Green Living
Early photographers recognized the monumental importance of creatures such as Africa’s large animals but could do little about it other than photograph those that sat still in a zoo. Once film was fast enough, telephoto lenses precise enough, and col
- Mar 5
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The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
- Mar 16
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Is it healthy? Is it organic? Is it fairly traded? How far has it travelled? At times, making informed choices can feel like a full-time job. Here is a pocket guide to buying food from the new book Stuffed
- Mar 16
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In an entertainment subculture famous for violence and resource exploitation, one video game offers lessons for urban sustainability.
- Mar 15
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As Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, it witnessed the outcome of a planning decision made in the 1990s that had two seemingly contradictory goals: to preserve the architectural form and human-scale streetscape of the historic central
- Mar 9
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The next issue of The Green Parent has just arrived on our doorstep and it is positively bouncing with the joys of spring! Our April/May issue will go out to subscribers over the next few days and then hit the newsstands at the weekend.
- Mar 9
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57.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered and recycled in 2008, but can we reach 60 percent by 2012?
- Mar 9
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In Haiti, International Women's Day is a reminder of what women have done and are still doing to keep hope alive.
- Mar 8
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The Obama administration has embarked on a high-stakes gamble: devoting billions of dollars to an expansion of nuclear power in the hope of winning Republican votes for a climate bill. But in its eagerness to drum up bipartisan support for one of the hard
- Mar 8
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Amy Cannon, green chemist and non-profit director, answers our 10 questions, discussing low-energy solar cells, training scientists to weed out toxicity, and what makes benign chemistry such a good business proposition.
- Mar 8
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If you honk for hummers—winged, not wheeled—Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air, a recent addition to PBS’s Nature series, doesn’t disappoint. For 60 minutes hummingbirds hold center stage, flitting around the screen like shiny-feathered ballerinas.
- Mar 5
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Balancing Act Stay well all winter long with recipes that draw on Thai healing traditions BY Su-Mei YuPHOTOGRAPHY Pornchai Mittongtare
- Mar 4
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It won't come naturally to most pampered westerners, but running in a barefoot-style can help reduce injuries and make trainers less resource-intensive...
- Mar 4
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Dan Chiras questions the idea that disposable items are worth the tremendous waste they create.
- Mar 3
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When the owners of the Empire State Building in 2007 decided to move forward with a new capital improvement plan, they were looking for standard improvements to get the building to Class A commercial status. At the time they were looking at traditio
- Mar 3
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