Category: Green news
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The Green Chamber of Commerce launches second chapter
The Green Chamber of Commerce, a network of businesses dedicated to sustainable business practices and focusing on pushing for greater public policy with regards to the environment, launched in 2007, with its first chapter located in the San Francisco Bay Area. This August, the Chamber is beginning its expansion, with the second chapter based in…
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Oceanopolis
Anybody here addicted to Facebook? Raise your hand *raises my hand* Rather than loving the site because it gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with people and see what they’ve been up to, I keep coming back to it because of the games; I’m particularly addicted to Mafia Wars and Restaurant City, and…
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Thank you card
From Environment New York: On June 10, New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand stood up to oil companies and other big polluters by helping defeat an attempt to roll back the Clean Air Act. The defeated resolution, sponsored by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, would have stopped efforts to hold oil companies and other…
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Save the turtles
From Credo: News has just emerged from the Gulf Coast that BP is burning endangered sea turtles alive. A boat captain who has been leading efforts to rescue the endangered turtles says BP has blocked his crews from entering the areas where the animals are trapped, effectively shutting down the rescue operation. BP is using…
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Who are the world’s greenest consumers?
The results might surprise you. Even with Americans beating the drums and calling for everyone else to start living in a greener way, the U.S. has ranked last in the Greendex 2010: Consumer Choice and the Environment — A Worldwide Tracking Survey–for the third year in a row. Topping the list out of 17 countries…
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thingloop
If you’ve ever bought a book or a DVD, read or watched it once, and decided you didn’t really like it all that much, you’ve probably regretted plunking down the cash in the first place, especially if you find out that your friend, brother, sister, or coworker owns the same thing and could have lent…
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U.S. embassy in Manila cuts paper use in visa application process
Applying for visas to other countries takes a lot of paperwork. You have to present a certificate from your bank saying that you have enough money to travel, a certificate of employment, income tax documents, plus the application form as well. The U.S. embassy in Manila, Philippines is trying to cut down on paper use…
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Ask and you shall not Receipt
I’ve taken to refusing receipts at the ATM or gas pumps, because all they do is clutter up my wallet. I thought they only wasted paper. It turns out they’re also toxic. Retail Software Advice wrote an interesting blogpost on the environmental impact of paper receipts. Think you know where you stand on this issue?…
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Dye your Easter eggs green
Easter’s nearly upon us all–have you decided yet how you’re going to decorate your Easter eggs? How about dyeing them green this year? Jaclyn Gallucci of the Long Island Press sacrificed her skin and her orderly surroundings to come up with eco-friendly ways to dye Easter eggs–and the results are fantastic. The picture you see…
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Gisele Bundchen launches Sejaa
It came as a surprise to me to find out that supermodel Gisele Bundchen is actually a UN ambassador for environmental issues, but I applaud her; using your fame for good causes is always admirable. One of her recent ventures is the launch of her skin care line called Sejaa, which offers “skin care as…