Oregon Solar Program Sells Out in 15 Minutes

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A new incentive program in Oregon pays homeowners up to 65 cents per kilowatt hour for installing solar panels. The first enrollment sold out in 15 minutes.

Weeds a Cash Crop in African Village

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Praise for Ghanaian Micro Business Weeds rarely are welcome in the garden soil, especially if it happens to be a York, a  tree-like weed that has been known to consume arable farm lands in Ghana. That’s when Muhammad Bin Abubkar saw an economic opportunity that could not only get rid of York weeds, but help [...]

Sustainable and FSC Certified Wood Floors from Mafi

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Wonderfully natural in every sense and one hundred percent Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood floors are here with Mafi, a company that specializes in sustainable, engineered wide plank flooring. FSC is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that supports environmentally-oriented, socially acceptable and economically sustainable use of our earth’s forests.

An Urban Masterplan Community that Consumes More Carbon than It Emits

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A master designed urban community in South Africa was chosen as one of the sixteen real estate project by the Clinton Climate Initiative Development (CCI) . The Zonk’izizwe Town Center, a development of planned urban community in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa is participating in this CCI program which will strive to reduce the amount of [...]