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Shrinking the Surfboard Carbon Footprint by Turning it into Art

Turning broken boards into beautiful sculptures: legendary long boarder Herbie Fletcher recycles surfing's detritus.

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What's the Carbon Footprint of Your Phone?

Visit a conference on carbon footprinting, and you’ll feel more like you’ve walked into a room of accountants than tree-hugging sustainability...

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Food Waste Entrepreneurs: Turning Trash Into Cash

These food entrepreneurs are turning waste into opportunity.

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Why Carbon Footprints Matter: What I Learned from my Hyper-Detailed Calculations

Saul Griffith calculated his carbon footprint in precise detail, from every product he bought to the carbon impact of his tax dollars.

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Salvaging By Design: Upcycling Fashion Industry Scraps

Clothing and apparel maker Looptworks has a unique business goal: never create anything new.

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The Hidden Cost of Burgers: Your Quarter Pounder Needs 450 Gallons of Water

Americans eat an average of 3 burgers a week. If we eliminated meat just one day a week, it would be like taking 7.6 million cars off the road.

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Papering Over the Truth: Print Lobby Says Online Billing Not So Green

If 95% of customers print out their online bills, then paper billing could be the greener option. Who does that though?

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Our Reign as Biggest Air Conditioning Hog Will Soon End

Fifty million air conditioning units were sold in China in 2010 alone and these days 40 percent of all energy consumption in Mumbai is from AC.

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Why Eating Some Meat May Be Better for the Environment Than Going Vegetarian

Eating less meat opens up conversations about food choices with meat-eaters, while vegetarianism often shuts them down.

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New Software Could Help Engineers Create Greener Products

For companies like Walmart, going green means making products that use fewer resources. Software companies are helping them get there.

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Hold the Lamb, Eat More Lentils: New Guide Ranks Proteins by Carbon Footprint

Navigating meat choices is a bit easier with this new guide.

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The Potential Upside of the Netflix Price Hike

In the long term, streaming rather than shipping videos could help us all be that much more green.

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Your Carbon Footprint Isn't Small Just Because You Take the Subway

Think living in a city is better for the environment than country living? Think again.

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Sponsored Post: How Two Major Online Stores are Made Shipping Greener

Two of the biggest retailers online, Amazon and eBay, are using different strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of their shipping process.

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The Environmental Benefits of Test-Tube Meat

A new study compares the benefits of lab-grown meat to the real stuff.