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Climate & Planet
Happy Planet Index List
The happy planet index, or HPI, is an index that determines a measure of happiness, per nation, based on environmental…
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Climate & Planet
The Kyoto Protocol Summary
To help our readers understand just how important the Kyoto Protocol is to our planet and our future generations, we're…
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Climate & Planet
Most Environmental Gas Station?
Sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it? Usually when the words environmental and gas station or used in the same sentence,…
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Home & Garden
Carlo Petrini and the Slow Food Movement
In a nut shell, the slow food movement is the opposite of fast food. In fact, it was founded by…
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Climate & Planet
Participate in Dump the Pump Day
National Dump the Pump Day is a day that you do whatever possible, try to live a day sans-auto gasoline.…
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Home & Garden
LED vs CFL vs Incandescent vs Fluorescent: Which Shines Cleanest?
The future looks dim for incandescent light bulbs, the world-changing invention introduced by Thomas Edison in 1879. Part of the…
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Home & Garden
3 Reasons Homemade Composting Is Awesome
If you have been thinking about making compost but think that it may be too difficult, complicated, or time-consuming, you…
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Health
Swine Flu: 1976 vs. Today
The swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus (and recently referred to exclusively as this by Obama during his…
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Climate & Planet
Earth Day 2009
Support Our Planet Earth in 2009 and Beyond. Earth Day is a time for each and every one of us…
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Animals
16 Types of Salamanders, Explained
What is a salamander? There are a whopping 500 species of amphibians that can be classified as salamanders. Salamanders are…
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Climate & Planet
How You Can Help the Planet with Earth Hour
You can show your commitment to the planet, and help promote efforts to reduce climate change by switching off your…
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Climate & Planet
17 Hybrid Cars Myths You May be Misled By
New technology is prone to being a source of confusion simply because few people know all the facts, understand the…
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