The WTVQ blog published this great list of 101 tips for going green:

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The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released the results of a study that found a number of cost-effective, naturally abundant materials that could be used instead of crystalline silicon in solar cells.

Iron sulfide and copper sulfide were clear winners in terms of cost and abundance, according to the report.

Current solar technology costs about $7 to $8 per watt, Wadia said. He said the new materials could potentially cut costs by “two orders of magnitude.”

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I found this article in the Mercury News.

Ed Snodgrass runs a 21st-century roofing business — one that is environmentally friendly and has nothing to do with slate, tin or asphalt. Snodgrass, 56, grows plants that make roofs green. In the past eight years, he has supplied colorful, resilient and fast-growing plants to cover nearly 2.5 million square feet of rooftops across the United States.

That’s right, a green, growing, living roof.

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Greg Peterson showed me this technique a few months ago for turning four old wooden pallets into a compost bin.  Now Geeen Daily has an article about it:

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The Living Cincinnati blog brings news that urban farming is coming to Cincinnati:

Well it turns out that City Council last week finally passed a plan for mini-farms. What is a mini farm or an urban farm? Well, its exactly what it sounds like: a small farm in an urban setting. Why you ask? Well, there is always a question of what to do with some of the vacant unusable city plots of land. Most of them are unbuildable plots and just sit vacant and uncared for. Many major cities have started using these plats as small gardens and farms for city dwellers. The exact details will be worked out in the next month. City officials must decide how to lease the plots, and whether to charge anything. Lets hope they don’t. Bring back the victory gardens of WWI & WWII.

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Our own Greg Peterson is in the news again!

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WIND turbines typically spin from tall towers on hills and plains. But in these green times, some companies hope smaller turbines will soon rise above a more domestic spot: homes and garages.

The rooftop turbines send the electricity they generate straight on to the home’s circuit box. Then owners in a suitably wind-swept location can watch the needle on their electricity meter turn backward instead of forward, reducing their utility bills while using a renewable resource.

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The Portland Urban Farm Project has formed. The Portland Urban Farm Project’s mission is:

• To grow food locally within neighborhoods
• To share resources
• To build community

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Citizens are rising up all over the country, taking n their local city council for the right to raise chickens, goats, and other small farm animals on their property. The latest is Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The nonprofit Growing Hope is working with interested city residents and leaders to renew discussion of what Amanda Edmonds hopes will be changes in Ypsilanti city ordinances.

“We’re not neutral,” said Edmonds, founder and executive director of the group that runs the downtown farmers market, community garden and education programs in Ypsilanti. “We’re advocates for urban agriculture. Our role is to disseminate information about best practices and the experience in other communities.”

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Here is a great article in Suite101.com about how to grow asparagus from seed:

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