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For Give and For Get The green guide to gift giving	The Green Guide	15 Dec 2004	Earthly Possessions
The plain truth is that Americans love to consume, and we do it with more abandon than ever during the holiday season. Nearly a quarter of all retail goods move out of stores and into homes between Thanksgiving and Christmas (and, we suspect, often into landfills by January). That poses a dilemma for the thoughtful and socially responsible holiday shopper. What if one of those "four calling birds" is an ...
Topics: green living, holiday (all these topics)

Alternative giving	David Roberts	14 Dec 2004	Gristmill

Topics: holiday (all these topics)

I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas Low-impact gifts can make holidays more eco-friendly		13 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas Low-impact gifts can make holidays more eco-friendly This year, holiday sales in the U.S. are projected to hit $219 billion -- up 4 to 6 percent from last year. That's a lot of ties and trinkets. And while that might be good news for some retailers, it's anything but a holiday for the earth; between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, Americans generate an extra 5 million tons of trash ...
Topics: green living, holiday, United States (all these topics)

O Conserve All Ye Faithful London's big Christmas tree powered by fuel cell		09 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
O Conserve All Ye Faithful London's big Christmas tree powered by fuel cell This year, Christmas is getting an eco-friendly boost in London. All 648 energy-efficient light bulbs on the massive Christmas tree bedecking Trafalgar Square will be powered by a hydrogen fuel-cell generator in lieu of the traditional fossil-fuel-powered beasts used in years past. Roughly the size of a (European) refrigerator, the ...
Topics: green living, holiday, London, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Lights	David Roberts	09 Dec 2004	Gristmill

Topics: holiday (all these topics)

Pan of Green Gobbles Sales of organic turkeys and Tofurky on the rise		24 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Pan of Green Gobbles Sales of organic turkeys and Tofurky on the rise The organic turkey is the new Prius. If you're planning to carve one up for tomorrow's Thanksgiving meal, you're riding the latest wave of eco-chic. Organic turkey sales at Whole Foods Market have doubled this year, the upscale natural-foods chain reports. And that's building on i ...
Topics: animal welfare, food, green living, holiday, organic food, United States, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil		27 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil Pumpkins are not only good for jack-o'-lanterns, pie, and carrying Cinderella home -- they are also extremely effective at drawing persistent organic pollutants like the toxic pesticide DDT out of soil, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. They tested rye grass, tall fescue, alfalfa, zucchini, and pumpkins, but the oddl ...
Topics: agriculture, food, holiday, toxics (all these topics)

Talking Turkey Make your Thanksgiving and holiday meals go easy on the Earth	Samuel Frank, Andreea Matei, P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide	20 Nov 2003	Earthly Possessions
By Samuel Frank, Andreea Matei and P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide 20 Nov 2003 Sharpen your knives and hone your appetite -- it's that time of year again. Every fall, we stuff ourselves at Thanksgiving, take a quick break, then fill up again over the winter holidays, sometimes gorging at event after event to accommodate multiple sets of family and friends. But environmentalists, beware: The industry set up to sate th ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, holiday (all these topics)

Have a Heart How to have a Valentine's Day with a conscience	The Green Guide	12 Feb 2003	Earthly Possessions

Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, food, green living, holiday, organic food, politics (all these topics)

Not Buying It It's time Americans hit the brakes on consumption	Eric Brown	08 Jan 2003	Soapbox
Every year, long before the last of the Halloween candy has been eaten, the drumbeat of holiday consumerism ushers in a long, wasteful, expensive march to New Year's. Now Holiday 2002 is finally over, and apparently it's just as well, because it turns out the season was a "failure." This information comes not from our friends, our family, or even our clergy, but from CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, ...
Topics: business, green living, holiday, United States (all these topics)

Wrapture On wrapping paper	Umbra Fisk	10 Dec 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Any suggestions on where to find recycled wrapping paper? I know the real environmental choice is to reuse stuff I have around the house, but sometimes newspaper, etc., just doesn't have the right look. Any ideas where I can find recycled/tree-free wrapping paper for the holiday season? I've been looking around (both online and off) but all I can find is rolls of brown packing paper. I want something a little more festive. Thanks, ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, holiday, recycling (all these topics)

Deck the Halls with CFLs Now that's a reason to be jolly	Elizabeth Sawin	14 Dec 2001	Global Citizen
This holiday season, we're bombing Afghanistan, and perhaps contributing to mass starvation there. We stand apart from the rest of the world on climate change, ignoring the melting ice at the North Pole and rising global temperatures. As if the killing and bombing and starving weren't bad enough, we're not just at war with other people: We're trying to fight the entire biosphere. A light message. Photo: ArtTo ...
Topics: green living, holiday (all these topics)

You Light Up My Life. Now Stop It! What's wrong with those pretty holiday bulbs? Plenty	Erik Ness	15 Dec 2000	Main Dish
Pssst ... want to know why the climate conference sputtered at The Hague? Published reports cited disagreements about trees. Well, the trees in question might well have been of the Christmas variety -- because, of course, the U.S. delegation needed to return home in time to string up the traditional holiday lights. You heard it here first. Lite brite, in Seattle. Photo: Nathan James. ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living, holiday (all these topics)

Earth Day Turns 30	Donella H. Meadows	22 Apr 2000	Global Citizen
If, in the 30 Earth Day celebrations we have held since 1970, the human population and economy have become any more respectful of the Earth, the Earth hasn't noticed. The planet is not impressed by fancy speeches. Leonardo DiCaprio interviewing Bill Clinton about global warming is not an Earth-shaking event. The Earth has no way of registering good intentions or future inventions or high hopes. It doesn't even pay attention to dollars, which a ...
Topics: climate, energy, holiday (all these topics)

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