Waste Free Lunch – Reed School students help the environment by bringing reusable plastic containers

Students from Reed Elementary in Ladue talk about why it’s import to bring a waste free lunch. Reed Elementary was awarded the first ever Green School of the Month award today, October 7, 2009, by EcoLifeSTL.com for their sustainability efforts, such as Waste Free Wednesdays. The award is not only an honor, but a way to share with other schools how they can take meaningful steps to make their community greener and teach students ways they can make small changes that have a big impact.

Binghamton University students build a supermileage car

The car, designed and built by University students, was a purpose-built race car designed to achieve the best possible fuel mileage. It is a three-wheel vehicle (two in the front, one in the back) and has a fiberglass body, which makes the car look like a bobsled. The car is very sleek and aerodynamic. The heart of the car is the engine. It was converted from a flathead to an overhead valve design. Also, the engine was converted from carburetion to fuel injection. These two main modifications increased the efficiency of the vehicle significantly. The vehicle recently competed with international teams from all around the world. They were able to obtain 1321 miles per gallon, a new record for Binghamton, easily doubling past results. This year’s team of students will modify the current car and we expect the team to achieve 1500-1600 mpg at this year’s competition.

DeLaSalle Students Test Electric Car At Bridgestones Texas Proving Grounds

A group of high school students from the DeLaSalle School in Kansas City, Mo., and their mentors, including engineers from Bridgestone Americas’ Technical Center in Akron, Ohio, have just concluded tests on a student-built electric car at Bridgestone’s Texas Proving Grounds — and may have set a world record for efficiency. The all-electric vehicle was built as a class project under the direction of instructor Steve Rees. With the help of automotive mentors, the students have created a plug-in electric car based on the chassis of a 2000 Lola Indy Car. The students have developed a driveline, electric propulsion system and full, ultra light-weight aerodynamic body. The car, which is mounted on Bridgestone Ecopia EP100 tires, showed remarkable results in testing— test runs reported efficiency levels that would be the equivalent of more than 300 miles per gallon. Steve Rees is currently petitioning Guinness World Records to consider the students’ accomplishments as a new world record.

LETTER: UMD students need easier access to recycling

Electrolux plans to vacuum the sea
Electrolux has found a positive use for the millions of tonnes of plastic polluting the world’s oceans – it plans to recycle it into vacuum cleaners.

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RECYCLING WIN: Three central Iowa schools have won in a recycling challenge about plastic shopping bags
A competition between 29 central Iowa schools has made kids excited about recycling.

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Inquiry urged into doubling of volume at rubbish dump
THE state government is under pressure to call for an independent assessment of plans to double the volume of Sydney rubbish being dumped at Woodlawn, outside Goulburn.

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Norfolk school strives for zero waste
NORFOLK — Some Norfolk children are getting lessons in recycling. On Monday, students in grades K through 8 at The Williams School saw the new recycling bins in the cafeteria and took part in American Recycling Day events, which included composting from their classrooms and lunchroom. The idea is to reach zero waste. “Liquid waste in one area, recyclable wastes, material composts and materials …

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LETTER: UMD students need easier access to recycling
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Area Students Honor Local Veterans

Challenges for Muscat in the Urban Millenium – “Space is the only component of building a city that cannot be imported”
14 November 2010 MUSCAT Sustainable urban development will be one of the challenges mankind will face in the next centuries.

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A retreat in privacy in Boca Grande
With its big, impossibly picturesque, white-columned porch dotted with wicker rocking chairs,

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Santa Rosa art blast
Santa Rosa’s art hub brought an eclectic mix of sofa parade, street performance and gallery showings to the sixth annual Winter Blast festival on Saturday night.

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Heart of Treasure Valley: Father and Son visit bond in new ways after trip to Cameroon
Tony Boatman and his son, Duvonté, went to Cameroon, where Tony had been a Peace Corps volunteer more than four decades ago. Besides deepening the father –and-son bond, the connection to Cameroon is now one Duvonté shares.

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Area Students Honor Local Veterans
Annually upon the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour Sapulpanâs remember the sacrifices of military personnel living and dead.

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Students participate in Camp Byram

Republic Services plans stock buyback
Republic Services Inc. on Thursday announced a $400 million stock repurchase and raised its guidance for the year, while its third-quarter profit barely missed analyst expectations.

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Council votes for new trash collector
BRISTOL TOWNSHIP – Waste Management was replaced after 15 years as the township’s trash collector because another company submitted a lower bid for the same menu of services.

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Santa Maria residents reminded of upcoming City furlough day
Santa Maria City officials remind residents of an upcoming furlough day. The 11th scheduled furlough day of this year happens on Thursday, November 11th. The furlough days are typically the third Friday of each month, but this day was built into the schedule to coincide with Veteran’s Day. The City implemented the Mandatory Time Off program back in January, as a way to save $1.2 million this …

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Atlantic Co. firm seeks OK to open Millville plant
MILLVILLE — A new company seeks to replace the former Kane Steel site with a plant that will shred metal objects and add 30 to 40 jobs to the area.

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Students participate in Camp Byram
Byram Recently, 29 students at the intermediate school participated in the Camp Byram program along with four of their teachers.

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Green Students Fundraising Kick-Off Video ’08

Green Students Fundraising presents their 2008 Kick-Off video to junior and intermediate level students. Produced by FTP Media Inc. for Green Students Fundraising Ltd.

Students Recycle at Broad View Elementary

The students not only do all the recycling at Broad View Elementary, they also put together this video to help others start recycling

Students learn not to play with fire

STIMULUS TRACKER: Clean energy funds fill cost-saving, jobs strategy
Gene Bartholomew had 30 years invested in his career as an HVAC technician and had advanced to a rare factory representative position when a layoff displaced him.

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The Motley Fool: Investors should study financial accounting
Q: What are the best courses for me to take to learn about the stock market?

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Cleveland Ship’s bid to buy Northrop Grumman’s Avondale shipyard is met with wave of skepticism
Days after a small group of engineers and financiers said it made an offer to buy Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding unit, including the 5,000-employee Avondale shipyard, public officials, business leaders, industry observers and defense analysts are still scratching their heads. Chris…

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Going green
More than just a marketing catchphrase, the concept of creating environmentally sustainable events is only going to become more important as end-customers demand social responsibility from organisers. And while the Middle East has traditionally lagged behind in all things ‘green’, that may be starting to change.

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Students learn not to play with fire
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Weber Institute students build electric car

A group of seniors automotive students at Weber Institute in Stockton recently finished converting a gas car to all electric power. Instructor Michael Yonan gives it a test drive. Video/editing: Tara Cuslidge Recordnet.com

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