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photo: Luke Robinson With less than a month to go in the US Presidential Election, one debate between John McCain and Barack Obama done and another scheduled for tonight, and the only debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin completed, less than 18% of US voters consider themselves undecided. If you’re one of these people and care about energy policy and the environment I hope comparing side-by-side the rhetoric of both major party candidates has proven useful. In past posts we’ve covered renewable en...

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Since we have not had any silly examples of rampant green consumerism of late, we offer the £139.99 Ovetto differenziato, or recycling egg. ...

photo: azsustainably Most people probably don’t think of the US Army as being on the forefront of the green movement, and while some military vehicles do guzzle gas more quickly than a new recruit learns to say ‘sir, yes, sir’, the Army is taking steps to reduce its energy usage. In fact in a press release outlining several new initiatives, Army goes so far to say that it wants to be a “model for the military and the nation” in terms of energy effi...

While the grammatically inclined may be wondering where the apostrophe went in the name of the Go Green Initiative's school of the week way back when it was founded, but the simple truth is that they’re doing amazing things to help educate kids about the environment while making an impact on our world today at the same time. And with fall upon us, they've got a program running that's right on target for the season....

Origin: The London Craft Fair is the annual juried craft fair where the best of Britain, and the rest of the world, exhibit original contemporary craft. In each of the two weeks 140 craft makers from all fields including ceramics, glass, textiles and jewellery display their works. This year they are also holding workshops, talks and events to give patrons a chance to learn more about craft. There is even a Pom Pom International Project; making pom-poms for world peace. We have sought out some of the quirkiest and most eco for your delight... Winner of the quirkiest has to be

Davenport Candidates Mario Silva, Peter Ferreira, and Wayne Scott Tip O'Neill should have been a Canadian, because his quote about all politics being local applies a lot more here than it did in Boston. We have the old British First-past-the-post parliamentary system where we don't vote for the leader but for the local candidate, and whichever party gets the most seats forms the government. As Judy Rebick noted in the Globe," If Canada had a democratic electoral system and the polls are right, next week we'd have a majority government that supports s...

So far mainly fed by fossil fuels, hydroelectric, and nuclear power, the Argentinean energy grid is now incorporating clean energy from the Antonio Moran wind park, located in the southern province of Chubut. The park was born in 1994 with only two windmills to feed a small town, and has grown up to become the largest in South America so far. It has a total of 26 windmills and an annual production of 60.9 million kWh. Although Argentina has not been a champion in pushing wind power generation, this news and the fact that the country is producing large wind turbines might be showing a new trend. The country certainly ne...

One of the best ways to save money is to make your own food, and this is the best time of year to do it, as the farmers markets overflow with the bounty of fall. At Planet Green, food writer Kelly Rossiter has been canning and bottling everything in sight, laying in supplies for the winter. She previously showed us how to find our dinner at the farmers market; Now she shows us what do to with it. Unless noted otherwise, all pictures by Kelly Rossiter. Preserving the Harvest: Four Ways to Make Homemade Preserves When I first thought about preserving food, ...