Category: The News
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KEEN Bryce Hiking Shoe
Published by Women’s Movement | Novemeber 20, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Planning isn’t a natural penchant of mine. I tend to let each day take me where it will. This allows for impromptu adventures but drives structured friends crazy and is very hard on my wardrobe. Hence, I love…
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Eating Bugs, Skateboard Sunnies, and Ocean Seeding
Women’s Movement | November 15, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Bugging Out: Lightning or lady—who didn’t have a favorite childhood bug? Whether you’ve got an affinity for creepy crawlers or not, you’ll enjoy a recent blog post on NPR that celebrates the range of clever katydids that actually mimic fall foliage. Taking…
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Going Nuts, the Carbon Footprint Antidote, and Wolf Hunting
Women’s Movement | October 17, 2012 By L. Clark Tate Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut. Accessories may make the outfit but what makes the accessories? Often the answer is just plain old plastic—hardly inspiring. Luckily, the comeback of a remarkable little palm nut is offering up an ancient, eco-friendly material…
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The Clean Plate Club, Green School Supplies, and Frack
Women’s Movement | 2012 By L. Clark Tate WM’s fav green hits from the web this week: Are you cleaning your plate? Americans throw away up to a whopping 40 percent of the food they purchase, according to a Stockholm International Water Institute report, highlighted recently in National Geographic’s NewsWatch. Other countries…
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Urban Green Walls, Coming Clean, and Where the Sea Also Rises
Women’s Moment | 2012 By L. Clark Tate WM’s top eco hits from recent ramblings on the WWW: Greener Walls = Cleaner Air. The Old World charm of ivy-covered chateau walls is granting a breath of fresh air in modern-day metropolises. As reported by the BBC News, a recent Environmental Science and…
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The Moss Table, Rio Earth Summit, and Solar Ladies
Women’s Movement | 2012 By L. Clark Tate The Green Light. One of the more exciting green ideas to crop up lately, as described by Inhabit, is biophotovoltaics. That’s right, biophotovoltaics: the practice of capturing energy created by the photosynthesis of plants, primarily algae and moss. The practice isn’t efficient enough just…
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Cargotecture, Radioactive Tuna, and Power-Producing Tiles
Women’s Movement | 2012 By L. Clark Tate Cargotecture. Shipping containers transformed into commercial and residential spaces? Why not. An NPRarticle recently focused on this new, earth-friendly building trend, coined “cargotecture.” Sturdy, portable, and flexible, behemoth cargo containers are also more than plentiful—an excess of about 20 million are delivered to…
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