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Construction is bustling at Florida's first 'sustainable town'
2016-04-27 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: With deep pockets and an environmentalist's zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build the United States' first solar-powered town on a vast swath of rural land in southwest Florida. Now, nearly a decade after he first purchased the 91,000 acres (37,000 hectares) known as Babcock Ranch, construction is bustling at what developers say will be the nation's first eco-friendly city, built from the ground up, with enough room for some 50,000 people. No homes have...
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Kering and Sustainable Down Source join ZDHC pledge
2016-04-26 14:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
French luxury goods group Kering and Sustainable Down Source have both become members of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) group.
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How Sustainable Practices at Three U.S. Universities are Reducing Waste
2016-04-25 15:53:00| Waste Age
Sustainable practices are reducing waste, saving landfill space and lowering emissions on campus. read more
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Pulp, Paper And Paper-Based Packaging Industry Highlights Sustainable Manufacturing Leadership, Economic Contributions To Pennsylvania
2016-04-20 07:45:39| pulpandpaperonline Home Page
Recenly in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a representative of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) made a presentation to the Joint Legislative Conservation Committee’s Environmental Issues Forum on the U.S. pulp, paper packaging, tissue and wood products manufacturing industry’s leadership on sustainable manufacturing and its economic contribution to Pennsylvania
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Sustainable cotton figures "obscure" sector gains
2016-04-18 15:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A report that claims 83% of sustainable cotton is sold as conventional cotton is said to contain gaps, an industry organisation has said, pitting cotton programmes against eachother at the expense of the entire industry.
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