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This week is Carnival of the Green # 149 and it's being hosted by Thought on Global Warming, a blog about global warming, alternative energy and green tech news and analysis, with special green reports. So head on over to this week's Carnival to find a round up of green news and events from the past week, submitted by other bloggers and green sites. To learn more about Carnival of the Green, where it will be and how to host, please

Wattbot is a new website that makes clean energy and energy efficiency accessable to consumers in order to help quicken the pace at which we adopt better technologies. It’ll take a whole lot of people getting a whole lot more educated about what’s happening with climate crisis, what is happening with clean tech, and what role we each play in the mix before we can get cracking on serious improvements world wide. So, Wattbot connects consumers to the folks behind solar installations, home retrofitting, residential wind power and the like. It’s a bit like the

The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled alongside over 40 artists, scientists and rock stars. TreeHugger does surely not lack in its coverage of whaling. The proof is in our ocean-sized

Photo of live eel via Chris Brenschmidt, diagram via Yale News Looks like electric eels are moving beyond just powering Christmas trees. Sure, the may seem like old news since we’ve seen it happen in cartoons. The field of biomimicry is getting a real kick in the pants now that we’re recognizing just how many solutions the nature around us holds, and scientists at Yal...

Life Cycle Stages According to the RONA Website. Source: Market Watch. The Canuck version of Home Depot, RONA , has announced its new eco-responsible signage in all of their stores. The new signs will be placed on products that were selected using the life cycle approach approach adopted by the largest distributor of home renovation and garden supplies. ...

The variety of solar powered gadget chargers is growing, but what about gadgets that use the sun to power up without the need of a separate charger? We know Apple is interested in providing this capability, and even Sharp is trying to go long with some big solar devices but in the mean time, Shiro Corporation is delivering. The Shiro SQ-S solar powered portable media player is a gadget you want to...

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India for more trade centres with Myanmar
Economic Times, India - 1 hour ago
NEW DELHI: India will suggest opening of two more trade centres in Nagaland and Mizoram with Myanmar during trade and investment talks beginning Oct 15, ...
India for expanding border trade with Myanmar Hindu
India wants more border trade posts with Myanmar Thaindian.com
Jairam Ramesh to lead Official Delegation for Trade and Invstment ... Press Information Bureau (press release)
Assam Tribune - Hindu
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Photo credit: Readymade The October/November 2008 issue of Readymade has seven creative projects for the DIY'er who loves critters. And you don't have to rush out to your nearest newstand to get the 411 on these projects—the magazine has helpfully published detailed instructions on its Web site. Does Captain Fluffypants need a kitty condo, a critter carrier, a repurposed-luggage bed, catnip-laced toys, a quilted dog jacket, a litter box hideaway, or a pair of mod-looking

Photo credit: Chapter One Organics An assortment of fun and funky baby and toddler clothing and accessories abounds at Chapter One Organics, a line that champions 100 percent organic cotton fabrics, low-impact dyes, and socially responsible manufacturing here in the United States. Chapter One Organics works with a manufacturer that has training programs in place to help women who have "significant barriers to employment." Its current teaching site: A women's minimum security prison in the Midwest, where individuals can pick up new ...

The days of the week have taken on entirely new meanings at our Go Green Initiative School of the Week, Westmount Elementary School in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. Plain old Tuesdays became Trash-Free Tuesdays and mundane Wednesdays are dubbed Walk or Wheel Wednesdays. Students are encouraged to rinse and recycle milk cartons with the creative Squish and Swish campaign. ...

Food activists and local farm groups are stepping up protests against sky-rocketing food prices, as more and more people are facing shortages, not only in "developing" or what used to be called "Third World" countries. Here in Tokyo, NGOs including Consumers Union of Japan will organise a forum, Another World Food Day, to discuss a wide range of current food problems and solutions. In the United States, World Hunger Year (WHY) holds an event at Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York City, in partnership with Food First, National Family Farm Coalition, Grassroots...

photo/Gen Art L.A. Fashion Week opened with a sustainable bang on Thursday, October 9th as Gen Art presented Fashionably Natural, an exclusive runway show featuring the city’s largest collection of eco-friendly designers showing their Spring 2009 collections. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal hosted the show, which took place at a transformed Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA. What do these designers have in common—besides a commitment to sustainable fabrics and fabrication? A shared fascination with miniskirts so short they flirt with indecency. Read on for more of Spring’s eco-f...

Myanmar: Children of the cyclone
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 4 hours ago
Fortunately, Htoo has been surrounded by committed and caring volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society, who run the centre with support from UNICEF. ...
Disabled Myanmarese await post-cyclone aid Daily Times
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Myanmar: Children of the cyclone
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 3 hours ago
Fortunately, Htoo has been surrounded by committed and caring volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society, who run the centre with support from UNICEF. ...
Disabled Myanmarese await post-cyclone aid Daily Times
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Myanmar: Children of the cyclone
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 2 hours ago
Fortunately, Htoo has been surrounded by committed and caring volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society, who run the centre with support from UNICEF. ...
Disabled Myanmarese await post-cyclone aid Daily Times
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Myanmar: Children of the cyclone
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 1 hour ago
Fortunately, Htoo has been surrounded by committed and caring volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society, who run the centre with support from UNICEF. ...
Disabled Myanmarese await post-cyclone aid Daily Times
all 4 news articles

Photo Mark Stosberg @ flickr. The Dutch are the original designers of the "bakfiets" cargo bikes - though the Danish have a long legacy of their own with the "Long John" variety of cargo bikes. When you cruise the streets of either Copenhagen or Amsterdam you'll see lots of imaginative examples of everything from babies to plants to bags of flour carried around. Cargo bike is made in the U.S.A. Now a Portland, Oregon (of course!) bike shop called Metrofiets has s...

The Independent on Sunday has come out with its list of the top 100 environmentalists in the UK. It is a quirky list--many of the names are little known to people in Britain, let alone the rest of the world. They have been chosen for the impact they have made, many on local issues, rather than for their great fame. The top environmentalists is John Stewart, a man who has been working quietly for years on transportation issues and now spearheads the campaign against airport runway expansion at Heathrow Airport, outside London. More on him tomorrow. Second is Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientist at Defra (Department for Envir...

As the inexorable juggernaut of Dubai’s construction boom wears on amid a turbulent economic era, the city recently unveiled an incredible new development that is intended to cement its status as “a global city of the future”. Developed by Meraas, Jumeira Gardens is a master-planned megopolis that will feature no fewer than three soaring superstructures designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill: 1 Dubai, Park Gate, and 1 Park Avenue. Although the super-massive project will consume approximately $95 billion, it’s encouraging to see that the entire community has been designed with sustainability in mind.

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