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• Living Green Expo in Saint Paul May 3-4 Do It Green!

  The Living Green Expo is a free, annual event that provides information and products to help Minnesotans and their neighbors improve the environmental and social impacts of their day-to-day living. The Expo features over 200 exhibitors of products, services... Posted Apr 16 2008, 08:50 AM by liz with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: carbon, USGBC, emissions, ipcc, forestry, climate, urban forest, urban garden, sustainable, reforest, green business, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, green chemistry, permaculture, threatened species, climate change, sustainable house, green building, Live Green Live Smart, Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, green merchandise, live green living, green lifestyle, green gifts, water quality, water and fuel, groundwater, ethanol, green baby, grandparent, reuse, recycle, organic dairy fair trade, green dairy, climate proofing, water, building green, green living, green event

• Save Money, Save Energy, Save the Planet

  NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS Week of March 28, 2008 Could a new effort to fight global warming save money and create jobs at the same time? NOW looks at a city-wide plan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to make all its buildings more energy efficient. Up to... Posted Apr 11 2008, 09:57 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, building, emissions, global warming, climate, sustainable, green business, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, permaculture, threatened species, climate change, sustainable house, green building, live green living, Minnesota E85, green baby, reuse, recycle, building green

• Ethanol and Water May Not Mix

  A Minnesota community may be just the first place to present one of ethanol's inconvenient truths: In Granite Falls, an ethanol plant in its first year of operations depleted the groundwater so much that it had to begin pumping water from the Minnesota... Posted Jan 28 2008, 01:23 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, USGBC, global warming, climate, Alaska, sustainable, Casey Trees, green business, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, green chemistry, climate change, Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, Minnesota E85, water quality, water and fuel, groundwater, ethanol, green fuel, sea levels, water, air quality

• First Platinum LEED Remodeled House in America

  Live Green, Live Smart announced today that the US Green Building Council has awarded their project home, The Sustainable House, the highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating for a residential remodel. The Sustainable House,... Posted Jan 03 2008, 06:13 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, USGBC, emissions, global warming, forests, lumber, urban garden, sustainable, green business, recycling, alternative energy, solar, ecological design, sustainability, permaculture, climate change, sustainable house, LEED, green building

• Polar Bear's Homeland Opened for Oil Drilling

  The U.S. Minerals Management Service announced this week that it will sell oil and gas exploration rights to the sensitive Alaskan Chukchi Sea as early as February 6th - despite the pending decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about potential... Posted Jan 03 2008, 05:55 PM by liz with | with no comments Filed under: carbon, bush, global warming, ipcc, climate, Alaska, sustainable, biomimicry, threatened species, polar bear, bush administration, endangered species, climate change