âo[breve]Hi Ho, Hi Ho itâo[dot accent]s off to work we go,âo[dot accent] tonight with Sundance Channelâo[dot accent]s Big Ideas for a Small Planet . In this, the penultimate episode of motivating series, the producers ask; wouldnâo[dot accent]t it be great to know exactly what the ecological footprint of your workplace was, so you could set about improving it? Mathis Wackernagel (co-creator of the ecological footprint concept) shows just how itâo[dot accent]s done. Or maybe you like to work at the New Belgium Brewing Companyâo[per thou]th...

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Project Greenhouse, which we covered at Sundance a few month ago, has opened up shop in the Hamptons, New York's home for vacation homes. Designed by architect Edvin Karl Stromsten to accent a secluded stretch of forest he already owned, the house was light, geometric, and nonthreatening; definitely within the realm of âo[ogonek]friendly modernismâo? that characterizes many new houses built in summer colonies. The green engineering that informed much of the design, and the sponsorship it attracted, was far from standard however. ...

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Hint of Chocolate Holds a Reward. Just a tiny amount of dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, a small study suggests. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Health]
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RIP, Fred Saberhagen. Cory Doctorow:

Fred Saberhagen, author of the classic Berserker novels, has died at of cancer the age of 77. He was a giant of science fiction.

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(Thanks, Freddie Freelance)

(Photo by Scott Edelman)

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