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I first had couscous twenty-five years ago when my son was born. A friend brought over a huge pot of ratatouille so I wouldn’t have to cook for a couple of days. Along with it came a little bag of stuff that was completely foreign to me. Luckily she included directions for making couscous, because I was clueless as to what to do with it.
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It has taken me a couple of days to put together my thoughts about the winner of the Chain of Eco-Homes competition, the Meadowlark House by Steven Learner Studio. The judging process was fascinating, with a sophisticated video conferencing system tying all the jurors together from Greensburg to San Francisco to Toronto.

This wasn’t just a design competition, they are actually building these in Greensburg, putting people in them and they have a budget to meet. While I might go on about some of the wilder schemes, Steve Thomas of Planet Green would bring me bac…Read the full story on TreeHugger

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called “Best Green Tweets.” So, if you use Twitter and have a recent (i.e. in the last couple of days) green tweet that rocks make sure to submit it for Monday’s host, Gaiam. They will be hosting the Carnival over at their blog, Stream of Consciousness.

Read on to find out how you can submit to the…Read the full story on TreeHugger

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called “Best Green Tweets.” So, if you use Twitter and have a recent (i.e. in the last couple of days) green tweet that rocks make sure to submit it for Monday’s host, Recycle Your Day.

Read on to find out how you can submit to the Carnival each week and drive more viewers to your site….Read the full story on TreeHugger

We here at TreeHugger recently announced that the Carnival of the Green will now include a Twitter section.You can still submit as normal via email, of course, but this new part of the Carnival will be called “Best Green Tweets.” So, if you use Twitter and have a recent (i.e. in the last couple of days) green tweet that rocks make sure to submit it for Monday’s host, Humane Connection.

Read on to find out how you can submit to the Carnival each week and drive more viewers to your site….Read the full story on TreeHugger