Entries Tagged as 'green'

Greenopia: Eco-Consciousness for the Rest-Of-Us

July 11th, 2008 by Abe Silk

If you've ever sat around and thought, "Gee, wouldn't it be cool if there was a Zagat-style guide to local green businesses?" then wish no longer concerned citizen, because a small, ambitious grou...
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Recycle Much?

May 15th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

I live Northern California, otherwise known as "Recycling Heaven". If New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die" then NoCal is most assuredly "Recycle or Die" (I sort of like how that's on the true ...
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The Green Screen

May 13th, 2008 by Victoria Cho

Since April 1st, the Sundance channel has aired season 2 of The Green: "television's first regularly-scheduled programming destination dedicated entirely to the environment," according to the websit...
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An Easy Way to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Eat Less Meat

April 22nd, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

If animal rights weren't enough of a reason to eat less meat (for the record, I'm Not a vegetarian), then maybe climate change should be. Growing meat, especially cows, is super bad for the envir...
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Got Junk Mail? Want a dollar?

April 14th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

Tired of hauling your junk mail from mailbox to recycling bin (or <shudder> trash can)? Sick of sorting through the catalogs to find your birthday cards from Grandma? Well, you're in luck....
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Getting to the root of fashion

March 28th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

Do you know where your clothes come from? And no, I don't mean the Gap, or China for that matter. I mean sheep, cotton plants and the like. Well, Deepa Natarajan does. The Botanical Gardens hav...
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Is Biofuel the Way to Go?

March 17th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty

Biofuel (or Biorganic Fuel) is what it sounds like: fuel derived from organic material. The biofuel you're probably most familiar with is Ethanol. Ethanol is alcohol (though probably not something...
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