en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Sustainable Living headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 With style, verve and righteous anger, a new documentary exposes the bottled water industry's role in suckering the public, harming our health, accelerating climate change, and contributing to overall pollution. http://www.thenation.com/blogs/actnow/459516/bottled_water_sucks Sustainable Living Water 11/19/2009 The Nation Rooms in the Vancouver and Whistler athletes' villages will feature recycling containers -- called Waste Not Baskets -- made from recycled plastic. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=7c656836-bc1e-4ef4-b2ec-09e52698cb06&k=36289 Sustainable Living British Columbia 11/20/2009 Vancouver Sun California moved to crack down on the sale of energy-gobbling big-screen television sets that now account for about 10 percent of a typical household's monthly power bill. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-big-screen-tvs19-2009nov19,0,4027697.story Efficiency Sustainable Living California 11/18/2009 Los Angeles Times Vancouver's city council has unanimously endorsed a plan to create a high-density neighbourhood with a civic plaza, residential and office space on the final undeveloped section of the former Expo lands. What it doesn't include is the 2.75 acres of park space per 1,000 people that city council holds as a goal. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+council+endorses+high+density+development+plan/2234576/story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3a+canwest%2fF229+(Vancouver+Sun+-+News)&utm_content=Google+Reader Environment Sprawl & Transportation Sustainable Living British Columbia 11/18/2009 Vancouver Sun One of the first travel companies to offer airline customers the option of buying so-called carbon offsets to counter theit planet-warming emissions has canceled the program. While it might help travelers feel virtuous, the offsets were not helping to reduce global emissions and might even encourage people to travel more. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Climate Environment Pollution & Toxics Sprawl & Transportation Sustainable Living United States 11/17/2009 New York Times The US Environmental Protection Agency has a new "Green Homes" Web site that aims to guide homeowners and renters toward environmentally friendly home improvement and yard care. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/epa_has_new_green_homes_web_si.html Efficiency Energy Solutions Sustainable Living United States 11/17/2009 Oregonian The company and investors are banking on the unconventional design of its microturbines that can generate energy by capturing breezes from any direction. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,7969097.story Energy Sustainable Living United States 11/17/2009 Los Angeles Times The founder of the Whole Earth Catalog lives on a tugboat with shrubbery on top and solar panels in front of the steering wheel. And yet he makes no apologies to the cow he just washed down with a frosty cup of ice cream. Stewart Brand's new book, "Whole Earth Discipline," thrusts him in the middle of the global climate debate, and not in an easily digestible way. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/15/MN8N1AFUB7.DTL&feed=rss.news Climate Energy Environment Food & Farms Pollution & Toxics Sustainable Living California United States 11/15/2009 San Francisco Chronicle For many Portlanders, and increasingly others across the nation, fruit picking parties are a way to incorporate the bounty of our city into their diets. The idea behind this type of urban foraging is to use food that's all around us but often overlooked. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_project_forages_for_u.html Economy Environment Food & Farms Solutions Sustainable Living Oregon 11/15/2009 Oregonian