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Bat Out of Heaven
Red Sox partner with NRDC to green Fenway Park |
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21 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:00 AM on 21 Sep 2007 America's national pastime is going green in Beantown as the Red Sox step up to the plate to make going to Fenway Park a whole new ball game. Under a five-year partnership with the National Resources Defense Council, the nation's oldest active ballpark may vend beer in corn-starch-based cups, serve local, organic food from concession stands, add solar panels, and even initiate a new tradition: a fi ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, news, sports (all these topics) |
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Lead-ers of Tomorrow
Lead levels in toxic toys were off the charts |
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19 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:04 AM on 19 Sep 2007 In reaction to the recent lead-painted-toy recalls, no doubt some laissez-faire non-parents shrugged it off -- when pretty much everything is tainted with toxins, what's a little lead in paint? Except that, well, it was more than just a little lead. Some of the toys recalled by Mattel this summer contained 180 times the legally allowable level of the heavy metal, while some kids' jewelry sold by ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, news, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Wheeling and Dealing
U.S. Transportation Secretary blames bikes for decay of roads and bridges |
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14 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:15 PM on 14 Sep 2007 When one rides a bicycle, one is able to transport oneself from place to place -- thus, one might call a bicycle "transportation." But not if one is U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. Despite the fact that 10 percent of all U.S. trips to work, school, and store happen on bike or foot, Peters said in August that bike paths "are really not transpor ... |
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| Topics: bikes, Department of Transportation, green living, news, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Can You Greenwash Yourself With It?
Talking Rain adds organic water flavors |
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13 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:18 PM on 13 Sep 2007 Talking Rain now has four flavors of organic bottled water. Wow. From the Archives Permanent Depress. Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute. Science Friction. U.S. climate-change research found inadequate in many ways. Swap Meat. Study says eating less red meat improves health, helps fight climate change. News Archives |
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| Topics: food, green living, greenwashing, news (all these topics) |
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Buy, Buy, Buy
Lenders offering mortgages that reward energy efficiency |
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12 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:04 PM on 12 Sep 2007 Shocking news: an element of everyday American life is going green! Yes, now you too can pay off your house with a green mortgage. While many lenders have long had offers of bigger loans and discounts to buyers whose homes meet energy-efficiency standards, such plans are now being marketed more aggressively, and many homebuyers are finding them to be attractive, money-saving deals. So go buy ... |
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| Topics: business, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Schoolhouse Walks
Municipalities try to encourage students to walk to school |
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11 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:21 PM on 11 Sep 2007 Cities across the U.S. are turning their attention not only to green education, but to how students get to school. Forty years ago, half of all students walked or bicycled to the schoolhouse. Today, that number has dropped to 15 percent, while 60 percent of youths are toted in a car. The shift, brought on by fears of traffic hazards and stranger danger, has contributed to increases in o ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, health, news, parenting (all these topics) |
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Freegan at Last
Freegans get by just fine on others' castoffs |
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11 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:23 PM on 11 Sep 2007 Changed your light bulbs, gone vegetarian, sold your car, but still feel like your consumer impact is intolerable? It may be time to go freegan and learn to live off the waste that others throw out. Freegans gain most of their possessions and sustenance by foraging -- for clothes, for furniture, and for grocery-store food that is slightly bruised or just past its expiration but still entirely edible. ... |
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Teach Your Children Well
Schools across the U.S. go green |
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11 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:10 AM on 11 Sep 2007 Perhaps in an attempt to prepare students for an eco-college experience, many elementary, middle, and high schools are getting in on the green-building trend. Sixty schools across the U.S. have been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, and 360 more are waiting to have applications approved; in 2000, only four schools applied for certification. The new generation of educational edifices boasts fea ... |
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| Topics: education, green building, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Queen of Green
Founder of The Body Shop dies of a brain hemorrhage at age 64 |
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10 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 5:17 PM on 10 Sep 2007 Anita Roddick, the pioneering founder of The Body Shop, has died. Roddick was dubbed the "Queen of Green" for her trailblazing environmentally friendly, humane business practices that made her a leader in her native England and around the world. "Businesses have the power to do good," Roddick wrote on the company's website. Roddick opened her first Body Shop store ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greenish companies, news (all these topics) |
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Our Jaw: Still Dropped
Wal-Mart's eco-initiatives turning Arkansas into sustainability hotspot |
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07 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:14 AM on 07 Sep 2007 Attention shoppers: we bring you news of the latest sustainability hotspot, none other than Fayetteville, Ark. Green start-ups are flocking to town, the University of Arkansas has established an Applied Sustainability Center, and the mayor rides an electric bike to work. Why? Because of a certain retail giant whose headquarters lies half an hour away. Say it with us no ... |
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| Topics: Arkansas, business, green living, greenish companies, news, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Outfit to Be Tied
Inexpensive clothing industry has a big impact on the environment |
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06 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:14 PM on 06 Sep 2007 That $5 T-shirt you're wearing may have been a great find for your wallet, but the impact of such thrifty threads is far-reaching. A globalization-fueled glut of cut-price clothing has inspired many consumers to think of their duds as disposable. It's a phenomenon some are calling "fast fashion" -- the apparel equivalent of fast food. Most fast fashionistas are obliviou ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, fashion, green living, news, shopping, waste (all these topics) |
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Pop Top
Coca-Cola announces big recycling initiatives |
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06 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:36 PM on 06 Sep 2007 Speaking around gulps of carbonated, corn-syrupy beverage, Coca-Cola executives announced two environmental initiatives this week. By next year, the company plans to redesign its 20-ounce bottle to use 5 percent less plastic, and will open a gigantic recycling plant in South Carolina. Coca-Cola currently recycles or reuses about 10 percent of its U.S.-sold plastic bottles; the company hopes to raise that numb ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, recycling (all these topics) |
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Driving Us to Vegetarianism
Animal-rights groups say meat-eating worse for climate than driving |
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30 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Driving Us to Vegetarianism Animal-rights groups say meat-eating worse for climate than driving With which instrument do you cause more greenhouse-gas emissions: your car key or your fork? It's a question asked in an advertising campaign by the Humane Society, which, along with other big animal-rights groups, is striving to open consumers' eyes to an oft-overlooked connec ... |
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| Topics: advertising, animal welfare, food, green living, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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We Have Some Hypocritical Coworkers
Animal-rights groups point out the climatic effect of meat-eating |
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29 Aug 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:50 PM on 29 Aug 2007 With which instrument do you cause more greenhouse-gas emissions: your car key or your fork? It's a question asked in an advertising campaign by the Humane Society, which, along with other big animal-rights groups, is striving to open consumers' eyes to an oft-overlooked connection: the climatic impact of eating meat. Bolstered by a recent United Nations report ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, food, green living, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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Just the Ticket
Paper airline tickets soon to go extinct |
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29 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Just the Ticket Paper airline tickets soon to go extinct By the beginning of next summer, paper airline tickets will be a thing of the past for its airlines, the International Air Transport Association announced this week. The relevant stats: The IATA represents more than 240 airlines, which together operate 94 percent of international flights; 84 percent of its travelers already fly without paper tickets; and cha ... |
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| Topics: air travel, business, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Strung Out
Clotheslines growing more popular in U.S. |
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27 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Strung Out Clotheslines growing more popular in U.S. The clothesline, nemesis of backyard cyclists everywhere, is making a comeback thanks to green awareness and energy costs. Many communities and homeowner's associations have banned the misunderstood expanse of rope, assuming that neighbors aren't interested in each other's dirty -- or clean -- laundry. But as a burgeoning "right to dry" movement airs its conc ... |
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Is Our Children Greening?
Students and colleges starting to go green |
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24 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Is Our Children Greening? Students and colleges starting to go green It's school time again, and you know what that means: pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks, and ambitious eco-minded students. Thanks to the influence of today's yoots -- a generation accustomed to sorting their trash and hyper-aware of global warming -- schools across the country are greening up education. California's Green Campus Program ... |
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| Topics: education, green living, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Toying With Our Emotions
Bush administration may be complicit in lead-painted-toy debacle |
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22 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Toying With Our Emotions Bush administration may be complicit in lead-painted-toy debacle While China has endured a lot of criticism from the lead-painted-toy debacle, the Bush administration is not off the hook. Consumer advocates say the anti-regulation administration has hindered attempts to crack down on inspection of imported Chinese playthings; in addition, critics accuse the feds of encouraging the Consumer Pr ... |
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Toying with our emotions
Bush administration complicit in lead-toy debacle |
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21 Aug 2007 |
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| While China has endured a lot of criticism from the lead-toy debacle, the Bush administration is not off the hook. Consumer advocates say the anti-regulation administration has hindered attempts to crack down on inspection of imported Chinese playthings; in addition, critics accuse the feds of encouraging the Consumer Product Safety Commission to be less oriented to consumer safety and more focused on pleasing manufacturers. 'We've been complaining about this issue, warning it ... |
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Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled
Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage |
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15 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Evian Is Just Evil Misspelled Hatin' on plastic water bottles is all the rage Forget SUVs and Styrofoam: hip-to-the-times green folk are directing their ire at plastic water bottles. In the last few months, the energy-intensiveness of bottled water -- 1.5 million barrels of oil go into making the bottles for the U.S. market each year, and oodles more to transporting the H2O -- has seeped into ... |
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| Topics: food, green living, health, news, recycling, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Lead, Swallow, or Get Out of the Play
Mattel adds to recall of millions of lead-painted toys |
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15 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Lead, Swallow, or Get Out of the Play Mattel adds to recall of millions of lead-painted toys In yet another blow to Big Toy, Mattel Inc. yesterday recalled some 9 million China-made playthings. While most were sets containing potentially swallowable magnets, the toymaker also pulled 253,000 lead-painted die-cast cars. Earlier this month, Mattel pulled an additional 1.5 million toys thought to be colored wit ... |
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| Topics: China, consumerism, green living, health, news (all these topics) |
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It Only Hertz a Little
Rental and car-share companies get hip to hybrids |
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14 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| It Only Hertz a Little Rental and car-share companies get hip to hybrids Fueled by consumers' green interests, rental, car-service, and car-sharing companies are increasingly turning to hybrids. (Hear the collective sigh of relief from guilt-prone enviros who cringe with every tap on the rental accelerator.) Big renters Enterprise, Hertz, and Avis have all recently added several ... |
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| Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, news, Prius (all these topics) |
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Prints: Not Charming
Laser printers can emit high levels of unhealthy small particles, study says |
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02 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Prints: Not Charming Laser printers can emit high levels of unhealthy small particles, study says Remember how computers were going to usher in the Paperless Office? We so should have done that. An Australian study has found that many laser printers emit high levels of small particles that can be harmful to human health, with the highest-emitting machines rivaling the small-particle pollution of ci ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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Why Do I Still Feel So Hollow?
GE unveils carbon-offset credit card, other companies pondering same move |
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25 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Why Do I Still Feel So Hollow? GE unveils carbon-offset credit card, other companies pondering same move Some people say you can't shop your way to happiness, but they haven't met the new GE credit card. Yes, the company that brought us "ecomagination" has imagined a way into wallets everywhere. The GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard -- hang on, have to take a belly-laugh ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, green living, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Go Get 'Em, Plugger
Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study |
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23 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Go Get 'Em, Plugger Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study Plug-in hybrid vehicles, long extolled here at Grist HQ, seem always to elicit one question from doubters: Wouldn't running cars on electricity just mean more emissions from power plants? Answer: No! According to a ne ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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