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Welcome to Eco. This section is dedicated to our many environments around the globe. Ever changing contributions, reverence and demands. Observing and managing our "home."



Pedal power takes off as exercise produces electricity E-Mail

Article Source - USA Today

Pedal power is gaining traction as thousands of bikes and elliptical machines are retrofitted to produce electricity. Gyms are using sweat equity to help power their facilities. A Brooklyn eatery uses it to make smoothies. Female inmates at a Phoenix jail pedal to power their TV to watch soap operas. Actor Ed Begley Jr. bikesrides a bike to run his toaster.

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"Play For Life" Raises Funds To Protect Species and Habitats In Africa E-Mail

Article Source: UNEP.org

Nairobi, Kenya / Herzogenaurach, Germany- (July 16, 2010) - PUMA® and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced, Friday, three major conservation projects in Africa as beneficiaries of the 'Play For Life' Campaign, a World Cup inspired partnership to support the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

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12 Big Ideas - To Save the Planet E-Mail

Article Source: Blueridge Outdoors.com

Solutions that could actually save the planet

BRO asked Pulitzer-Prize-winning authors, CEOs, and leading environmental experts: what is the single most important change needed to protect the planet and its people? Here are their 12 insightful, innovative, and inspiring responses.

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Couple lives nearly trash-free for a year E-Mail

Article Source: USA Today

Could you live trash-free? A young couple spent the past year figuring out whether that's possible. Their answer: absolutely.

Amy and Adam Korst, who began a one-year experiment to live trash free on July 6, 2009, have only a few unrecycled scraps in a box one month into their Green Garbage Project.
"It was actually a lot easier than we expected...

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Why Obama is putting so much stock in battery technology? E-Mail

Article Source: CS Monitor

President Obama on Thursday made his fourth visit to a battery manufacturer since taking office. He's pouring money and political attention into an industry that's playing catch-up – but that is vital to the future health of the domestic auto industry.

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