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A Pickup Truck Grows an Educational Mini-Farm |
| If the Lorax were to ever actually award a "Certified Truffula Tree of Approval" to a moving vehicle, it'd be a lot more likely to go to a garden-toting truck that brings farms to schools than to a Mazda SUV. |
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Biking Saves Americans $4.6 Billion Each Year |
| In New York City recently, when the government announced the details of its bike share plan, the city collectively whined. An annual membership, which will cost $95, was too expensive. The fees for trips that ran over 45 minutes were too expensive. The whole idea was too expensive. |
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Kentucky Man Buys Everything at Kmart, Then Donates All to Charity |
| A Kentucky businessman showed a heart of gold by buying the entire inventory of a closing K-Mart and donating it to charity. |
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Nature Conservancy Launches 'Natural Treasures of Ohio' Challenge, Inviting Residents to Visit the State's Natural Areas |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Nature Conservancy in Ohio and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. launched their highly anticipated summer challenge, Natural Treasures of Ohio, giving Ohioans great opportunities to explore natural sites in Ohio and the chance to win a 2012 Honda Insight Hybrid. The challenge runs now through August 8 at nature.org/naturaltreasuresohio or Facebook facebook.com/ohionatureconservancy.
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In New Orleans, Net-Zero Energy Homes Go on the Market |
| After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans more than five years ago, the nonprofit Global Green USA started working to help the city build back in a greener way. In 2006, the organization held an open design competition, asking designers to come up with a single-family home that used net-zero energy. The hope was the design contest, along with an initiative to educate homeowners on sustainably building, would help promote green building practices in New Orleans. But the group also built five houses based on the winning design in the Holy Cross neighborhood and the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward, with the idea of providing affordable housing to a few displaced families. |
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