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Urban Kids with Asthma May Benefit from Green Space
Living near a park or other green space appeared to benefit city kids with severe asthma, especially older kids who were more likely to play outside on their own, according to researchers here. For every 305 meters (about 1,000 feet) between home and park, children had 1 extra day of asthma symptoms. In addition, children […]
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New York City Continues to Lead on Food Waste Recycling
40% of food in America goes uneaten—it’s an almost unbelievable fact. Here in New York City, around 20% of our waste stream is food waste. For decades, this food waste has been sent to landfills where it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas and large contributor to global warming. Instead of sending all this food […]
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China Thinking Big on Going Green
In the United States, green-certified building development has become more and more common. But did you know that China is actually the world’s largest green building market? In fact, China eclipsed the United States with more than 1 billion square feet of certified green, sustainable building space. What’s also interesting is that China did this in […]
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Green building programs show big results for big buildings
Each year in Los Angeles, certified green buildings keep 319 million pounds of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere — the equivalent of not burning 155 million pounds of coal or having the entire city go vegan for two weeks. These findings from UCLA researchers, published today in Nature Energy, are part of the first study to examine […]
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The Future of Urban Farming Might be Suburban Farming
When the urban farming startup BrightFarms first launched, it envisioned building its hydroponic greenhouses directly on grocery store roofs and on vacant city lots. Now, it says that the smartest place to grow food for cities may be just outside of them. The company’s newest site will be in the town of Wilmington, Ohio. With a population of only 12,459, it’s not […]
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