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This blog will focus on and link to direct actions undertaken from everyday people and large corporations alike. Change is being enacted. Solutions are being developed. Green Works Links will help to promote these efforts as best we can by posting them to this site.
- Added on: May 17th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Mark Butkus
- Listed in: Green Environmental Activism
- Tags: environment climate change recycling energy efficiency organic food sustainable development
Recent Posts
GreenWorksLinks Back-to-School Environmental News Digest
This week GreenWorksLinks goes back to school and looks at energy savings at institutions across the country and other items of environmental interest for returning students. While the following links are not news stories that would have made your lo...
The Emperor's new clothes - Don't be bamboozled by green clothing claims states FTC
The FTC came down on four clothing companies this week for claiming that their clothing apparel was made of bamboo and environmentally friendly. In its findings against Sami Designs LLC, doing business as (DBA) Jonäno; CSE Inc., DBA Mad Mod; Pure Ba...
'Killer spices' provide eco-friendly pesticides for organic fruits and veggies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 — Mention rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint and most people think of a delicious meal. Think bigger…acres bigger. These well-known spices are now becoming organic agriculture's key weapons against insect pests as the indu...
GreenWorksLinks Environmental News Digest
This week GreenWorksLinks takes a look at gadgets, gizmos and pie-in-the-sky ideas that may or may not take off. While the following links are not news stories that would have made your local papers they are all steps in the right direction. We begin...
UN greenplex to dock at Navy Shipyard after $500 million environmental clean up
The much maligned Hunters Point Shipyard on San Francisco Bay - a site poisoned by toxic waste for most of its 100 year life - is getting a lifeline extended to it by the UN after a $500 million cleanup that has been ongoing since the 1990s is comple...
Bangladesh to receive additional $130 million for rural energy project
The World Bank has approved $130 million in financing to support rural access to energy in Bangladesh. This new funding builds on the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Credit and is targeted toward three programs for the south As...
