
Earth Day New York By reusing plastic and remaking it into a raw material, Khan is solving two of India’s biggest problems: deteriorating roads and overflowing landfills. Plus, the material is much cheaper than new plastic, so using the waste keeps costs low. Swaathi Kar
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One man plans to solve India’s two biggest problems, battered roads and overflowing landfills, with recycled plastic.

Earth Day New York wonders who their 1,500th fan will be...

Earth Day New York Lee’s lamppost features a trash can at its base. Pedestrians toss their old food products inside, where they are composted. Methane from the compost is used to power the lamp, and the entire process begins again.
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Earth Day New York According to Edinburgh University scientists, the new strain of bacteria can be sprayed onto local affected areas or air dropped over entire fields of mines. Within a few hours the bacteria strain begins to glow green wherever traces of explosive chemicals are present.
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Earth Day New York 40 Sustainable chefs under 40 - très sexy!
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Oxford University professor invents inexpensive glasses that can be adjusted to any prescription.

Earth Day New York Millions of people across the world need assistance in order to see clearly, but there has never been a way to provide affordable eyeglasses to the poor — until now. A British scientist has developed inexpensive glasses that can be easily adjusted by the wearer to their own prescription.
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Oxford University professor invents inexpensive glasses that can be adjusted to any prescription.

Earth Day New York A recent report found that commercially grown roses contained 1,000 times the amount of cancer-causing pesticides when compared with food products...

Anandi Premlall  Have you become a fan of Earth Day New York as yet? We have a lot planned for Earth Day 40 and would love to collaborate! What are you doing?

Earth Day New York California is setting new standard for energy consumption from televisions. They are scaling back by 33 percent less consumption by new 2011 models.
Source: www.reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California regulators on Wednesday gave final approval to the nation's first mandatory energy curbs on television sets, a growing but often-overlooked power drain that accounts

Earth Day New York GOOD Magazine has done a *Great* job creating an illustrated guide to the Copenhagen Climate conference -- everything from the key players to the major issues to a brilliant piece by 350 Messenger Alex Steffen about how COP15 represents the first major battle in a war for the future. Definitely worth diving in!
Source: www.good.is
The Most Important Meeting in History In 1997, delegates from all over the world met in Japan to create a worldwide framework for reducing carbon emissions.

Earth Day New York customize your own video and crush global warming...

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We set up a fan page for The Green Agenda for Jackson Heights late last night. Please become a fan, even if you don't live in JH because we believe this kind of project can be done in neighborhoods across NYC and beyond. Please click on link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/ The-Green-Agenda-for-Jackson-Heights/177 183636301?ref=nf

Earth Day New York For some children, whatever they think of school food, there aren’t many alternatives. In low-income neighborhoods, many students get free or reduced-price lunches at school, which become a primary source of nutrition for the day. At this school, 93 percent of the student body lives at or below the poverty level and can be eligible for free or reduced-priced meals.
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Nancy Easton, co-founder of Wellness in the Schools, works with the Department of Education to get healthier food into school cafeterias. (Photo by Sarah Butrymowicz)

Earth Day New York The city is required to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to reduce or eliminate untreated overflows of sanitary sewage and storm water from its combined sewer system; and bypasses around secondary treatment at the wastewater treatment plant
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Earth Day New York Check out Peugeot’s new electric car, the BB1, which is branded as a half scooter and half car.
Source: www.ubergizmo.com
Looking to go green with your vehicle? Well, check out Peugeot’s new electric car, the BB1, which is branded as a half scooter and half car. It’ll fit four folks if you need it to. Perhaps we’ll all be...
























