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Giving biofuel a whole new meaning, one dance club is taking alternative energy and green practices seriously. They have instituted a new method of generating power for their dance club - using the patrons own sweaty gyrations as a source of electricity.

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Size matters if you go for “green” bragging rights Monique Cole wonders if a 6,500-square-foot “green-powered” McMansion is a contradiction in terms. More Most Emailed Letters Peace on the Gila, too? On a wing and a pledge A spotty future Is anybody listening?

For several years, Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis at the University of Southern California has been working on systems for rapidly creating buildings with system that is essentially a very large 3-dimensional printer.  Called Contour Crafting, the equipment is able to rapidly build up walls.  Already, test runs have been able to produce six-foot high concrete walls.

Schenectady-based Price Chopper Supermarkets has broken ground in Colonie on what’s set to become New York’s first LEED-certified supermarket, just north of Albany. The 69,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open up sometime in early 2009, and Price Chopper hopes to use the project as a template for future green supermarkets across the Northeast.

Using Green Tea to Lose Weight Green Tea has been proven to have many significant health benefits. One of them is weight loss. Read on and learn how Green Tea can help you lose weight. ¶ Posted 05 September 2008 † Vic Errington § Alternative Medicine ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: green tea, green tea

Image source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory The Greening Greater Phoenix initiative launched today is encouraging green more businesses such as solar and clean technology, green building, renewable energy and other green industry organizations.

Brooklyn Brings It To Bloomberg: Youth Advocates Rally For Car-Free Prospect Park (Mon Sept 15, 4pm) September 4th, 2008 by Ethan Guest post by Prospect Park Youth Advocate, Michael Cheng. One glorious afternoon, when the sun painted the sky blue, thousands of people gathered together for a day of amusement and excitement.

September 5, 2008 at 4:14 am | In Current Events, elections, gas prices, hypocrisy, oil, political campaigns | Tags: alternative energy, global warming, going green, green, McCain and Palin This morning I read a very well thought out Op-Ed piece by Thomas L. Friedman.

“Green Brooklyn…Green City”: Center for the Urban Environment’s 4th Annual Sustainability Fair And Symposium (Thu Sept 18, 11:30am-5:30pm) September 4th, 2008 by Ethan Center for the Urban Environment bring us their 4th Annual sustainability symposium, this year entitled: “Green Brooklyn…Green