http://www.urbanwoods.net beyond sustainable furniture Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:39:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presents the LEED Gold Award to Chen Zhili, head of the Beijing Olympic Village. (Photo courtesy BOGOC) The Beijing Olympic Village received a LEED gold award from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certifies that buildings have ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/beijing-leeds-the-way-to-sustainability/ According to France Telecom, the brains of young children absorb twice as much as radio frequency energy from a cell phone as those of adults. Their research appears in the July 7 issue of the journal "Physics in Medicine and Biology" and  it confirms that peripheral brain tissues of children seem to ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/kids-on-cell-phones/ Norwegian music festivals lead the way to sustainablility by becoming the first music festivals to sign on with the UN Environment Program for climate-friendly events. The Canal Street Festival in Arendal, Norway and the Hove Festival on the island of Tromoya, outside of Arendal, are lowering the carbon footprint of the ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/norways-sustainable-music-festivals/ Al Gore has released a plan from his home office in Nashville titled "A Generational Challenge to Repower America."  The plan is to get everyone on board to tap the entrepreneurial spirit of our nation and convert our dependency on fossil fuel to a carbon neutral source of power in ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/al-gores-10-year-plan/    Do you like fresh air, do you like the environment, do you care? Considering the data about junk mail may make you feel green in a whole new way.  Read it and weep and then pick up your phone and cancel all those Pottery Barn and Frontgate catalogs you get weekly in ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/company-news/we-can-save-100-million-trees-this-year/ A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. You can measure your carbon footprint by using a carbon calculator which tells you how much carbon your lifestyle produces. For ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/resources/know-your-carbon-footprint/ Molson/ Coors Brewing Company, a Host Committee sponsor and a leading global brewer, along with its U.S. subsidiary, Coors Brewing Company, will be the Official E85 Ethanol Producer for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Molson/ Coors is donating all the clean-burning,eco-friendly, ethanol fuel for the fleet of General Motors flex-fuel ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/resources/democrats-are-fueled-by-beer/ This season's eco-friendly "American Idol" finale used renewable energy to reduce it's impact on the climate and help pave the way for FOX Television Network to reach it's goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2010. As part of Fox's plan to be more planet friendly, "American Idol's" two-part season finale was powered ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/resources/american-idol-powered-by-renewable-energy/ Do you recycle your cans and paper, use efficient light bulbs or drive a hybrid car?  How do your efforts to protect the environment measure up with the neighbors and the rest of the world? Now there's a way to find out. It's the Greendex: a survey developed by National Geographic along with ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/how-green-are-you/  Eco-friendly clothing line is not Sustainable (financially)   Last week, the Nau Clothing Company announced that it will immediately begin the process of winding down it’s business operations: ”Just as we could not have predicted the sudden groundswell of environmental consciousness that blossomed at the time we launched our business, we did ... http://www.urbanwoods.net/sustainable-furniture/goodbye-for-nau/