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World Vegetarian Day
Mark it on your calendars: October 1 is World Vegetarian Day! It kicks off World Vegetarian Awareness Month. (photo from here)
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A Day at a Time
Tomorrow, 23 September, is World Wildlife Fund’s “What a Difference a Day Makes” global online event. If you twitter, post a message to Twitter with tag #wwf24 to let everyone know what you’re doing to help Mother Earth.
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Clean waters
I was happy to see this poster at my local pharmacy yesterday. I had asked them before if they took back expired or unused medications, and they didn’t. It’s good that New York is stepping up its efforts to keep the water supply clean. For more information, visit the Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Broadway going Green
The newly renovated Henry Miller’s Theatre is home to this season’s Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie. The show is now in previews with opening scheduled for 15 October 2009. Why is this news for Green Unlimited you ask? Only because it is Broadway’s FIRST and ONLY green theatre. According to…
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The Green City
I was in Chicago this past Labor Day weekend and while walking around the Millennium Park area, saw a solar-powered trash compactor. The city first started using them in the beaches. Called Big Belly, once trash reaches the top of the cans, it breaks an electronic beam that triggers a motor to mash the trash….
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Natural beauty
If you’re looking for beauty products without the toxic ingredients, here are some websites you can check out: RMS Beauty Revolution Organics Safe Cosmetics
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Electricity-generating speed bumps to be installed at a Georgetown hotel
I heard this on the radio this morning: Georgetown’s Four Seasons Hotel will be installing little speed bumps that will generate electricity when cars drive over them.
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Organic indeed
While roaming around a newly opened supermarket yesterday, I spotted packaging for meat which I’ve never seen before. The person in charge of that section was beaming with pride as she told me and my boyfriend that the meat was organic. “Yes ma’am, sir, the meat is really tender and it’s organic too. They take…