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I have my pet peeves.  I really hate roller-bags, people not walking down escalators, and discovering that Flex Fuel has been around for over 20 years and nobody bothered to implement it.  My feelings are not limited to Flex Fuel, but all abandoned fuel economy technologies all together.  The fact that a nation as [...]

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October 03, 2008 — In 2010 the Winter Olympics will come to Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The athletes will live in an all-new, sustainable urban neighborhood. Denis DuBois toured the site, now under construction, with the man in charge of Olympic Village development and the surrounding neighborhood known as Southeast False Creek. (photos) [...]

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How good would a chicken (or veggie, if that’s your style) burrito bowl taste, knowing that it’s been cooked by the power of on-site green energy?  I haven’t tried one yet, but I can only imagine … Chipotle Mexican Grill will be opening a green restaurant in Gurnee, Illinois, which restaurant features a prominent [...]

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October 02, 2008—Dockside Green has gained international acclaim is a mixed-use sustainable development. Denis Du Bois toured the site with its visionary leader, Joe Van Belleghem. (photos) Joe Van Belleghem, Developer of Dockside Green. (Dockside Green photo) From a dock below the front steps of the historic Empress Hotel, a harbor taxi takes us a [...]

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October 01, 2008 — Denis Du Bois is in Victoria and Vancouver BC this week to explore sustainable building and urban strategies. Follow him at energypriorities.com, or on Twitter (cleantech). I’ll be on the road with International Sustainable Solutions to Victoria and Vancouver BC this week. ISS takes interested greenies on “study tours” that show [...]

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