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Entries by Mairi Beautyman from 08/2009

From Slow Food to Slow Living: The New Green Lifestyle Trend

| Posted 08.05.2009 | Green
Read More: Slow Food, Green, Green Living, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Green News

I was recently discussing what makes our personal lifestyles green, and came up with the term "Slow Living". Slow living is about living purposefully, consciously, thoughtfully.

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Hurry Up and Kill the CD Already

| Posted 08.12.2009 | Green
Read More: Green, Fixing the Music Industry, Green Living, Music, Music Business, Music Industry, Green News

When it comes to the CD, we don't need them any more. What we need is an option catering to those of us who need to walk into a music store browse the racks.

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C'mon Seattle, Why Reject the Plastic Bag Fee?

| Posted 08.19.2009 | Green
Read More: Plastic Bag Ban, Green Living, Plastic-Bag-Ban-Banning-Plastic-Bags, Green News

It turns out, bag fees, since they first launched in San Francisco, are meeting much resistance across the U.S.

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Anti-fungal Drugs Could Save Endangered Frogs Around the World

| Posted 08.25.2009 | Green
Read More: Endangered Animals, Green, Endangered Species, Green Living, Frogs, Panamanian Golden Frog, Panama, Extinction, Endangered Frog Species, Green News

IUCN: "Amphibians are the most threatened group of animals in the world, with one in three of the 6,000... species at risk of extinction." And according to the IUCN, that's bad for humans too.

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