I’m not sure what’s going on lately, but I keep coming across battery and energy technology that turns human waste and blood into power. When talking to a friend about it he said, “You’re one vomit engine away from perfection!” We’re high brow people.

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Generating Clean Energy with Bodily Fluids

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I love reading the excellent feedback you guys share, and once again there were some great responses that felt like they deserved the spotlight. Here are some excellent reader tips on adding green to small spaces and on reusable menstrual products .

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Reader Tips: Small Space Greenery and Menstrual Products

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It was just about a year ago that we looked at all of the different ways you could use wine bottles and corks to fancy up the garden .

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Flickr Find: Wine Bottle Garden

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This article was written by Mark King, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 25th August 2010 16.14 UTC Customers at the UK’s leading supermarkets used 43% fewer carrier bags in 2009-10 than they did in 2006, when figures were first recorded, with 6.1bn single-use bags used in 2009-10 against 10.7bn four years earlier. According to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap), the amount of material used to make carrier bags has reduced by 39,700 tonnes per year in the past four years, but figures for May 2010 alone indicate that we may be seeing a return to greater usage. Data collected from Asda , Cooperative Group , M&S , Sainsbury’s , Somerfield (now owned by the Cooperative Group), Tesco and Waitrose shows that during the past year, total bag usage in the UK fell by 0.7bn, or 10%.

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Plastic Bag Use Plummets in UK Supermarkets Since 2006

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The No Impact Experiment is a one-week carbon cleanse that starts on Sunday, August 29th.

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Join thousands doing the Sierra Club No Impact Week–Starting 9/29

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Ever huffed and puffed your way up a steep hill, or worse yet had to hop off and walk your bike because pedaling just wasn’t cutting it on that incline?

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New Smart Wheel Makes Cycling Easier

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We can talk about urban density, city planning, and walkability all we want. If folks don’t feel safe, it’s going to be much harder to get them out of their cars

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Safety is Key to True Walkability

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Used shipping containers are popping up all over as eco-friendly building materials.

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Five Ingenious Shipping Container Structures

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This article was written by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 19th August 2010 06.30 UTC The carbon footprint of doing the dishes : Almost zero CO2e : by hand in cold water (but the plates aren’t clean) 540g CO2e : by hand, using water sparingly and not too hot 770g CO2e : in a dishwasher at 55°C 990g CO2e : in a dishwasher at 65°C 8000g CO2e : by hand, with extravagant use of water When it comes to long-standing green-living debates, washing up by hand versus using a dishwasher is right up there with hand-driers versus paper towels .

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What’s the Carbon Footprint of… Doing the Dishes?

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Many big music festivals are sloppy, dirty affairs–trash is strewn all over the place, there are few easy options for recycling and composting, and sustainability is the last thing on attendees’ minds.  But San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival, a two-day (formerly three day) production in Golden Gate Park, is different. Last year, the festival’s organizers did an impressive job of putting all things green front and center. This year was no different.

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Festival Scene is Green at Outside Lands in San Fran

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