{"id":3403,"date":"2010-09-28T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2011-11-25T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T21:00:02","slug":"get-your-green-weekly-serving-of-sustainable-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2010\/get-your-green-weekly-serving-of-sustainable-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Green: Serving You Sustainable News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eco Salon finds a mod, green home worth dreaming about<\/strong>: meet the itHouse.\u00a0[Eco Salon<\/a><\/strong>]\n

Dutch designers are having an eco-friendly moment<\/strong>: Architects, graphic designers, fashion designers and jewelers developed a collection of sustainable work <\/strong>for new exhibition reTHINK<\/a> at the Textiel Museum in the Netherlands. Passing through Tilburg? Send us pictures of the solar-powered textile robot.\u00a0[Eco Fashion World <\/a>via The Textiel Museum<\/a>]\n

Here’s looking at you, Greenpoint<\/strong>. Newton Creek, the backyard waterway separating Brooklyn and Queens, gets a Superfund nod from the EPA, which promises a “thorough environmental cleanup for the long-neglected” waterway.\u00a0[The New York Times<\/a>]\n

Get creative, activists:<\/strong> Grassroots initiatives around Atlantic Rising<\/a>, an educational organization focused on promoting shoreline erosion awareness, taped yellow “caution” tape around a Nantucket lighthouse.<\/strong> “The more of this, the better,” reports columnist Andrew Revkin.\u00a0[Dot Earth, The New York Times<\/a>]\n

Because all cool things start in a lab:<\/strong> Japanese scientist invents a\u00a0machine that converts plastic into oil.<\/strong> A magic box that recycles and restores a precious resource! We want one in our kitchen. Scratch that: We want four.\u00a0[You Tube<\/a> via\u00a0Eco Friendly Mag<\/a>]\n

While we’re on oil: Researchers say the\u00a0U.S. military needs to ween itself from the slick stuff by 2040<\/strong> if it wants to stay strong (read: eliminate weak spots, like a 77% operational dependency on petroleum).\u00a0[Tree Hugger<\/a> via the\u00a0Center For A New American Security<\/a>]\n

Today’s electric slide: A study released Monday by the Baker Institute claims that if 30% of Americans drove electric cars, U.S. oil use would drop by 2.5 million barrels a day <\/strong>and reduce oil imports by 20%.\u00a0[CNBC<\/a> via the Baker Institue For Public Policy<\/a>]\n

Speaking of green machines<\/strong>, the award for most concentrated electric car charging stations goes to \u2026. Elk Horn, Iowa! Surprised?\u00a0[Tree Hugger<\/a> via The Wall Street Journal<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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