efficiency

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EPA Has Money for ”Smart Growth” - Write a Letter of Interest – GreenTech News from PlanetShifter.com

ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE: Approximately $70,000 per recipient in contractor support
COMMUNITIES SELECTED THIS YEAR: 3 to 4

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Berkeley's Climate Scorecard: "Berkeley See-It." Interview with Timothy Burroughs, Climate Action Coordinator, Office of Energy & Sustainable Development - City of Berkeley, CA by Willi Paul

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Pacific Gas & Electric Sabotages Public Power! The Community Choice Aggregation Model from MarinEnergyAuthority.org by Willi Paul

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Trickle Down at the David Brower Center: Innovating the Green Economy Conference, 1/21/10. Berkeley, CA. Opinion by Willi Paul.

As I walked away in the wet morning from the first session of the Innovating the Green Economy Conference at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, there were more issues than solutions gurgling in my green pea brain. Consider:

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PowerShiftNY.com: And every generation that comes after us.

Hi Willi, Mahalo for your patience. Answers are pasted below. Power Shift NY logo is attached. Thanks for featuring our network!

I'm a undergrad at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY studying the science of natural and environmental systems and environmental economics. I'm active in two environmental groups on campus, KyotoNOW! and the Sustainability Hub.

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Catching Up with Lane College’s Roger Ebbage: Teaching Tomorrow’s Building Energy Managers!

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Is that Bioplastic in your Solid Waste Stream? Interview with Robert Dombrowski, Nanoview Associates LLC by Willi Paul

Image Source: Bio-Polym Blog

There are several main classes of Biodegradable plastics that are used in applications at this time. These classes of materials are:

• Biodegradable – breakdown by microbes / bacteria
  
• Compostable – these plastics can be placed in compost conditions to breakdown without interfering with the production of usable compost.

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FALL 2009 BAY LOCALIZE INTERNSHIPS NOW OPEN!

Note: See PlanetShifter.com interview with Aaron Lehmer, Director.

Bay Localize, a public benefit nonprofit working to build stronger communities through regional self-reliance, is currently seeking interns for two of our main programs.

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Organic bananas, compostable forks, face painting and BBQ parties! PlanetShifter.com Gets Local with Oakland Whole Foods Market Manager Earl Brizee.

Note: I enjoy the wireless, caffeine feed and groovy baristas (almost) every morning at my neighborhood Whole Foods Market on Bay Street, Oakland.

How does WF define localization?

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Tech Liminal
http://techliminal.com/
268 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
info@techliminal.com
(510) 832-3401

Vision

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Art For the Sky is about bringing 100's of people together in the creation of giant images of Earth's creatures that only make sense from the Sky. The endangered loggerhead sea turtle above was made with 800 students and teachers, Florida white sand, Georgia red clay, bark mulch and topsoil.

Participants learn the Six Teachings of Art For the Sky: Collaboration, Intention, Interconnection, Gratitude, Impermanence and Skysight . . . learning to see the world through the eyes of all beings and future generations.

Watch the Art For the Sky short movies!

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SpringWise
http://springwise.com/

Social Networking for Dogs
http://www.springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/dogtree/

Dogs can wear a SNIF Tag to help their owners make new friends; now pet owners can return the favour by using Dogtree, a social networking site designed especially for dogs.

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Crowdsourcing evolves the 12 principles
January 12, 2009
http://www.airoots.org/2009/01/crowdsourcing-evolves-the-12-principles/

This is a remix of the 12 principles for an architecture of participation posted on crowdsourcinglog.com 01.12.2009:

1. Need It: Define the project’s vision, based on what’s collectively needed in the neighborhood but not provided, via a collaboratively-written declaration, manifesto or constitution. Secondly, develop a program for how this will be executed. You can see some of this on the Elements restaurant home page.

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Hi Folks -

Thank you all for making the first two weeks of PlanetShifter.com a success. As many of you know, we are building the premiere issue of GreenCatcherUnion, your eMagazine, with many of your images and writings from the landing.

The goal from day one for this community is to create new ideas -- better ways of living on the planet. While the sustainability questionnaire and member galleries are a cool start, we need to use the tools on the site and share, debate and create!

So jumping into the forums. START a forum topic in the Lounge: