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• News From Year 2008

• The Electronic Wasteland: Where does our electronic refuse end up? CBS 60 minutes special...

• The Story of Stuff: a look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns

• UC Davis Students Win National EPA Awards: Two groups of UC Davis students participated in this year’s annual P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Student Design Competition for Sustainability, held by the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC. Both teams received recognition for their efforts, with the Plastics Team winning one of six $75,000 grants,... 7/23/2008

• L.A. City Council Votes For Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags: The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic carryout bags in the city's supermarkets and stores by July 2010 -- but only if the state fails to impose a 25-cent fee on every shopper who requests them. 7/23/2008

• San Francisco proposal aims to make recycling mandatory: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently sent in a proposal that would make recycling cans, bottles, paper, yard waste and food scraps mandatory instead of voluntary in San Francisco. But while San Francisco is charging ahead in recycling policies, Davis has some catching up to do.... 5/22/08

• One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal: Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world. You’d never know it if you saw what was ending up in your landfill. As it turns out, Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and it happens at the supermarket, in restaurants and cafeterias and in your very own kitchen. It works out to about a pound of food every day for every American....5/18/2008

• Focus the Nation on Sustainability: The solutions to curb global warming presented at the Focus The Nation events ranged from the high-brow big picture to the seemingly innocuous home remedies. But at the end of the day, the most striking act for me was catching the UCD R4 mascot, Rocky the R4 Racoon, sifting through the compost bins behind Freeborn Hall.... 2/1/2008

• News From Year 2006

• It's not easy being green: Student groups push for environmentally friendly buildings: As an institution with a strong history of leading the way in scientific and technological revolutions, the University of California is part of a new movement: the construction of green...

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