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	<description>Environmental Awareness</description>
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		<title>Pamela Anderson in the PETA campaign: Have a heart and go vegetarian</title>
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has convinced Pamela Anderson to show up her curves once more. And for an awareness cause. How? By using an advertisement in which Pamela shows the blonde’s body labeled as though she were a piece of meat at a butchers market, from breast to ribs to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/pamela-anderson-in-the-peta-campaign-have-a-heart-and-go-vegetarian/</link>
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		<title>A boat made of plastic bottles crosses the Pacific in a 8,000 miles journey</title>
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Think twice when you are about to recycle (we can’t think of throwing it away at all) your plastic bottle. If you gather 12,500 you can reuse them building up your own boat and then travel around the world on it. This is not a joke, is what David de Rothschild did.
Six people were on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/a-boat-made-of-plastic-bottles-crosses-the-pacific-in-a-8000-miles-journey/</link>
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		<title>Longer lifetime electric vehicle batteries</title>
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 Scott Faris is the CEO of Planar Energy, a spin-off of the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL). Scott looks happy. Why? His startup has developed new manufacturing techniques that could improve the stability and lifetime of batteries used in electric vehicles.
Conventional batteries use a liquid electrolyte which can suffer from chemical reactions that damage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/longer-lifetime-electric-vehicle-batteries/</link>
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		<title>2010 is about to become the hottest year since 1880</title>
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 According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) four of the first six months of this year have experienced record-breaking temperatures since records began in 1880. These records show that 2010 has surpassed 1998 for the warmest months in a calendar year. June was the 304th consecutive month with a global surface [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/2010-is-about-to-become-the-hottest-year-since-1880/</link>
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		<title>First solar car built in Palestina</title>
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 Palestina is sadly known for its never-ending conflict. But today a bright light ray is appearing among dark clouds. In Palestina there is also space for the green technology. At least is what engineering students from Hebron have demonstrated.
Three students at Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) in Hebron have built the first solar-powered car of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/first-solar-car-built-in-palestina/</link>
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		<title>BP attempts to control scientific research on oil disaster</title>
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 U$S 250 is the amount of money that BP has spent for every 46,5 litters oil cleaned up. But U$S 250 is also the money that BP is spending for one hour of scientific silence. The latter is what Robert Wiygul, an Ocean Springs environmental lawyer, is unveiling. Wiygul has concluded this after analyzing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/bp-attempts-to-control-scientific-research-on-oil-disaster/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the BioCouture fashion generation</title>
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Welcome to the living clothing. Well, technically the clothes we are introducing are not “alive” but they are made of organic matter cultivated specifically to the cause. It is like to grow a frock from a vat of liquid using cellulose-spinning bacteria. Can you imagine that? Suzanna Lee could.
The fashion designer Suzanna Lee founded BioCouture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/welcome-to-the-biocouture-fashion-generation/</link>
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		<title>Global illegal logging declines 22% since 2002, part II</title>
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 In our last post we addressed what may be one of the most important news of the year for our planet, the major decline in illegal logging by 22 percent since 2002, according to the last report released by Chatham House, a London-based thinktank.
In this post we are going to focus on the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/global-illegal-logging-declines-22-since-2002-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Global illegal logging declines 22% since 2002, part I</title>
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 The forest sector plays a key role in tackling climate change. One of the main recent reports addressing deforestation, The Eliasch Review, Climate Change: Financing Global Forests (an independent report commissioned by the British Prime Minister), stresses the next:
“Forestry, as defined by the IPCC, accounts for around 17 per cent of global GHG emissions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/global-illegal-logging-declines-22-since-2002-part-i/</link>
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		<title>One of Honda´s most popular vehicles is about to go all green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Strictly hybrid versions of the Honda Civic are expected next year, and will be the only sold on the Japanese market. The decision has to do with Honda´s initiative to turn the company to more sustainable practices.
 This shift to hybrid technology suggests that Honda is looking to invest in initiatives that will bring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/one-of-honda%c2%b4s-most-popular-vehicles-is-about-to-go-all-green/</link>
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		<title>Bill Gates invests in a revolutionary ecoengine</title>
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When the second richest man on earth, Bill Gates, invests its money in a project it means that is worth it. And if this project is intended to save emissions produced by cars, this means that all of us are happy with it.
Jointly with Vinod Khosla, from Khosla Ventures of Menlo Park (California), Bill Gates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/bill-gates-invests-in-a-revolutionary-ecoengine/</link>
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		<title>Power your camera with the new solar strap</title>
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 Imagine you are about to get the top of a 3,000 meters mountain height. The sunset is amazing and the potential shot is the one you were expecting for long time. And suddenly the batteries from your camera run out!
In that case you would be really pleased to Yanko Design, the website which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/power-your-camera-with-the-new-solar-strap/</link>
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		<title>UPS expands its carbon neutral shipping programme</title>
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If the world’s largest package delivery company decides to create a carbon-neutral shipping programme, that means good news. If this company decides to expand the programme to 35 additional countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, that means great news!
From this week, millions of customers have the option to pay a a small fee to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/ups-expands-its-carbon-neutral-shipping-programme/</link>
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		<title>The first electric highway in the Unites States</title>
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If you are from British Columbia, Washington or Oregon and you are planning to buy an electric car now it’s the time. Starting this fall and with an investment of $1.32 million the Washington State Transportation Department plans to turn Interstate 5 into the nation&#8217;s first &#34;electric highway&#34;. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/the-first-electric-highway-in-the-unites-states/</link>
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		<title>China and the U.S. are the most attractive countries to invest in renewable energy</title>
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 “China invested almost twice as much in clean energy projects last year compared with the US, and has emerged as the world’s market leader in installed wind power capacity in 2009”. An impressive opening by the last issue of the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices, released by Ernst &#38; Young. The US, despite the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/china-and-the-u-s-are-the-most-attractive-countries-to-invest-in-renewable-energy/</link>
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		<title>Solar Impulse: 26 hour solar powered flight success</title>
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André Borschberg, engineer and graduate in management science, is an ambitious man who has been fascinated by aviation from an early age. Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist and aeronaut, is a challenges lover who made the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight. The combination of these two men, both pioneers, innovators and pilots, resulted in what’s been called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/solar-impulse-26-hour-solar-powered-flight-success/</link>
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		<title>And the winner of the 2010 European Solar decathlon is&#8230;</title>
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 Virginia Tech for the Lumenhaus! Among the 17 great solar-powered prefab homes that were participating in the contest, showing that completely self-sustaining shelters can easily become a reality, the American project was the winner.
The 17&#160; houses were probed, prodded, and evaluated on their form, function and innovation. The winner needed to pass a total [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/and-the-winner-of-the-2010-european-solar-decathlon-is/</link>
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		<title>EnduraLED: the first bulb to replace the 60 watts incandescent</title>
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 Energy efficiency is the easiest and most practical way to help alleviate the world’s energy crisis. Switching to the latest wave of ultra-efficient LEDs is something simple and necessary.
Fortunately, Philips recently unveiled the wonder bulb: EnduraLED, a new LED that lasts 25 times longer than a standard incandescent and only consumes 20% of energy. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/enduraled-the-first-bulb-to-replace-the-60-watt-incandescent/</link>
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		<title>A climate superb company</title>
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 ‘How does your carbon performance compare?’ This is the question which welcomes the reader of the 350 Index Results Report 2010, a publication that introduces the new FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series.
The FTSE Group (FTSE) announced last week, jointly with the Carbon Disclosure Project and ENDS Carbon, the launch of two UK indices; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/a-climate-superb-company/</link>
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		<title>Older coal-fired power plants will pass away in Canada</title>
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 Canada has been frequently criticized by green groups for not doing enough to protect the environment and for allowing emissions of greenhouse gases to rise steadily over the last two decades. Probably they are right to be upset. According to US Department of Energy&#8217;s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), Canada was in 2006 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/older-coal-fired-power-plants-will-pass-away-in-canada/</link>
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		<title>The telepresence revolution saves emissions and money</title>
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 It’s a simple decision for your boss. Staying at the office instead of traveling is a good choice for his business budget, but it’s a better choice for our planet. A new study has unveiled the numbers that are behind this decision. Nearly 5.5 million metric tons of CO2 could be saved, by 2020, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/the-telepresence-revolution-saves-emissions-and-money/</link>
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		<title>After trying 25 times, here is the greener car</title>
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 It is not the most beautiful car in the world. That’s for sure. But it is one of the most ecofriendly city cars you will find in the streets. At first sight it might look like a toy: a 51 horsepower engine, 2,4 meters long, 400 kg lighter than other small cars, very low [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/07/after-trying-25-times-here-is-the-greener-car/</link>
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		<title>Eco-friendly vacuum made from sea garbage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Unfortunately, people from all over the world throw plastic wastes without even thinking where they will end up going. Oceans are filled with floating garbage islands, and they grow bigger every passing day.
But here´s the good news: Electrolux wants to gather plastic from the polluted Pacific Ocean, and turn it into vacuum cleaners.




That´s what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/eco-friendly-vacuum-made-from-sea-garbage/</link>
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		<title>World&#180;s first solar powered soccer ball</title>
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 Just in time for the World Cup games, Greendix, a Taiwan-based company known for making leaf-shaped solar panels, came up with a new and even cooler product: the word´s first solar powered soccer ball.
At first sight it may appear to be a regular soccer ball, except for the iconic black pentagonal patches, which have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/world%c2%b4s-first-solar-powered-soccer-ball/</link>
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		<title>TEDxOilSpill conference: tackling the post oil spill era</title>
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 The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is becoming one of the worst ecological disasters in our history. So, let’s be constructive and focus it as a perfect chance to educate the public about the negative side effects of our dependency on oil and the clean future that renewable energy offers us as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/tedxoilspill-conference-tackling-the-post-oil-spill-era/</link>
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		<title>A great wall of trees will link Africa and help reforest the continent</title>
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Last June 17, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) made a unique announcement: they will fund the Great Green Wall, a 4,400 mile long wall, nine miles thick, made completely of trees.
The Great Green Wall will cost U$S 119 million and 11 northern African nations intend to participate in the initiative.
“We will make an allocation to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/a-great-wall-of-trees-will-link-africa-and-help-reforest-the-continent/</link>
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		<title>Toronto: food tastes better in a green marketplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last 7th of June, the city of Toronto unveiled the winning design for the new St. Lawrence Market North Building. The new design, proposed by Adamson Associates Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, was unanimously chosen by judges as the winner of the competition held to replace the current building.
The new building will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/toronto-food-tastes-better-in-a-green-marketplace/</link>
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		<title>Corky mouse and the power of your hand</title>
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 An average standard mouse can use dozens of alkaline batteries in a year. Let us introduce you a better option. This is Corky, a mouse which does not rely upon disposable batteries, it’s made from 100% recycled plastic components and recycled and biodegradable cork. And the best… it powers itself from its usage! Every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/corky-mouse-and-the-power-of-your-hand/</link>
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		<title>Energy efficient air conditioning</title>
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Ideally, our homes and buildings would not need air conditioning during summer. Constructions could be made in a way that they efficiently keep summer heat out and cool air inside. But unfortunately most of our present day buildings do not have these features, so they require AC units to maintain a comfortable, cool environment during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/energy-efficient-air-conditioning/</link>
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		<title>Heat your kettle, not the planet</title>
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 Getting up every morning is a hard job. We all know that. But getting up without enjoying a nice cup of tea or coffee is a impossible mission for many of us. And since we need caffeine/theine to start the day with energy, we need kettles.
Kettles are one of the most used appliances in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustentator.com/blog-en/2010/06/heat-your-kettle-not-the-planet/</link>
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