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TH Interview: How the Wolf Trap Foundation uses the Performing Arts to Raise Environmental Awareness
 Wolf Trap president and CEO Terrence D. Jones
With the performing arts, a good showing is when the fall of the curtain leaves you shuffling off into the night a bit dazed, a bit dazzled, and perhaps, just a bit thoughtful. This media, like no other, has the power to make you laugh, cry, and cringe. It has the power to captivate and influence.
So tapping the performing arts to raise environmental awareness and educate audiences about climate change sounds pretty savvy to us.
A pioneer and major player in this field is the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, the only National Park for t...
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Is This Too Much Packaging, You Think?
Here's today's ridiculous packaging.
We try to feature both bad packaging and good packaging design, but we don't need to tell you that it's easier to find examples of the former....
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NYU Greens Campus Move-Out Day
Expecting to keep about 25,000 pounds of reusable goods out of the landfill, this Saturday’s inaugural "Green Apple Move Out" collection drive being organized to coincide with the annual dorm move-out means students rooming at NYU will have a greener choice when it comes to getting rid of that old futon they just keep meaning to find another use for....
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The Rising Value of the Global Carbon Market
Recently only a pipe dream, the carbon market has exploded in recent years. With “cap and trade” schemes available in the EU and more recently British Columbia - Canada’s most western province - plans are set to follow suit in Australia, New Zealand and the rest of Canada. Even the typically sluggish United States seems poised to adopt some form of emissions trading scheme, with all three presidential candidates stating their support for some permutation of a carbon trading initiative.
Whatever the time frame, it seems near inevitable that companies will face increasingly binding laws to account for the amount of carbon dioxide (and equivalent gases) they release into the atmosphere...
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Solar Industry Creates Scheme to Recycle Solar Panels in Europe
The Solar Industry Tries to Stay One Step Ahead of Regulators
As solar panels become more mainstream and a higher volume of them is produced, they are bound to attract more attention from regulators. Many of the biggest companies that make solar panels have decided to preempt that wave of regulation by voluntarily joining up and creating the first large-scale scheme to recycle solar panels in Europe. The goal is to have the system in place by the end of this year.
"We will be the first in Europe to establish such a system. And I could well imagine that it will become a model for other countries," said PV Cycle President Karsten Wambach, who also heads Solar...
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Where Does A Carbon Footprint Calculation Best Let The Customer Make A Postive Choice? While Online Purchasing
 We recently wrote about how difficult is for consumers to know which is better: saving gas by purchasing items online; or, reducing one's greenhouse gas "footprint" by avoiding potentially inefficient shipping procedures (especially with reference to wasted packaging and the prevalence of air freight and partial-load deliveries).
In that post - Buying Green Online - Gasoline Saver Or Climate Bigfoot? - we suggested how useful it would be if, when choosing a shipping method, a carbon footprint estimate could be presented on the computer "ch...
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Look No Further than the BBC's Natural History Collection for the Definitive Documentary Series
 Say what you will about the BBC's extensive range of programming, but -- in this writer's eyes, at least -- no one has come closer to mastering the art of the nature documentary than the house that brought us the delightful Sir David Attenborough and the amazing Planet Earth. And while that series arguably stands out as the BBC's greatest documentary achievement to date, it is only the latest in a long line of equally gorg...
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Beating the Energy Efficiency Paradox (Part II)
Energy efficiency seems to be proving its potential for making our American lifestyle less energy intensive and more sustainable. But is it the same case in the developing countries?
Around the world, more and more people are leading energy-intensive lifestyles, as cheap, efficient technologies bring modern conveniences within reach.
Take the introduction of a new, incredibly cheap, very efficient vehicle in India -- the Tata Nano. It costs only $2,500, and luckily it gets around 47 miles per...
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Xeriscape, the Art of Water Conserving Landscaping
 image credit: Suzie Gibbons/Getty Images
Garden centres in countries affected by draught, like Spain for example, are promoting Xeriscaping (or Xeroscaping) in order to motivate people to help save water. This technique of water conserving landscaping doesn’t refer to cactus gardens or those that are all tiled up and plantless. The possibilities of Xeriscaping are plentiful, resulting in lush and flowery garden designs. This concept of gardening has been around since the 80ies in the US. As climate patterns shift, xeriscaping is catching on in other areas and has been very popular here in ...
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Today on Planet Green
:: Stir-fry fiddleheads for a satisfyingly seasonal supper.
:: Grill yourself about peak gas.
:: Bike to work this Friday, May 16.
:: Treat yourself to some economical, eco-friendly threads.
:: Carpet your home with socially responsible rugs. ...
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