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Redwood City Recycled Water Project: Ground Breaking Water Savings - from PlanetShifter.com GreenNews

Project Takes Advantage of State and Federal Grants

The Recycled Water Project has been successful in taking advantage of state and federal grants to supplement city funds. Approximately $5 million in grants have been obtained for the project.

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Paying More for Less at Peet's Coffee? Green'em Up Folks!

Last week I was doing my sustainability thing with Louis the Manager at the Peet's on Burlingame Ave. in Burlingame, CA, my home town coffee pipe.

Wondering out loud as to why my small coffee to go costs the same even when I ask for "room for cream" and "no sleeve."

"Hey Luis, I called out, why not give a little savings back to the customer? You can have the cardboard and coffee drip for another sale."

Sustainability vs Profits?

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Sharkman and the Ocean of Hope Foundation: Interview with Chief Adventure Officer Ridlon Kiphart by Willi Paul

The Ocean of Hope Foundation is the first massive scale, grass roots organization that works directly with volunteer teams to effect ocean conservation through education. Our actions create results both today and far in the future.

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Quick Chat Interview with Tim Grant, Co-editor, Green Teacher Magazine by Willi Paul.

What green songs, symbols and stories are you using creating / promoting these days at Green Teacher?

None actually. Our focus is to share the most innovative ideas for educating young people, inside and outside schools, about the natural world and environmental issues. Those ideas come to us from adults around the world, who work at nature centers, in schools and parks, etc.

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Burnham Park: Fighting Corruption and Preserving Public Land in the City of Baguio, Philippines. Interview with writer/activist Lisa Araneta - by Willi Paul.

LA: “As far as I am concerned, no such proposal should be considered by any member of the government or any citizen of the city. Parks are beyond the commerce of man. To think that any inch of it be compromised would be to strip the future generations of a chance to enjoy the great outdoors, which is the one thing that the city can claim to but which the residents do not seem to be able to fight for.

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Timber-tracking to Furniture Making: The Sustainable Heart in GreenWoodGlobal.org. Interview with President Scott Landis, by Willi Paul.

The GreenWood Mission:

• Teaches men and women of all ages to become skilled artisans and producers of high-value woodwork.
  
• Helps those artisans sell their products in local, regional and export markets.

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Weed Wacking on Steriods: Hydromechanical Obliteration (H_M_O). Interview with CameronColson.com by Willi Paul

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Show us the money, Obama! Tom Kelly from Berkeley’s KyotoUSA / HELiOS Project “sees yellow in Copenhagen, COP15!”

Communiqué Tom Kelly from Berkeley’s KyotoUSA / HELiOS Project

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GreenWishing in SF: Greenzu.com Cooks up an Eco-Biz Caldron! by Willi Paul

The greenzu ad in jobs.jsninja.com ends with this note: “the current Greenzu is not reflective of the front-end project we need help with. In other words, you will not be working with Joomla or any other CMS.”

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Rendering the Bohemian Paradise Geopark - Geo-tourism Development Center, Czech Republic. Interview with Jiri Vlasak, Project Manager -- by Willi Paul

See YouTube Video: Nice Holidays in Bohemian Paradise 2009

1. What is your title? And the name of the project that you are working on?

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The EnergyWire Building and Community Transfer Station: Defining Zero Waste in the Green Building Age, version 1.0.
by Willi Paul, Executive Producer, PlanetShifter.com

Components:

Sustainable Values and Best Practices – A declaration of ecological support for the entire cradle to cradle system and specifics for hitting agreed upon quarterly goals. Tied to LEED.

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Interview with Mary Jo Rhodes and Susan Newman from Frogs Are Green by Willi Paul

What do frogs symbolize? Now and in ancient times?

In many cultures, frogs are a symbol of good luck. They seem to appear magically after rain, and are connected with fertility and life. Their metamorphosis from tadpole to frog must have also seemed magical. In many cultures, frogs are also associated with transformation and resurrection.

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This SFIA EcoDesign Studio Project is by Trey Farmer and Michael Laham. Please ask the authors for their Project PDF.

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Describe your innovation tools and process for us.

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PlanetShifter.com spoke with Trey as he hustles up votes for his Brighter Planet Project Fund project:

What is community based ecological rehabilitation? Examples? Theory?