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Details 3 basic exercises that will get you in shape
Submitted by greenfitness - 2008-09-01 20:56:15
Channels - fitness
Tags - green 
fitness bodyweight exercises pull-ups dips push-ups
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"Collecting urine, that magical yellow liquid we excrete from our bodies several times a day, is a key step in recycling human nutrients. Urine contains most of the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium we release. These nutrients are the major components of chemical fertilizers, and urine is an amazing plant fertilizer! It is typically sterile, and, if separated from feces, can be easily and safely reused. Urine collection can be as simple as peeing in a jar or installing a urinal or urine-diverting dry or composting toilet. Although female urinals haven't caught on yet, there are some designs and models available."
All you need is a five gallon jug! Boy, I can't wait for female urinals to catch on.
Submitted by jason - 2007-09-06 19:58:26
Channels - blogcadre futuretech
Tags - green plants greywater fertilizer
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"Imagine maintaining a steady 70 degrees in your house high in the New Mexico desert, even as outside temperatures vary between 100 and minus-20, all without spending a dime on power."
Submitted by jason - 2007-08-08 16:44:59
Channels - futuretech
Tags - home green energy architecture reuse earthship
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The first project, an $800 million development in Cacique, Costa Rica, will include a 120-villa One&Only resort by Sol Kerzner, who developed the famed Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas; a 180-unit Miraval: Life in Balance-branded destination spa resort; a Tom Doak-designed golf course; and a tennis and fitness center designed by Andre Agassi and his wife, Stefi Graf. The goal of Revolution Places, which is part of Case's Revolution LLC, is to bring together premier hospitality partners to develop resorts that retain the local environment and culture, Case said.
"Costa Rica reminds me of Hawaii when I was born there nearly 50 years ago," said Case. "We are aiming to take the things that make authentic Hawaii so special, such as the connections to the local people, restaurants, shops and the spirit of aloha, while bringing together the best brands and applying the best principles and practices of today. he development will focus on environmentally friendly designs that reduce energy and water demand and take advantage of spatial, wind and solar patterns to maximize natural ventilation, shade and light, Case said.
Cacique, Costa Rica will feature a recycling and waste management program, on-site treatment facilities to reuse wastewater and will purchase its electrical power from renewable sources.
Submitted by aki - 2007-08-06 06:39:00
Channels - fallonplanningblog
Tags - green travel environmental eco-travel sustainability eco-future
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Stereogum has posted a glimpse of the new instrumental album. The reviews are pretty mixed. Check it out.
Submitted by jodismith - 2007-05-15 08:10:30
Channels - music fallonplanningblog amuseme
Tags - music conscious consumption green mp3 beastieboys ecomagination
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Interesting article on Wired about the design of a new Chinese metropolis, built from scratch as a model for a green city.
From the article:
Dongtan's master plan — hundreds of pages of maps, schematics, and data — has almost nothing to say about architectural style. Instead, it outlines the world's first green city, every block engineered in response to China's environmental crisis. It's like the source code for an urban operating system. "We're not focused on the form," Gutierrez explains. "We're focused on the performance of the form." He and his team imagine a city powered by local, renewable energy, with superefficient buildings clustered in dense, walkable neighborhoods; a recycling scheme that repurposes 90 percent of all waste; a network of high tech organic farms; and a ban on any vehicle that emits CO2.
Submitted by jason - 2007-05-09 15:50:42
Channels - futuretech
Tags - green city china architecture pilot development
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The Compact Low Emission VEhicle for uRban transport is a new vehicle prototype from BMW and the University of Bath. It's a three wheeled, semi-motorcycle that runs on compressed natural gas, gets 108mpg and can cruise at 80mph.
This was one of Time's best inventions of 2006: http://www.time.com/time/2006/te...
Submitted by jason - 2007-05-08 10:56:23
Channels - blogcadre tech futuretech
Tags - green transportation vehicle prototype
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Spain is leading the way for desalination. About time we get on stuff like this, eh? Or that funny little End of the World flash'll be true. (Alaska can come, too.)
Submitted by pilafdm - 2007-05-02 09:29:12
Channels - technology earth environment green water
Tags - green earth environment progressive spain eco desalination drinkable water un-bush
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Discovery will rebrand its Home Channel into PlanetGreen starting next year. The new channel will focus on living green by leading an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
Submitted by aki - 2007-04-05 20:37:20
Channels - fallonplanningblog
Tags - marketing conscious consumption green branding
