The world’s first carbon-neutral city

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has just officially unveiled its plans to build theworld’s first carbon-neutral city. Situated on Abu Dhabi’s desert outskirts, “Masdar City” is designed from the ground up to be the first completely environmentally sustainable city and a hub for renewable energy research. The UAE’s rulers hope Masdar will eventually house at least [...]

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One trash bin + one year = one clear conscience

In the final days of their Clean Bin Project – a one-year, buy-nothing, waste-nothing challenge – three roommates reflect on what they’ve learned.

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Freecycle Network

 
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,753 groups with 6,770,000 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local [...]

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