Author: Rich
Website: http://www.earthpm.com/2010/03/re-psyche-a-ling/

The message has been clear, powerful, and repeated.

The facts are indisputable.

The logic is impeccable.

We cannot keep taking resources from the planet – resources that took hundreds of millions of years to produce, use them for a few minutes, and discard them haphazardly.

Most people “get” that. And so, you would think that in a place like the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a center of thinking, home of top colleges like Harvard University and Boston College, people would really get it.  Smart people.  Educated people.  Pro-environment.  Knowledgeable. Aware of their surroundings.  They’ll be leaders in this area, of course.  Of course they will.  Right?

PSYCHE!

The sad truth is: they don’t get it at all. Take Newton, Massachusetts. Newton!  This is a town in which 75% of the electorate voted for President Obama. So you would expect that it has a high, and increasing rate of recycling, because the folks there are aware of the environment, aware of the little things…

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Author: easy eco blog
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Powered Green is an environmental startup founded by two former students of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The company was created to provide people with a unique opportunity to support renewable energy sources along with the ability to show their support for a greener future. Through the sale of  products they have raise funds for six different wind farms across the country.

Although they  have expanded to additional products to allow more people to support renewable energy, our main efforts revolve around the Energy SealTM. The Energy Seal is a recycled aluminum sticker, and its purchase represents that renewable energy sources have produced the amount of energy one laptop uses throughout its lifetime, making it carbon neutral.

Since launching in September 2008 Powered Green has empowered a thriving community of over 1,200 individuals dedicated to spreading awareness for renewable energy.  Grassroots efforts thus far have stopped over 1,000 tons of CO2…

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Author: Rachel
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2010/03/seeing-the-forest-fo…

Last Thursday evening I attended the public lecture “Climate, Forests and Future: A View from Treeline” by Dr. Dave Peterson – forest service scientist, professor and co-nobel prize winner.  He spoke at the University of Washington as a part of the School of Forest Resources and the College of the Environment lecture series, Sustaining our [...]

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Author: Green Talk
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Let’s talk about #1 (aka pee pee, urine, pee, or urea) and #2 (aka poop, poo,or  sh*t) .  Frankly, #2 gets alot more attention.  We use the word to express our unhappiness, when we bang into something, or drop something on our toes.  (No maybe that is the “F” word.) We say things like “you think your sh*t doesn’t stink.  Even UPS’ uniforms are brown. Plus, it has presence.  You definitely know when it is around since it smells for goodness sakes. Even I have been known to talk about poop especially when it comes to the quality of recycled toilet paper.

On the other hand, #1, pee, or urine really gets very little attention.  Who cares about the yellow mellow stuff?  Plants.  They love it and we produce a lot of it. Some more than others. How come?  Read on.

According to the Washington Post article,  ”Human Urine Safe, Productive Fertilizer,”

“Urine is a valuable fertilizer which poor people could use to increase yields and not…

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