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Category: Systems Science

Too green gadgets of 2013

Top 6 Gadgets for the Home to Help You Go Green in 2013 | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Alyssa Alimurung says:, inhabitat.com It may still be December, but we’re already thinking about our resolution to make 2013 our greenest year yet. In addition to those classic resolves to eat healthier,…
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Make your own hard cider

HOW TO: Make Your Own Delicious Hard Apple Cider In 6 Easy Steps | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Andrew Swistak says:, inhabitat.com Fall is here and we’ve got all kinds of autumnal activities on our minds – like baking, pumpkin carving, and hard apple cider drinking. I’ve always wanted to…
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Top chemicals causing autism

Top 10 Chemicals Most Likely to Cause Autism and Other Learning Disorders Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com This year, the CDC reported that autism now affects 1 of every 88 American children, which is an unusually high increase from previous years. Now, we may have some more clues as to what is causing the dramatic increases. The…
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Scrubba pocket size wash bag

Scrubba’s Pocket-Size Wash Bag is the World’s Most Portable Washing Machine ecouterre.com RECOMMENDED FOR YOU: What’s the Easiest Way to Reduce the Environmental Impact of My Clothes? Scrubba’s Pocket-Size Laundry Bag is World’s Smallest Washing Machine by Morgana Matus, 12/21/12 Whether you are traveling with dirty… RT @inhabitat: Do your laundry on the go, wherever…
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Natural products can replace synthetics with new extraction methods

Could a Nobel-Winning Technology Spell the End of Synthetic Cosmetic Ingredients? ecouterre.com Photo by Shutterstock Bringing natural beauty products to the next level, a team of scientists are using the process of metathesis to transform essential oils into ingredients for sunscreens, lotions and perfumes. In a study… RT @inhabitat: Could a Nobel-winning technology mark the…
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Scrubba pocket size wash bag

Scrubba: A Lightweight, Virtually-Waterless Washing Machine In A Sack! | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling at home in order to save…
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Citiesense iPhone air quality monitoring

CitiSense is a Portable Air Pollution Monitoring Device that Sends Data to Your Smart Phone | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Jill Fehrenbacher 5 Tips to Make Your Home Safe, Green & Healthy from Zem Joaquin TweetShare on TumblrEmail You’ve all heard the tired mantras about changing your lightbulbs and recycling…
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UC Berkeley LEED bioscience building

UC Berkeley’s LEED Gold-Designed Energy Bioscience Building Leads by Example Andrew Goodwin, inhabitat.com UC Berkeley’s new Energy Bioscience Building is home to the Energy Biosciences Institute, a public-private partnership that develops solutions to global energy challenges. The five-story, $133 million biofuels research facility was designed by… RT @inhabitat: UC Berkeley’s LEED Gold-Designed Energy Bioscience Building…
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Countries where climate change kills

The 10 Countries Where Climate Change and Pollution Is Killing the Population Timon Singh, inhabitat.com When you hear about the effects on climate change on global populations, some of the places that might immediately spring to mind might include the low-lying island of Tuvalu or Haiti, which is increasingly bearing the brunt of ever-more powerful……
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Brooklyn sustainable housing for anti social

The Napoleon Complex fourlightshouses.com WORKING TITLE: The Napoleon Complex WORKING SUBTITLE: Co-Housing for the Antisocial DENSITY: 16–22 houses-per-acre SIZE: 40 -70 houses at 270 s.f. – 700 s.f. each (including sleeping lofts). AMENITIES: A 800 – 1600 s.f. common house, priva… http://flip.it/qiboT
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New York start-ups’ own flavour

bbc.co.uk How New York’s new tech firms differ from Silicon Valley rivals RT @BBCNewsUS: Is NYC’s Silicon Alley a credible rival to California’s Silicon Valley? What is bringing start-ups to the big city? http://flip.it/jeKDV http://flip.it/ZhrRt New York start-ups’ own flavour Related articles Dubstarts jobs fair to link up start-ups with job-seekers (siliconrepublic.com) Immigration and America’s…
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Stainless steel appliances are not stainless

Should Appliance Makers Pay To Replace Stainless Steel Appliances That Rust? Chris Morran, consumerist.com (MrStinkhead)One of the more widely held beliefs about stainless steel appliances is that they will never rust. Alas, this isn’t necessarily true, as the alloy’s corrosion-resistance depends on its level of chromium and nickel. As the demand for… http://flip.it/HpFJM Related articles…
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