• Protect Yourself From Radiation by Eating!

    As the nuclear industry scrambles to reassure us we are all safe from a catastrophe like Japan’s, the risk of radioactive fallout in the US is very real.  Here is a reprint from an article by GCC contributor John Kozinski, teaching us about what foods we can eat in case of radiation exposure. As the […]

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  • Parking Around the World

    Parking Around the World

    For most people, parking probably isn’t the first thing to come to mind when reading about sustainability and transportation. When was the last time you read about parking policies, compared to articles about biking or high-speed rail?  But cars are still a major part of our transportation network and progressive parking policies have surprisingly good benefits when […]

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  • Green Sunshine

    Spring has finally popped up on the calendar, and it’s time to think about Spring “cleaning” a few pounds of that “Winter weight”, or perhaps just rejuvenating a healthy glow.  The following recipe is a delicious embellishment of Dr. Ann Wigmore’s “Energy Soup”, which has been used as a nutrient-rich, detoxifying agent since the 60’s.  […]

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  • The World’s Largest Garbage Dump

    The world’s largest garbage dump is the Pacific Ocean.  Right now, there is a huge mass of floating plastic garbage that could be twice the size of the United States or twice the size of Texas.  No one knows for sure how big it really is.  But it has been named the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it is poisoning […]

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  • Spotlight On: Henry Gifford

    Spotlight On: Henry Gifford

    In this series of articles, GCC interviews leading pioneers of the green community.  New Yorker Henry Gifford is an engineer and building science authority.   Over the last few years, Gifford discovered information that led him to file a lawsuit against the USGBC and LEED In October 2010. The lawsuit has caused controversy within the green […]

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