfrider Foundation and CalPirg, have banded together tocreate a new partnership on campus named the UCSB-Plastic Pollution Coalition (UCSB-PPC). The global Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) is an alliance of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

So it seems that the use of the phone book is fast becoming a thing of the past. And we have seen a number of attempts at opt-in legislation so that they are not scattered everywhere in our letterboxes whether we have any use for them or not. As Banthephonebook ... keep reading
Written by Celsias and Banthephonebook.org in December 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Recycling

With the holidays just weeks away, out-of-town travel is going to be on a number of family dockets. While many will fly, many more will be traveling by road. It may seem impossible to “go green” when putting the pedal to the metal, but it's certainly possible and most ... keep reading
Written by Mindy in December 2011, about Children and Families, Events, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling, Transport, Travel

Box Play for Kids’ range of stickers help children creatively convert carboard packaging into a variety of objects and animals ready for play. Even in today’s world where children are being treated to their own range of tablet computers, it’s still the case that many are quite content ... keep reading
Written by Springwise in December 2011, about Children and Families, Design, Recycling

Separating paper, bottles, and cans to be recycled will soon be a task of the past at Yale. Over the past year, the University has been transitioning to single stream recycling—a system that allows recyclers to deposit cans, bottles and other glass, plastic and metal containers in bins along ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Education, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling
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