904 articles on "environment"

The Decision to Shop Ethically While Ensuring Others Don't Starve Depends on Reliable Information

Choosing to buy local, healthy food when you know it may cause someone somewhere else in the world hardship or even malnutrition or starvation is an uncomfortable decision. We also want to do our best for our families by buying the healthiest food w...

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Could a Woman From a Small, Developing Country End the Stalemate in Climate Change Negotiations?

The feeble outcome of the December 2009 Climate change talks in Copenhagen was a huge disappointment for many. Now, however, the UN's appointment of Costa Rican Christiana Figueres as the new head of the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC ) offe...

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How You Can Give Better Holiday Gifts AND Be More Environmentally Friendly

It's the holiday shopping season, and Grinning Planet would like to point out that the holiday phrase "Ho, ho, ho!" also relates to being greenit's the Jolly Green Giant's tagline. Well, OK, that doesn't exactly get us to the "eco...

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The Cost of Solar Energy

Solar energy is a organic source of energy that comes directly from the sun. When solar energy hits the earth it spreads more than the earth's surface and gives warmth evenly. If you could capture the sun's rays into a specific area for a l...

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How I Built My Own Wind Turbine

I want to reveal to you how I constructed my own wind system from start to finish. Here is a list of materials that I used to get started. I purchased a DC permanent magnet motor from eBay. The motor is a 48 volt dc motor that as an rpm rating of 200...

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Solar Panels Are The Best Alternative Energy

Our world is getting smaller every day, by that I mean every day more and more people are being born and we are starting to pollute the earth more then we can handle. I mean you have to realize the earth is like one giant fish tank. Nothing leaves it...

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Feng Shui for Your Health and Vitality

Feng Shui for Your Health and Vitality by: Rodika Tchi, MSc How many of us wake up in the morning feeling refreshed, happy and full of energy? How many of us, after a few hours in the office, still feel full of energy? Why certain environments u...

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Growing More Food Without Destroying The Land Needs Innovative Solutions Like Biopesticides

Retailers, responding to consumer pressure for healthier, chemical free food, have plainly given a push to researchers and scientists to devise new and more sustainable farming methods. Financial pressures have also increased on farmers all over the...

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Solar Energy for Your Home

Solar energy is a natural source of energy that comes directly from the sun. When solar energy hits the earth it spreads over the earth's surface and gives warmth evenly. If you could capture the sun's rays into a unique location for a leng...

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Energy Windows

The us government is pushing every home and office owner to become more energy efficient. Upgrading fine old buildings and replacing inefficient features with high-quality products has several benefits, rather than just for the authorities. Replacing...

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