Archive for July, 2008

Michael Graham Richard says we did in his Huffington Post blog.

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Check out this local salon.

Owner Kim Freeman features organic hair color.

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Will you have to go to “Saturn” to find one?

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MorLove, Triangle Emerging Green Builders and American Vintage are looking for designers to be featured in their eco-fashion show at NC State in August. Click on the link below for an application and for more details.

Eco-Fashion Show

RTP, N.C. – Southern Energy Management (SEM), a provider of solar power and energy efficiency services in the Carolinas, will donate a solar water heater and Energy Star verification to a Charlotte family selected as the recipient of the home makeover show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”

Ty Pennington, host of the hit show, will surprised the Charlotte family at their home Monday. The new home will be constructed in five days and will incorporate energy efficiency as a core feature. (more…)

According to a new survey by the Princeton review, UNC, N.C. State and Duke were given good marks for being “green.”

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Check out this NPR list of green books.

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RICHMOND - Mohan Munasinghe says world leaders recognize there are problems with poverty, energy and the environment, but what they don’t understand is that they are all connected.

“You don’t want to start solving problems piecemeal here and make the other problem worse,” said Munasinghe, vice chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The panel and former Vice President Al Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on climate change. (more…)

This video captures people making a new use of wind turbines — a lauching pad.

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The Daily Green lays out the top green sunscreens.

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