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Hello Green Drinkers of Gainesville!

We had a good meeting at Warehouse on August 4 – great food and drinks and wonderful space – THANK YOU Richard and Ryan! The only drawback was that it was a bit difficult to hear those who needed to share information with us, and I apologize for that to Robert [...]

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Denise Robinette, owner of Healthy Living Interiors, designed this room and is helping me with the green renovation of my little cottage! Kudos, Denise!
“Merkiyah Jones can now breathe easier thanks to a Healthy-N-Green Bedroom Makeover.Jones, a fourth-grader at Watkins Elementary School in West Park, was treated to the makeover after she won the Asthma Awareness [...]

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A new study that measures levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in homes in two cities  found similar levels of the chemicals in both settings. These results indicate that exposure to the compounds is widespread.
The health impacts of endocrine disruptors, which mimic naturally occurring human hormones, are still being studied. But concern is mounting that these chemicals [...]

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CIO — We are entering an era where corporate social responsibility (CSR) is of central concern to executives of almost every enterprise. With the publication of ISO 26000, a standard for CSR based on the UN Global Compact, executives now [...]

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Here, in one of the last Tuscan valleys to have remained entirely unspoilt since medieval times, the local comune has received an application to build a “well-being centre” 500 metres from a national monument, the Castello di Potentino, along with other residential structures, [...]

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Our friends Seth Keller and Mark van Soestbergen have developed a great greenhouse gas accounting course here in Gainesville and they’re taking it to Atlanta next week. Please pass the word to anyone you think might be interested in learning about this:

Carbon Footprint and Greenhouse Strategies Seminar: August 26

Participants will learn how [...]

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President Barack Obama, embarking on a three-day tour to raise money for Democrats, said Monday that a rising homegrown clean energy industry can help reverse years of manufacturing job losses overseas and help heal a still-ailing economy.
“We can’t turn back, we’ve got keep going forward,” Obama told a group of workers at the ZBB Energy [...]

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Household goods, beauty and grooming product supplier Procter and Gamble (P&G), announced on August 12 the launch of new environmentally friendly packaging for its Pantene Pro V, Covergirl and Max Factor Brands.
The new environmentally friendly packaging is made from sugarcane-derived plastic, which is a renewable source unlike traditional plastic which is made from non renewable [...]

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Weekend Without Oil www.weekendwithoutoil.org is asking Americans to spend the weekend of August 21-22 oil-free. The initiative’s goal is two-fold: to spread the message of how much oil is used in everyday products, and to get at least 166,000 people to join the campaign by committing to 11 actions. Those 11 actions include walking or [...]

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Join our Conservation Challenge!
What Is Your Water Footprint?
Take a water tour with [The Green Guide] through your home, garden, diet, energy use, and your stuff! Then, pledge to cut your water footprint by 20%.
via Water Footprint Calculator – National Geographic.

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The forests in this part of the state are among the most biologically diverse in the world. Although stressed by two centuries of development, including 100 years of underground coal mining, the steep ridges and valleys still support a staggeringly diverse tree canopy, dozens of herb and mushroom species, plentiful stocks of perch, trout and [...]

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All of these tips are wonderful, but this one’s my favorite because it is the key to having an impact on the entire planet and our future:
“3. Use Fewer Plastic Products
Plastics that end up as ocean debris contribute to habitat destruction and entangle and kill tens of thousands of marine animals each year. To limit [...]

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Our easy access to energy stands in stark contrast to the daily struggle experienced by billions. These people lack access to any kind of modern energy and are also the poorest on the planet. They rely on archaic fuels, such as firewood, kerosene, and charcoal, to provide them with heat, light, [...]

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Taught by Stefanie Samara Hamblen, owner of Hogtown HomeGrown, participants will take a tour of the market, learn to cook at least two meals from seasonal produce and taste everything! In addition to all the hot weather veggies, there will be at least one kind of pesto!

Saturday, [...]

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YES WE CAN DO THIS!
“Nearly 45 percent of the electricity in Portugal’s grid will come from renewable sources this year, up from 17 percent just five years ago.
“So far the program has placed no stress on the national budget” and has not created government debt, said Shinji Fujino, head of the International Energy [...]

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“The nation is spending hundreds of billions of dollars securing foreign oil. But we are investing comparatively little in federal research programs conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy, which are developing the biofuels and making the efficiency improvements that could make obsolete the multitude of costs from foreign oil. Let’s [...]

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August 12 through December 12, 2010

The Blue Path provides visitors a view of Florida’s water through the window of North Florida’s freshwater springs. This region is home to more springs–over 700 discovered so far–than any other place on Earth. The Exhibit examines how rapid degradation of Florida springs signals much bigger [...]

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Amy Standen reports on what’s going to happen to the Sacramento Delta if Californians don’t stop taking more water out than is flowing in, http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201008040850/d.
The Sacramento Delta provides water to California agriculture as well as residential use. It's also habitat for species that are struggling and need more water to survive.

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Ecological scientists will discuss findings on human-ecosystem interactions — from the effects of nanomaterials on plant growth to the diversity of insect species on green roofs, and even communities of airborne microbes in hospital buildings — at the Ecological Society of America’s 95th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh from August 1-6, 2010. [...]

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