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Resource Efficiency
The posts in this category are about Resource Efficiency. Resource Efficiency is a measure of how effectively resources of all kinds are being used to meet Fundamental Needs. It improves as less water, energy, and materials are used to provide enhanced and more diverse services over longer periods of time.
The beauty of Resource Efficiency is that it can be tapped by individual and communities alike, whether in an urban center or a remote coastal town. Household economies can simultaneously save money and improve their quality of life.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Special Report: Watching grass grow in the Gulf, and cheering!
BIRDFOOT DELTA, Louisiana (Reuters) - Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their stems and leaves, and they come back bushier than ever.
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(0)Stanford Scientists Transform Raw Sewage Into Eco Rocket Fuel
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Here’s a pretty elaborate way to process sewage waste: Stanford researchers propose using anaerobic bacteria to break it down, producing nitrous oxide or laughing gas. Then, use the nitrous oxide as rocket fuel, of course, which burns leaving only harmless oxygen and nitrogen as byproducts. Rather than running needless rockets round the [...]
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Oil-Trapping "Smart Sponges" Could Clean up the Gulf Spill
Although the Gulf oil spill has been plugged, BP’s CEO has been ousted, and the news coverage of the leaky well has decreased, let’s not forget that the aftermath of the spill is still ravaging the gulf. We’ve still got millions of gallons of oil to clean up as thousands of lives are waiting to [...]
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