How to make your deck sustainable

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We know that the wood industry is causing deforestation, harm to animals and people and climate change. A new UN project to track illegal timber is now set up, but play your part by making "smart wood" choices when building a new deck this summer, or winter if you are in temperate climates. 

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AI-powered container farm tech to grow cannabis in Israel

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Last week Seedo Corp., “Seedo” (OTCQB: SEDO), a high-tech company providing one of the world’s first fully automated and controlled indoor growing machines for the pesticide-free cannabis and agricultural markets, announced today it will be partnering with Kibbutz Dan in Northern Israel to establish the first fully automated, commercial-scale, pesticide-free containerized cannabis farm in Israel. […]

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What You Need To Do Before You Call An Accident Attorney

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Just about everyone has a cell phone these days that have some kind of camera attached. Just even the lowest of quality pictures could make all the difference in the world when it comes to documentation purposes. Don’t forget to take pictures of the vehicle and any injuries that you sustained in the process. This is extremely handy in the event that the insurance provider tries to haggle with you on the settlement or compensation. Sometimes insurance providers will try to claim that the accident wasn’t that severe, but these pictures could prove otherwise.

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5 ways restaurants can go green

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You could even start an organic meal preparation program that uses seasonal produce and sets a clear schedule for pickups and deliveries. Many kitchens test a delivery model that integrates meal prep business ecommerce into their website ordering flow to minimize waste and predict demand. That approach helps you track portions, forecast ingredients, and keep the menu aligned with what nearby farms can supply.

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Skittles, Risk and Statistics

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I’m going to thank Donald Trump Jr. for providing a simple way to visualize our decisions regarding human refugees. He said that we should pretend that “those people” are skittles, not someone we could ever imagine being a loved-one– capable of thought, compassion, joy and loss as we believe of ourselves. In junior Trump’s analogy, […]

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The surprising economic history of salt

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Oil prices have fallen considerably over the past two years. But this isn’t the first time the price of a core society resource has dropped so drastically. The economic history of salt is an interesting lesson for our time. Middle Eastern countries spend millions of dollars and consume more than one hundred million kilowatt-hours of […]

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