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350 Challange

March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Well I did it, today I joined Brighter Planet’s 350 Challenge.
After shattering their goal of 350 bloggers in under a month, they decided to keep the 350 Challenge open indefinitely. Now over 1,600 bloggers are participating. To join in, post the badge to your site, register on their website, and they’ll offset 350 pounds of […]

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Tags: carbon footprint · renewable energy source · sustainability · Environment

Today Pet Poop, Tomorrow Methane Gas

June 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

 
San Francisco and other Bay Area cities are looking at ways to reuse and recycle animal waste in an effort to stop sending trash to landfills by 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the city is the first to try and convert pet feces into methane to be used as fuel.  San Francisco has an […]

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Tags: dog feces · renewable energy source · methane gas · Biodgradable bags · animal waste · sustainability · landfill · cat feces · animals

Pots Made From Poop

June 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

 

A friend of mine came across this fun, ultra-green product that was featured on the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, CowPots™.   

CowPots™, “The Pots You Plant,” were invented by the Freund dairy farming family in northwestern Connecticut. They are made from manure solids and are of course, 100% biodegradable. This is a great example of farmers turning […]

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Tags: Living Green · CowPots · renewable energy source · plastic · farming · sustainability · plants · animals