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Green Gifts That Keep Giving

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Laptop, Backpacks, Hitachi, Green, Christmas, Eco-Friendly, Trees, Cell Phone, Pc, Recyled, German, Wear Your Music, External Hard Drive, Bracelet, Adapters, My Dutch Bike, Shopping, Central America, Plastic Bottles, Joan Jett, T-Shirt, Brazil, Sierra Magazine, Sap, Style, Jack Johnson, Silver, Bicycle, Gifts, Coasters, Eric Clapton, Charity, Tee, Chiclero, MP3 Player, Recycled, Battery Pack, Jewelry, Guide, Agate, Fashion, Bike, Amsterdam, Glee Gum, Voltaic, Holidays, Mac, Hemp, Solar, Gracious Home, Rockers, Packaging, Aluminum, Musicians, Sugar, Guitar Strings, Dutch, Hanukkah, Bags, Environment, Fashionista, Ben Lee, Bamboo, Electra, Rablabs, Gramicci, Simpletech, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Shopping for picky loved ones is difficult enough. Factor in your commitment to eco-sensitive products, and a holiday shopping mission can become as daunting as an unaided ascent up El Cap.

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Fabulous Fundraisers Use Fashion For a Good Cause

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Sustainable Living, Sustainable Design, Zareinu Fashion Show, Sustainable Fashion, Fashion Industry, Eco Fashion, Environmentalism, Eco-Friendly, Frocktail Party, Zareinu School, Fashion Week, Reduce, Fashion Trends, Canadian Designers, R4 Fashion, Recycle, Canadian Fashion, Reuse, Sustainability, Fashion, Fundraising, Children's Health, Fundraisers, Style News
Marissa Bronfman

Fashionphiles flocked to the first annual Frocktail Party on November 12th, eager to bid on a bevy of designer dresses up for auction in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

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Multitasking Gift Wrap Benefits Many This Holiday Season

Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Gift Wrap, Eco Friendly, Green Wrapping Paper, Wrapping Paper, Holiday Season, Earth Presents, Children With Special Needs, Holiday News, Impact News

There's nothing more annoying than watching someone open a holiday present really slowly to avoid ruining the paper its wrapped in. That's one reason ...

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Energy Bookshelf: Ten More Worth Your Time Than Super Freaky Crap

A. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Richard Littlemore, Farm City, Plan B 4.0, Green, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, Climate Change, Environmental, No Impact Man, Book Reviews, Global Warming Deniers, Climate Delayers, Global Warming, Energy, Colin Bean, Conservation, Green Building, 2044, Energy Bookshelf, Plan B, Catastrophic Climate Change, Science as a Contact Sport, Almost Green, Stephen Schneider, Building Green, James Glave, Eric Lotke, Keith Farnish, Operation Redwood, Lester Brown, S Terrell French, Evironmental, Carbon Dioxide, Novella Carpenter, Climate Cover-Up, James Hoggan, Greg Caven, Green News
A. Siegel

The authors of Superfreakonomics super(freaky)star status means that they and their travesty of a book will get attention despite its non-truthful truthiness and misleading mediocrity on climate-change.

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White Christmas -- How About A Green Thanksgiving?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Turkey, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Farmers Markets, Thanksgiving, Eco-Friendly, Thanksgiving Recipes, Green Thanksgiving, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

White Christmas is a cultural and traditional icon of our society. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Green Thanksgiving will also become an American standard.

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Schwarzenegger, Solar Power, and Midland School

Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Eco Living, Sustainable Food, Solar Energy Projects, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, College Prep, Sustainable Agriculture, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Independent Schools, Midland School, Solar Power, California, Santa Barbara County, Green News
Ming Holden

Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.

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Fair Trade The White House (PETITION)

Posted 10.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Michelle Obama, Eco-Friendly, Conscious Consumption, Fair Trade White House, Fair Trade, Impact News

Fair trade organizations, vendors and consumers around the globe have banded together to invite First Lady Michelle Obama to declare the White House "...

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Environmental Messaging Is Missing the Point

Schuyler Brown | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Reciprocity, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Nature, Green News
Schuyler Brown

People have resorted to a message of urgency about the environment because the matter is urgent, but that message must be experienced in the form of personal events.

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Preschool Lesson #1: How to Pack Greener Lunches

Louise Sloan | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly, Reusable Bag, Justin Timberlake, Louise Sloan, Preschool, Lunch, School Lunches, Eco-Friendly School Lunches, How to Be Green, Green News
Louise Sloan

I was getting a bit lax in the eco-friendly arena. But preschool whipped me into shape.

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The Truth About Eco-Friendly Milk

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Farming, Eco Living, Organic Food, Cows, Green Eating, Milk, Eco-Friendly, Food, Green Living, Organic-Dairy, Food Politics, Green News

When it comes to finding milk that's green from the source, there are a handful of labels and acronyms that will help you discern green milk from its ...

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High Tech Food: Cocoon Cooker Grows Meat In Your Kitchen (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Coccoon Cooker, Weird Sceince, Grow Meat, Sustainable Food, Going Green, Eco-Friendly, Food, Green Living, Eco-Friendly-Innovation, Cocoon Cooker, Cocoon Meat, Cocoon, Cacoon Cooker, The Cocoon, Kitchen Appliance Meat Without Killing, Technology News

**See photos and video below** The Cocoon Cooker is the weirdest way to go green yet. The controversial cooker could 'grow' meat and fish in ...

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Top 7 Startups That Will Save The World (VIDEO, POLL)

Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

Read More: Slidepoll, Hot Startups, Hot Entrepreneurs, Green Technology, Going Green, Top Entrepreneurs, Top Startups, Eco-Friendly, Eco-Friendly Innovation, Green Startups, Technology News

In this video slideshow, we feature the top 7 hottest new tech startups that are pioneering new ways of using the Internet and technology to make the ...

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I'm Too Sexy for This Footprint: Eco-Designers Take on Fashion's Carbon Footprint

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Hemp, Cotton, Eco-Friendly, Eco Fashion, Tiffany's, Recyclable, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News
Andrea Chalupa

A growing number of eco-designers are trying to reduce their carbon footprint, by using production processes that are gentler on the environment and all natural materials, such as hemp and cotton.

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Jane Fonda's Daughter Calls For Environmentally Friendly Sex Toys

The Daily Beast | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Jane Fonda, Environmentally Friendly, Eco-Friendly, Green Sex Toys, Vanessa Vadim, Sex Toys, Barbarella, Green News

As the daughter of Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim, eco-advice columnist Vanessa Vadim is also Hollywood royalty. She talks to Lloyd Grove about why Barbar...

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Wear Your Greens

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Sustainable Living, Living Green, How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, Jodi Lipper, Eco-Friendly, Cerina-Vincent, Fashion, How to Live Like a Hot Chick, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, Fashion Week, Style News
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

Unlike having to ride your bike to work or re-use tinfoil, wearing green is easy, painless and can make you feel chicer than ever.

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The Santa Monica Pier: Still Hip at 100

Terry Gardner | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Carousel, 100 Years Old, Santa Monica-California, Heal the Bay, Santa Monica Pier, Pacific Park, Solar Powered Ferris Wheel, Santa Monica, Eco-Friendly, Green, Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, Birthday, Hippodrome, Living News
Terry Gardner

If you live in the Los Angeles area or will be visiting this week, there's a big shindig in Santa Monica on Wednesday evening, September 9, 2009 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Santa Monica Pier.

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Freiburg, a Very Eco-Friendly German City

Terry Gardner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: LA Times, Germany, Pedestrian Zones, Bicycles, Windmills, Environment, Green, Eco-Friendly, Solar Power, Freiburg, Green News
Terry Gardner

The old-town center of Freiburg is car-free; it's one extensive pedestrian zone of streets, squares and lanes.

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Beware the Drywall

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly, Housing Boom, Chinese Drywall, Drywall, Construction, Eco-Friendly-Drywall, Home Construction, Eco-Friendly Advice, Green Tips, Eco-Friendly Construction, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

Believe it or not, a limited number of homes, mostly built between 2004 and 2006, seem to have walls that give off poisonous fumes.

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Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle?

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly, Green Living, Fiji Water, Anna Lenzer, Mother Jones, Fiji, Green News
Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

A few days into her reporting trip to Fiji to check out the source of America's No. 1 imported bottled water, Anna Lenzer was arrested and threatened with imprisonment.

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First Eco Theme Park Opens In Hollywood

Earth 911 | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Theme Park, Amusement Park, California, Eco Theme Park, Theme Park, Park, Green, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Green Living, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Global-Inheritance, Green News

Global Inheritance just opened Environmentaland, the country's first eco theme park on one of Hollywood's most popular corners....

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I Have Enough Eco-Friendly Bags Now

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Eco Living, Plastic Bags, Sustainable Living, Green Shopping, Paper-Bags, Green Living, Green News
Jessica Olien

How many resources, I wondered, did it take to create all of these? And what if I got one with every purchase? How many real bags equal one plastic bag?

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How To Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars

Dornob | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Diy, Make Your Own Sun Lamps, Sun Jars, Diy, Green-Iy, Eco-Friendly, How To, Sun Lamps, Green News

The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night. These can be purchased ready...

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Utah Buildings Deemed Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficient

Salt Lake Tribune | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Toyota, Energy Technology, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Eco-Friendly, Energy Technologies, Green Energy, Renewable and Alternative, Energy Challenge, Energy Challenges, Utah, Energy-Efficient, Green News

A year after its opening, the building housing the Mark Miller Toyota-Scion dealership in downtown Salt Lake City has received a Gold LEED certificati...

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Eco-Friendly Fireworks For July 4

dsc.discovery.com | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Firecrackers, Independence Day, Eco-Friendly Fireworks, Eco-Friendly, Fireworks, July 4, American Independence, Firework, Green News

Now, scientists are working on a new generation of kinder, gentler pyrotechnics. While still explosive and dramatic, these fireworks produce less smok...

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Starbucks Launches Eco-Friendly Stores

Coffee City | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly Designs, Starbucks, Green, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Green Living, Coffee, Green News

Starbucks is opening far fewer stores these days than it used to, but it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with l...

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