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Smithsonian August 2006 Erica Ryberg	Waste Into Walls: Building Casas Out of Sand In Honduras, a green technology guru heads to the dump in search of the stuff of dreams.
Smithsonian August 2006 Erica Ryberg	Building Sustainable Cities Sustainable practices are on the rise in cities all over the United States. The 227-city U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement is just the beginning.
InternetNews July 20, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Amnesty Int'l Slams Tech Giants Over Censorship Human rights group Amnesty International said that Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and other firms doing business in China have helped the repressive government censor and locate dissidents.
Chemistry World July 19, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Nanotechnology Risk Research Demanded The US government should act fast, and invest significantly, to make sure that nanotechnology and its related products are safe. The call comes from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a think-tank that advises on ways to develop policy alongside this burgeoning science.
ifeminists July 19, 2006 Carey Roberts	Feminist Scheme for U.N. Reform You know things are getting desperate at the United Nations when its leaders begin to listen to feminist proposals to revitalize this talk-much, do-little, scandal-ridden bureaucracy.
ifeminists July 19, 2006 Erin Pizzey	Domestic Violence Is Not A Gender Issue The idea that the family is a danger to women and children has destroyed much of our traditional concepts of marriage. The feminisation of the family and Western society has caused men to become outcasts and a source of ridicule in their children's eyes.
ifeminists July 19, 2006 McCormick & Sacks	North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative Will Help Children of Divorce A misguided collection of federal and state officials, divorce attorneys and women's advocates have all united to oppose a simple proposition: children need both parents.
Fast Company July 2006 Alan Deutschman	There's Gold in Them Thar Smelly Hills A single ton of junked PCs has more gold than 17 tons of ore. That's why landfills might - just might - pay for their own cleanup.
Fast Company July 2006	Nasty, Dirty, Yucky... And in Demand A global building boom is driving up metal prices, turning trash into treasure.
Fast Company July 2006 Tracy Staedter	"Yo! Turn Me Off!" Coming Soon: Appliances that nag.
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