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Welcome to the new Green Options Media newsletter! Every two weeks, we'll provide you with a snapshot of the news, tips and features recently published on the GO Media blog network, and the latest happenings in the GO community. Regardless of your interests -- food, fashion, politics, technology -- you'll find items that will inform and inspire you. While you're checking out this week's featured items, also make sure to take a look at some of our regular offerings, such as The Lindberg Report podcast at Planetsave, the new Farmer's Market Fare carnival at Eat.Drink.Better, and "Mean Joe Green's" weekly political cartoon at Red, Green and Blue. 
Biodiesel Mythbuster 2.0: Twenty-Two Biodiesel Myths Dispelled
Eco-Angels: Venture Capital For Socially Responsible Eco-Businesses Priya Haji, co-founder of the rapidly growing World of Good, has been helped in no small part by funding by social lenders. Bubbly and determined, she knows first hand the challenges socially responsible business face attracting capital. "Traditional VCs often pressure entrepreneurs to jettison their do-gooder roots, but social investors take the opposite approach. Social investors want to make sure that their portfolio companies maintain their social missions as they grow." Read More » Dutch Prepare for Climate Change With Floating Houses
Hunger and Anger in the Time of Food Riots Since 2007, food riots have occured in Mexico, India, Morocco, Egypt, China, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Yemen, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Senegal…several deaths have been reported in Haiti’s food riots. The new face of hunger is not a picture of battered and malnourished children in Ethiopia; it is the rise of commodity prices and inflation around the globe. Join Sam Aola Ooko for an international tour of the food riots. Read More »
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Are biodiesel and ethanol the same thing? Do you have to be a diesel mechanic to use biodiesel? Does it work in cold weather? Clayton Cornell creates a one-stop shop for all your biodiesel questions. 
With rising sea levels and more extreme weather events on the horizon, the Dutch are building houses modeled after arks. These houses become buoyant during floods, able to rise 16 feet without problems and containing flexible pipes, electrical, and sewer lines. Sarah Lozanova describes 37 floating houses located along the Maas River in Holland that were designed and built by Dura Vermeer. 
