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  • The Jo’burg Wine Show

    Planning to be in South Africa next month? Drop by the Jo’burg Wine Show and enjoy wine, discover different cuisine, and get a glimpse at the local organic movement.

  • HGTV’s Change the World. Start at Home campaign

    Kudos to one of my favorites, HGTV, for their Change the World, Start at Home initiative. April 28 – May 2, 2008 was HGTV’s Change the World, Start at Home week. Baltimore, MD, Denver, CO, Twin Cities, MN and Washington, D.C. were the cities tagged to undergo revitalization projects courtesy of HGTV’s pool of talents…

  • Green Express – the green courier

    Atlanta-based Green Express has the distinction of being the “First Courier Company in America to Drive Hybrid Cars”. So far, they’re still limited to Atlanta, but here’s hoping they’ll expand nationwide in the future. They might not be brown, but they’re definitely green.

  • Look at those legs! Tightsplease

    UK-based Tightsplease sells eco-friendly hosiery, socks, and other “leg products”. Believe it or not, their eco-friendly socks came bamboo! Well, actually, a fiber from bamboo. How many stockings, tights, etc. can say that about themselves? Not many. Their website even has tips such as “Recycle Tights in the Garden“, for example, using the old tights…

  • Any eco-friendly shower curtain & liner out there?

    My husband and I cleaned our bathroom tonight. We have the usual combo – shower curtain + curtain liner – and of course, I’m wondering if there’s an environmentally-sound replacement of this combo. Preferably no need for a curtain liner. I’ve heard of hemp shower curtains, but issues of mildew make me hesitant from trying…

  • “Go Green, Live Rich”

    Here’s another book that I borrowed from the local library: Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying. Going green costs money, but the long-term effects of it far outweigh the initial cash outflow. Plus, it IS possible to reconcile your green values with your personal finance goals.

  • Office Footprint Calculator

    How green is your office? TheGreenOffice.com offers the Office Footprint Calculator™ to determine an office’s ecological footprint. It takes into consideration everything from how people get to the office (transportation), how much waste your office is generating, how many computers and users there are, even how many appliances – both large and small – are…

  • When trendy benefits the environment

    Here’s another fashion-related article “Eco-fashion: Transforming trash into treasures” that gives me hope. Sure, there’s been a bit of a tizzy that being environment-friendly is just a fad and a trend. But the way I see it, anything that will generate positive change is not a bad thing. So what if it’s a trend right…

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