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July 2006

renourish: A Guide to Green Graphic Design

July 31, 2006

Renourish is guide for graphic designer to help them practice their craft using greener techniques. The web site, created by Eric Benson, offers many green tips and pointers to green resources (which can be otherwise quite difficult to track down). Great reference.

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Efficient: Eating Weeds

July 27, 2006

Weed ‘Em and Reap is a light-hearted but informative introduction to the free bounty of wild foods in lawns and woods, prairies and pastures. Even if you have no intentions of brewing up a crock of dandelion wine or tossing a salad of sour dock and purslane, you will enjoy reading Roger Welsch’s adventures in [...]

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Sunscreens Without Toxic Chemicals or Nanoparticles

July 26, 2006

Conventional sunscreens have a number of ingredients that have been linked to hormone disruption in animal tests and are readily absorbed by skin. Some these ingredients include: parabens, benzophenone, homosalate and octyl-methoxycinnamate. Also, the sunscreen containing nanoparticles have come under scrutiny because they may be harmful to human tissue. Nanoparticles are added because they make [...]

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Saab Unveils World’s First Biofuel Hybrid

July 20, 2006

Saab has unveiled its automotive vision for a greener future at the British International Motor Show. The Swedish subsidiary of the embattled American automotive giant General Motors has already made a name as a leading maker of biofuel cars, which can run on any mixture between ordinary gas and E85, a fuel blend that contains [...]

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Very Efficient: Vari-Cyclone Ceiling Fans

July 10, 2006

These “Vari-Cyclone” ceiling fans from FanWorks are perhaps the most efficient ceiling fans available. The fans utilize what Fanworks calls “Gossamer Wind” blade design technology, which is said to deliver 40% more air flow without any increase in power use. They also run on DC power, which also adds to their efficiency when off-grid power [...]

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