Jerry Tyra points to ATV and motorcycle tire tracks, bullet shells and garbage. People frequent this patch of desert near Peoria. Then he points to two deep holes — abandoned mine shafts with no fences and no warning signs, just a few miles north …
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Top winter eco destinations - KIVI-TV

by admin on February 8, 2010

If your trip to visit the extended family didn’t qualify as a “vacation,” we’ve got the solution to the post-holiday-deflated-and-jaded feeling. Whether you’re escaping the 9 to 5 grind or the stifling snowstorms that keep you locked inside, these …
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PORTLAND — Giggles the Green Bean has a problem. He’s a happy little seed, planted in some good ground, but he sprouts into a world where the air stinks, the sky is gray and the trees are gasping. What the …? he says, or something like it, except …
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LISBON, Feb 1 — Making cork fly is easy, just pop a bottle of bubbly. But imagine a plane with wings largely made of pressed cork soaring through the skies. From aircraft in the sky to the microscopic depths of the cork oak genome, researchers in …
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Fredrick D. Joe / The Oregonian Lauren Davis, author of the children’s book ‘Giggles the Green Bean Turns Stinkytown in to Greentown’ is shown in the Pearl District of Portland. PORTLAND - Giggles the Green Bean has a problem. He’s a happy little …
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Top winter eco destinations - KRDO

by admin on February 8, 2010

If your trip to visit the extended family didn’t qualify as a “vacation,” we’ve got the solution to the post-holiday-deflated-and-jaded feeling. Whether you’re escaping the 9 to 5 grind or the stifling snowstorms that keep you locked inside, these …
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£34.99 of zero waste chocolate up for grabs
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Sunday Roundup

by admin on February 7, 2010

Any waste experts in the audience? we need your help!
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Lentils in the landfill?

by admin on February 6, 2010

Mrs Green recycles lentils
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I’ve just returned from an excellent talk on a zero waste future by Dr. Paul Connett
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