Category: Green news
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Yo yo yo
I eat Stonyfield Farm Yogurt almost everyday. I read that its CEO, Gary Hirshberg, wrote a book entitled Stirring it up: How to Make Money and Save the World. You can find out how and why corporate responsibility works. Why can’t all businesses be run in a socially responsible manner?
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Re-charge
If you own an electric car and live in California, Nevada or Arizona, Clean Car Maps can help you locate charging stations.
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Spain and Portugal agree on green cars
Now here’s the first time I’ve heard of an agreement like this: Spain and Portugal have signed an agreement to create an eco-friendly car, which they will develop in order to reduce pollution on the Iberian Peninsula. Sounds like a worthwhile project to me! It’ll be interesting to see what kind of car they’ll come…
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Prince Charles beamed all the way to Abu Dhabi
Prince Charles, widely known as the green prince, delivered a speech at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi without leaving England–he appeared as a hologram during the event, his speech having been pre-recorded in November. Prince Charles has been building up a solid reputation as an advocate for the environment, making plenty of…
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Smart Car coming to Orange County
The Smart Car is a cute little vehicle, I’ve always felt. It’s small, fuel-efficient, plus it can let you squeeze through streets and in parking spaces that will ordinarily gives regular-sized cars a headache. It’s mainly sold in Europe, but there’s word that the Smart ForTwo model will reach American shores this year. Companies such…
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Sundance becomes more eco-friendly
An Inconvenient Truth had a great deal to do with how the Sundance Film Festival is trying to prove its green credentials, it looks like. Read more about the latest developments here.
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Why the modestly green reaps more trust
Yep, we all know companies are doing their darndest to show their customers that they really are being green, honest, but not all consumers are buying it. They think that companies’ claims of sustainability are just pure greenwash, or that they’re just trying to ride on the popularity of being eco-friendly. But what seems to…
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Oz considers implementing 10-cent refunds for bottles and cans
Bottle deposits aren’t anything new where I’m from, and I believe the small neighborhood stores still do this over here. When I was a kid and the school cafeteria gave us refunds for each bottle of soda we brought back, I had no idea what the money was for. Bottle deposits go back a long…
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Cut those catalogs
Are you a catalog junkie? Or an innocent victim of junk mail? Ideal bite offers the following links/suggestions to get your name off mailing lists:Ecological Mail Coalition Native Forest Network Catalogchoice Directmail.com And to stop pre-approved credit card or insurance offers, OptOutPrescreen.com.
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those pearly whites
I stopped using battery-operated toothbrushes. But that means replacing your toothbrush every 3 months, and they all end up in landfills. I saw this online, a toothbrush with replaceable heads. You can just buy one handle and change the heads for each member of the family.
