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Environmentally friendly, environment-friendly, eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green are terms referring to goods and habitats, services, laws, guidelines and policies that inflict reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment

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Popular Resistance to Corporate Water Grabbing (Project Censored #4)

Popular Resistance to Corporate Water Grabbing (Project Censored #4)

In January 2000, the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia, shut down the city in protest against the privatization of their municipal water system, which had resulted in rate hikes that doubled or tripled their water bills. In February of that year, Pacific News Service correspondent Jim Shultz broke the story in the Western press with “A War Over Water,” his firsthand reports of clashes between riot police and protesters

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This Solar Road Will Provide Power For 5 Million People

Written by on February 2, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 25 Comments
This Solar Road Will Provide Power For 5 Million People

This seems like one of the best renewable energy idea to ever be implemented.

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New Analysis Shows Paris COP21 Agreement Will Unleash Over $16 TRILLION of Investments in THIS

Written by on January 28, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 0 Comments
New Analysis Shows Paris COP21 Agreement Will Unleash Over $16 TRILLION of Investments in THIS

Could it be true? Latest analysis shows that the agreement made at Paris COP21 will lead to almost unfathomable amounts of money being invested into one key environmental area. Here’s the story.

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There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish in the Ocean by 2050 (If We Don’t Change)

Written by on January 25, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment, Wildlife with 46 Comments
There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish in the Ocean by 2050 (If We Don’t Change)

The ocean is expected to contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight). This is because of plastic pollution.

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12 Amazing Products That Can Help Us Create a Brighter Future (from the Brightest Minds in Eco-Sustainability)

Written by on January 21, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 0 Comments
12 Amazing Products That Can Help Us Create a Brighter Future (from the Brightest Minds in Eco-Sustainability)

Want to see what the brightest minds are creating for a more eco-friendly future? Read this.

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Look at HowThis Guy Is Turning a Former GMO Farm Into a Visionary Eco-Town

Written by on January 14, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 0 Comments
Look at HowThis Guy Is Turning a Former GMO Farm Into a Visionary Eco-Town

Interested in new and exciting ways to live in harmony and sustainability? Check out the Valhalla Movement.

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10 Coolest Eco Products of 2015 (That You Haven’t Heard Of)

Written by on January 11, 2016 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 3 Comments
10 Coolest Eco Products of 2015 (That You Haven’t Heard Of)

They are many innovative products around that help consumers reduce their impact on our Mother Earth. Here is a list of the coolest eco products of 2015.

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What Was Big Environmentally: The 20 Most Popular Eco Hashtags of 2015

Written by on January 1, 2016 in Climate Change, Eco-Friendly, Environment with 0 Comments
What Was Big Environmentally: The 20 Most Popular Eco Hashtags of 2015

Many of us are clearly focusing more on Mother Earth. Here are the most used eco hashtags of the year.

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Hot Air Balloons Could Take the Solar Revolution to a Much Higher Level

Written by on December 29, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 37 Comments
Hot Air Balloons Could Take the Solar Revolution to a Much Higher Level

It sounds like such a simple solution: send hot air balloons up above the clouds to gather the renewable solar energy our world needs so badly. And it may actually work! That’s why consortiums in France and Tokyo are looking into it.

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High-Efficiency, Low-Cost Solar Cells Can Be Made from Recycled Car Batteries

Written by on December 25, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 2 Comments
High-Efficiency, Low-Cost Solar Cells Can Be Made from Recycled Car Batteries

Researchers at MIT have taken a step forward in the search for ways to create affordable, solar energy. They’ve found a way to use old car batteries to generate solar energy, making the new tech a nifty way to recycle as well.

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Did Woodland, North Carolina Really Ban Solar Farms Because They “Suck Up The Sun?”

Written by on December 24, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 5 Comments
Did Woodland, North Carolina Really Ban Solar Farms Because They “Suck Up The Sun?”

It’s easy to mock goofy and irrational fears about solar farms, but they are only an expression of deeper anxieties. Concerns also include: “Solar panels are now taking up the majority of the farm land, jobs are disappearing and it is becoming a ghost town because younger local residents have to move away to find employment.”

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Mark Ruffalo: The Renewable Energy Race Is On

Written by on December 22, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 5 Comments
Mark Ruffalo: The Renewable Energy Race Is On

The count down for clean renewable energy world wide has already started since the World leaders finally made commitments to clean, renewable energy. The agreement signals that the age of fossil fuels is coming to a close and the age of renewable energy is dawning.

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Elon Musk: We Can Power America by Covering Small Corner of Utah With Solar

Written by on December 21, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 131 Comments
Elon Musk: We Can Power America by Covering Small Corner of Utah With Solar

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has the 44-year-old CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, once again championed the incredible potential of renewable energy

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Brazil Shopping Mall Recycles Their Food Waste into Thriving Rooftop Garden for Employees

Written by on December 17, 2015 in Eco-Friendly, Environment with 53 Comments
Brazil Shopping Mall Recycles Their Food Waste into Thriving Rooftop Garden for Employees

A shopping mall in Sao Paulo is taking all of the organic waste generated from the mall’s food court and turning it into compost for growing vegetables and herbs on the rooftop. Almost 900 pounds of food waste is generated there every day, and it’s all being turned into new food on location.

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