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The Best of Green at ETech 2009

	  
	  
	  
	  
      

   
      

     
      
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	        
	  

				          

				            
				            
 

				          

						  
						  

								
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The 2009 Emerging Technology Conference offered an incredible opportunity to catch some of the cutting edge ideas that are shaping the way we look at the world. Several recurrent green themes formed bridges between luminary speakers from a variety of backgrounds, as Alex Steffen, Mary Lou Jepsen, Jeremy Faludi, and others reinforced the need to create repairable, open-source, long lasting products, reveal energy usage, and pursue forward-thinking strategies for a greener tomorrow. Read on for our highlights from the conference!


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Bamboo products have exploded in the market recently. Bamboo is being used in flooring, textiles and all sorts of household items. Its popularity is based on its reputation as a sustainable material. It’s a hardy plant that can thrive without the use of pesticides and in many climates and it grows quickly, so what is cut down can be easily replaced. At least that’s what has been assumed.


It turns out that bamboo’s popularity has led to it being over-harvested and not only is it not being replaced quickly enough with new growth, but many species are on the verge of extinction. Even though it grows quickly, turns out it’s very hard to propagate from seeds. That’s where Booshoot Gardens, a biotechnology company, comes in. They have figured out a way to propagate bamboo species through tissue culture and are cultivating various species in mass amounts in their greenhouses in Washington state.


Booshoots supplies nurseries and agroforesters with bamboo to ensure that the grass continues to be available and thrive. The continuing existence of large quantities of bamboo is to the benefit of the environment. Bamboo absorbs more CO2 than trees and releases more oxygen, so it’s important that bamboo not just be used as a material, but also stay in the ground.


Of course, even with Booshoots propagating bamboo in a sustainable way, there are still many questions left about what processes are used to make bamboo products and what is being cut down in order to make room for bamboo. As it continues to grow in popularity, standards will have to be put in place to truly make it sustainable, but at least there is a company out there like Booshoot that is doing their part to help the plant and the planet.


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Biotech Company Working to Save Bamboo and Save the Planet home design 
  

					 		 
	  


		      
	  

				          

				            
				            
 

				          

						  
						  

								
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Photo: Flickr, CC The Coast Used To Be There, Now It’s Here, and Next Year It’ll Be Over There…

So Arctic ice is slowly disappearing and glaciers are melting down. Not exactly good news for Alaska… But you can add severe erosion to that list of climate woes. Researchers from the US Geological Survey say that erosion rates have doubled along a stretch of the northern Alaska coast in the last 50 years, and that…


 





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Photo by Ellie Van Houtte/Flickr.com The Dirty Dozen is back. No, we’re not talking about the movie—it’s the recently released, fifth edition of The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) list of the 12 conventionally grown fruits and veggies with the highest levels of pesticide residue. So before you go food shopping, find out which produce items to purchase and which ones to pass on by!…


 





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Is That Juicy Peach Poisonous? EWG Dishes Out Their Updated Dirty Dozen List home design 
  

					 		 
	  


		      
	  

				          

				            
				            
 

				          

						  
						  

								
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Photo via Robert Scoble Microsoft is doing a lot to focus on emissions reductions. We talked last month about their push for energy efficiency of data centers, but the company is looking to do a whole lot more to make a tinier carbon footprint. …


 





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