Sustainable Living

UH System Current News
Sustainable living gets a boost from Kauai
UH System Current News
Kaua?i Community College has launched Ho?ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua?i to partner with the community in creating a culturally, economically, environmentally and socially sustainable Garden Island. “This is an exciting moment for ...

AboutMyArea
CPRE Living Countryside Awards 2012 - Call for Entries
AboutMyArea
The three categories for entries are Landscape Improvement, Historic and New Buildings and Sustainable Living. This year we are keen to see examples of new housing developments that are imaginatively designed and have limited environmental impact on ...

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Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
A new Native American village based on tradition helps a Tribe reclaim its ...
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
Built by the Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority explicitly as an alternative to sprawl-type housing, Tsigo Bugeh Village is a $5.3 million residential community that reflects traditional pueblo living with attached units divided around two plazas, ...

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Greener Ideal
Green is the New Black: Recycled Furniture and Sustainable Living
Greener Ideal
by Polina G • February 8, 2012 • Home & Garden • 1 Comment As society's focus turns toward individual responsibility for the environment more and more people are looking to recycled furniture as a stylish way to furnish their homes.

You should get to know: Sue Bechtel
DesMoinesRegister.com
Business description: I provide buyers and sellers with information, resources and innovative marketing techniques because of my career path/training being green and sustainable real estate. Sustainability is the future of building and remodeling.

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Council highlights sustainable living at expo
Trade Arabia
Emirates Green Building Council (Emirates GBC) highlighted the importance of promoting energy-efficient and sustainable-built environments at the Middle East Electricity which opened yesterday at the Dubai International Convention Centre.

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Letter: Sustainability is what makes Watertown great
Wicked Local
By Anonymous I was struck by Jane Brody's article (NY Times 1/31/12) which highlighted the health effects of creating living areas where people of all ages and means can get around safely on foot, easily buy groceries of good quality, have access to ...

Macworld UK
O2 withholds phone chargers in new sustainability push
Macworld UK
“With in excess of 22 million customers, we are uniquely positioned to use the scale of our business and our understanding of technology, to make sustainable living a reality.” O2's blueprint has been compiled with help from independent non-profit ...
O2 launches three-year plan to cut CO2 by 4 million tonnesBusinessandleadership.com

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Maui Now
Kauai Energy Coordinator To Speak on Sustainability
Maui Now
By Sonia Isotov Ben Sullivan, the Kauai County Energy Coordinator, will speak on February 16 at a special presentation luncheon sponsored by the County of Maui and the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui. The public is invited to hear Sullivan speak ...

Sustainability beyond the environment
Eagle News
It depends on who you ask because sustainability means different things to different people. To Michael Sanchez, a junior majoring in management, sustainability is "living our lives using the least amount of resources as possible.

TEXT: DC Mayor Vincent Gray's 2012 State Of The District Address
Huffington Post
WE ARE THE #1 RETAIL MARKET IN THE COUNTRY, THE #1 PLACE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO MOVE, #1 IN FOREIGN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT, #1 FOR THE NUMBER OF FAST-GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES, #1 IN METRO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND #1 FOR QUALITY OF LIVING IN THE ...

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New Group Promotes Energy Efficiency in Sharon
Patch.com
By Michael Gelbwasser Sustainable Sharon Coalition member Silas Fyler and Next Step Living Director of Community Programs Gabe Shapiro speak during a coalition forum at the Sharon Public Library on Monday night. Some Sharon homes will get free energy ...

Reducing Regulatory Obstacles to Retirement Income Security
Forbes
With nearly 80 million baby boomers starting their march into retirement, many policy-makers have begun to focus on how to provide secure retirement income in a fiscally sustainable way. This is no small challenge in an era of enormous deficits.

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Hertz Launches Global Sustainability Strategy
Sacramento Bee
7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), the world's largest general use car rental brand, introduced "Living Journey" today, the Company's corporate sustainability strategy. Living Journey positions Hertz to be the leader in ...

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What Bid Do I Hear for the Life of That Thar Whale?
Huffington Post (blog)
Because it's hard to know what they're killing, it is hard to tell whether the killing is sustainable; 2) The scale of whales' lives are so big that killing them is just too much an affront to life compared to, say, killing a fly.

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RIC News and Events
Rhode Island College to launch Sustainable Communities Initiative
RIC News and Events
Agyeman is co-originator of the concept of “just sustainabilities,” the integration of social/spatial justice and sustainability, defined as "the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, ...

The Atlantic
Is the UN Using Bike Paths to Achieve World Domination?
The Atlantic
Some of those perceptions no doubt have been formed by Glenn Beck, the former Fox News star, who said last June that "sustainable development is just a really nice way of saying centralized control over all human life on earth.

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Uniiverse launches world's platform for collaborative living
MarketWatch (press release)
Uniiverse enables anyone to become an entrepreneur, meet like-minded people, share their passions - and live a smarter, happier, more sustainable lifestyle. Watch the concept video: http://uv.rs/AfCSNG Users are encouraged to rate and review each ...

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Sustainability Grows in Santa Monica
The Lookout News
The city's Sustainable Works office is offering two workshops this week alone as part of its continuing series of Green Living Workshops. And the Farmers Market is offering a panel for easy urban gardening in its Library Panel Series 2012.

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Local 'preppers' ready to face Armageddon
KSAT San Antonio
Of course there is the possibility nothing will happen and life as we know it will keep chugging along. Whatever you may believe there are some people who are quietly preparing for the worst case scenario, just in case. "In the end, you're the one ...

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