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I think many folks at ANE would agree with the premise of the video below–especially our solid waste coordinator and vermicomposter extraordinaire, Jess Skinner.

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Celebrating its 20th year, the Goldman Environmental Prize has announced the 2009 winners, selected for their grassroots activism in “protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, promoting sustainability, influencing environmental policies and striving for environmental justice. Prize winners are often women and men from isolated villages or inner cities who chose to take [...]

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The New York Times Magazine has published their 2009 green issue. Articles include, “Why Isn’t the Brain Green?” and “Natural Happiness.”
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You’ve probably seen the earlier version of this video. The updated 2008 version (5 minutes long) is below. The information presented is mind boggling. Do you have an answer for the question posed at the end?

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As unlikely as it sounds, termites might provide a partial solution to our energy needs. Lisa Margonelli reports in The Atlantic:
But where humans have failed, the termite succeeds—spectacularly. A worker termite tears off a piece of wood with its mandibles and lets its guts work on it like a molecular wrecking yard, stripping away sugars, [...]

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It’s convenient. It’s pervasive. And it’s filling our oceans.
Plastic.
At World Changing, Anna Cummins writes about the work of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF).
Enormous quantities of plastic trash enter our oceans daily through watersheds, rivers, storm drains and more. We estimate approximately 10,000 pounds of plastic a day flow into the Pacific from Los [...]

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The next showing of Communities and Consequences, a film that examines the graying of New Hampshire, will be at Keene State’s Redfern Arts Center, Wednesday, May 14, at 6 p.m. The event includes the hour-long film, followed by a panel discussion, which will be moderated by Steve Chase, and audience Q&A.

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The Goldman Environmental Prize recognizes and honors grassroots environmental activists:
The 2008 Goldman Prize recipients tackled some of the most pressing environmental issues of the day through grassroots efforts, helping to educate and motivate local communities to get involved in the effort to protect the natural environment around them and to stand up for their rights.
The [...]

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David Cooper’s “Mountaintop Removal Road Show” is coming to Keene this
Wednesday Night, April 16th, 7pm
At Antioch University New England’s Community Room
The Road Show is a 70-minute presentation by David Cooper, which includes a stunning 25-minute slide show about the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on residents, communities, and the environment in the southern Appalachians. [...]

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Looking for balanced information on biofuels? Worldchanging provides just that while reviewing recent studies that call some biofuels into question.

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