ZOKU: THE HOME FOR NOMADS

May 28, 2015 by

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture With the advent of high speed information technology, facilitating...

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U.S.Women Mobilizing for Clima...

May 28, 2015 by

[Translate]               Dear Women Best greetings! As many of you know, we are now launching WECAN’s On-line Education...

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How Advocacy Groups Protect Vu...

May 28, 2015 by

How Advocacy Groups Protect Vulnerable Consumers

[Translate]     by Casey Coates Danson A wide array of consumer protection laws have been implemented in order to keep...

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Here’s What 2015’s Strong El N...

May 28, 2015 by

Here’s What 2015’s Strong El Niño Means For This Year’s Hurricane Season

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling  CLIMATE PROGRESS A below-average hurricane season is expected for 2015. CREDIT: Shutterstock Despite...

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THE LEFT MATTERS – NOW M...

May 28, 2015 by

THE LEFT MATTERS – NOW MORE THAN EVER!

[Translate] Democracy & Government   by Richard Eskow  BILL MOYERS & CO. This post first appeared at Campaign for...

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THE GOP AND ALEC’S WAR O...

May 28, 2015 by

THE GOP AND ALEC’S WAR ON CITIES

[Translate] Democracy & Government   by Theo Anderson  IN THESE TIMES   Few ideas are more powerful in US politics than...

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Bill Moyers: The Challenge of ...

May 28, 2015 by

Bill Moyers: The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy

[Translate] by Bill Moyers   The following remarks were made by Bill Moyers at the presentation of the Helen Bernstein Book Awards...

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WHICH HARDWARE STORE IS THE GR...

May 28, 2015 by

WHICH HARDWARE STORE IS THE GREENEST?

[Translate] Tim Green By Ask Umbra   GRIST Q. As a new homeowner, there are many home improvement items I have needed to purchase...

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Are Residential Demand Charges...

May 28, 2015 by

Are Residential Demand Charges The Next Big Thing in Electricity Rate Design?

[Translate]   Matt Lehrman  ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE Sr. Associate Demand charges for commercial and industrial customers have...

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Does America’s Transportation ...

May 28, 2015 by

Does America’s Transportation Future Really Need More and Bigger Roads?

[Translate]   Lynn Daniels  ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE Sr. Associate Rethinking the Highway Trust Fund. One of the bigger debates...

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Reaching the Point of Revulsio...

May 28, 2015 by

[Translate] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF So what are we to make of the revelations of the Clintons’ finances, the $500,000 speeches, the...

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How fossil fuel burning nearly...

May 27, 2015 by

How fossil fuel burning nearly wiped out life on Earth – 250m years ago George Monbiot

[Translate]  George Monbiot   THE GUARDIAN New evidence shows that catastrophic climate change probably destroyed 96% of species at...

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Republicans’ ‘plan...

May 27, 2015 by

Republicans’ ‘plans’ for Isis would drag us into Iraq for another ground war

[Translate] Republicans THE GUARDIAN The GOP candidates use innuendo and coded language to push the need for ground troops into...

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5 ways to tackle the mess that...

May 27, 2015 by

5 ways to tackle the mess that bees are in

[Translate] Jack Wolf Hive five By Nathanael Johnson GRIST The news about bees’ woes has been circulating for so long that you may...

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2 cool maps that show how wind...

May 27, 2015 by

2 cool maps that show how wind power is poised to go big — really big

[Translate] Shutterstock By Bobby Magill Climate Central  VIA GRIST Wind turbines have only a tenuous link to most Americans’ daily...

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Plug n Play is a modular class...

May 27, 2015 by

Plug n Play is a modular classroom that can be modified to suit local conditions

[Translate] INHABITAT by chaukorstudio, Chakour Studios is aiming to provide creative and comfortable spaces for children where they...

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Portable, low-energy shipping ...

May 27, 2015 by

Portable, low-energy shipping container office pops up in Copehagen

[Translate] INHABITAT     <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>   Although the shipping containers have...

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Responsive bioclimatic skin wr...

May 27, 2015 by

Responsive bioclimatic skin wraps around LEED Gold ICTA-ICP building in Barcelona

[Translate]  INHABITAT     <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>   The bioclimatic skin, a system of...

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The Secret Group That Wants to...

May 27, 2015 by

The Secret Group That Wants to Take Over Your School

[Translate] Education Their work behind the scenes is every bit as dangerous for the future of education as ALEC’s. By Sarah...

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Shock: Congress Plots to Pay f...

May 27, 2015 by

Shock: Congress Plots to Pay for Reviled TPP Deal by Raiding Medicare

[Translate] News & Politics It’s a move that will result in deaths. By Gaius Publius / AlterNet It just doesn’t get...

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Sexists Are Scared of Mad Max ...

May 27, 2015 by

Sexists Are Scared of Mad Max Because It’s a Call to Dismantle Patriarchies

[Translate] Gender The film shows the horror of sexism and is full of small and not-so-small feminist moments. That’s what makes the...

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WATCH: Elizabeth Warren Gives ...

May 27, 2015 by

WATCH: Elizabeth Warren Gives Amazing Two-Minute Explanation of How Government Has Been Taken Over by the Rich

[Translate] News & Politics “They represent the rich and the powerful who don’t want their taxes raised, who...

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Mexico’s Pemex Plagued b...

May 27, 2015 by

Mexico’s Pemex Plagued by Deadly Offshore Explosions and Major Pipeline Spills

[Translate] In just over a month, the state-owned oil company was at the center of three tragic incidents, two fatal. By Ben Jervey /...

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To critics of the academic boy...

May 27, 2015 by

To critics of the academic boycott of Israel: What about “academic freedom” for the children of Gaza?

[Translate]   Given what we now know, it’s harder to ignore the destruction of Palestinian schools and other...

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The media’s sickening Sanders ...

May 27, 2015 by

[Translate] Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign reveals how skewed our attitudes toward wealth and taxation have become VIDEO Simon...

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The U.S. Could Get a Third of ...

May 27, 2015 by

The U.S. Could Get a Third of Its Electricity From Wind Power—and Save Billions of Gallons of Water

[Translate] A new report details the health and environmental benefits of ramping up wind energy. Wind towers on the Maple Ridge Wind...

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If You’ve Wondered Why So Many...

May 27, 2015 by

If You’ve Wondered Why So Many Politicians Deny Climate Change, Science Has Your Answer

[Translate] by Emily Atkin CLIMATE PROGRESS Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., one of the Senate’s most high-profile deniers of climate...

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Dirty Money

May 26, 2015 by

Dirty Money

[Translate] Metropolis Magazine / May 2015 / Dirty Money An artist’s response to a design icon from the Gilded Age is also a...

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Sweden’s Remarkable Lack...

May 26, 2015 by

Sweden’s Remarkable Lack of Garbage and 22 Other Astounding Facts About Our World Today

[Translate] By Miles Schneiderman / Yes! Magazine   VIA ALTERNET Photo Credit: Samantha Marx/Flickr Number of bike trips in the...

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Stop Calling the TPP a Trade A...

May 26, 2015 by

[Translate] Dave Johnson   CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE This is a message to activists trying to fight the Trans-Pacific...

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