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	<title>keepin&#039; the earth a bit greener... &#187; green homes &amp; buildings</title>
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		<title>Make Your Own Solar-Powered Heater</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just amazing. EcoTechDaily has just released annoyingly simple plans to make your own solar-powered heater. All you need is some aluminum cans, an old window, and a couple of tools.
The windowframe has holes on the bottom where air enters and one hole on top. You paint all the cans black, drill holes on [...]


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		<title>More Vertical Farm Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really, really love the idea of vertical farms. What&#8217;s not to love about growing food without wasting horizontal land space?

Architect Laurie Chetwood came up with this winning design for a bridge across London&#8217;s Thames river. From Inhabitat:

Recently Chetwood Architects unveiled a stunning proposal for a futuristic London Bridge that sprouts a towering vertical farm [...]


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		<title>The Green Energy-Generating Gym Of the Future Has Arrived (sort of)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, well, well. Would you take a look at this Inhabitat article?

A human-powered energy-generating gym like Hong Kong’s is now taking shape in Seattle, turning human sweat into usable electric energy. By connecting spinning bikes to wind-generator motors, clients at Adam Boesel’s green microgym can generate enough electricity to power the gym’s music system or [...]


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		<title>Earthships: No electricity, heating, or water bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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What are earthships? Earthships are dwellings, mostly made out of old tires or other recycled waste, built on the earth for the purpose of living &#8220;off the grid.&#8221; It uses passive solar and geothermal energy which allows the home to be heated without gas. Its design allows for a comfortable year-round temperature. Many people who [...]


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