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Deployment of green technologies is taking too long and other sources of funding are drying up, says Google’s Dan Reicher. But will Google invest in projects directly or indirectly?

AFP – A colourful climate-change sceptic seized control of Australia’s opposition on Tuesday, vowing to kill carbon trading legislation ahead of key UN talks in a step which could trigger snap polls.

With the holiday here in the U.S. last week, we are a bit late with announcing our most recent Carnival of the Green. Nevertheless, our friend Don Bosch at the Evangelical Ecologist has gathered and organized all of the entries for Carnival of the Green #204. Don’s site has been around for many years and he’s hosted the Carnival many times with enthusiasm.

So head on over to the Carnival which includes a round up of green news and events from the past week and your best green tweets, submitted by other bloggers and green sites. From the Copenhagen c…Read the full story on TreeHugger

Traditional burials are now being seen as anti green.  Starting with embalming fluid that eventually leaks into the ground, the amount of wood and other materials used to make caskets and in some locations the limited amount of available burial space.

 " … Green Burial Council is a non-profit organization working to make burial more sustainable, economically viable, and meaningful … aim to reduce the carbon emissions, waste and the use of toxic chemicals in the cemetery/funeral field and utilize burial as a means of acquiring, restoring, and stewarding natural areas."

"Founded in 2005, the Council has emerged as the "gold standard" among consumers, land trusts, park service agencies, cemetery operators, funeral homes, cremation companies and product suppliers."

You can search for specific green cemetery / burial options on the website.

One local cemetery in the area – West Laurel Hill in Bala Cynwyd, PA is now advertising / offering green burials.

Via: Green Burial Council http://www.greenburialcouncil.org/index.php

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Some might say that Brian Campbell has been living on the street for thirty years; others might suggest that he has mastered the skill of lightweight mobile living, with a blue styrofoam roof over his head and wheels under. He rode his previous …Read the full story on TreeHugger