published September 24, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: www.bluewaikiki.com via flickr Let's take it as given that considering the flack dairy gets from segments of the green community for its environmental problems that this result is probably what the Innovation Center for US Dairy wanted, and move on: According to a new calculation of the carbon footprint of a gallon of milk in the United States, ...
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published September 20, 2010 and has No Comments
The designs of Auralís Herrero wowed the crowds at last week's GreenShows. Green is the new black. And if you don't believe us, check this: eBay listings with the term "organic" have nearly doubled since this time last year, while sales for items with the term have risen 30 percent. Among the forces propelling green fashion along: the GreenShows, ...
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published September 20, 2010 and has No Comments
photos: Matthew McDermott Park(ing) Day has been a much-covered event here on TreeHugger for the past several years, and for good reason: It's undeniably good fun to reclaim a bit of pavement used every other day of the week save for a Friday in mid-September, roll out the sod and create your own little bit of park in the ...
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published September 19, 2010 and has No Comments
Samantha Pleet at New York Green Fashion Week. Credit: Elisa Hyman At New York Green Fashion Week Tuesday night, Samantha Pleet presented a mystical and romantic eco chic collection for Spring 2011. Inspired by French New Wave films and the band Beach House, Samantha's design aesthetic is rooted in a classic style, with modern appeal. For Spring 2011, the ...
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published September 13, 2010 and has No Comments
There is something about magazines that we have not been able to match in the online world, and that is art direction- the look and feel, the seamless continuity between advertising and content. The online world doesn't even use the term, preferring to call it "information architecture". That is why I am so intrigued by the trend towards online ...
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published September 10, 2010 and has No Comments
GULI Collection, Spring 2011 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Credit: Emma Grady New York Fashion's Week 's GreenShows have yet to begin and I have already been pounding the pavement attending runway shows and presentations in search of up-and-coming green designers and for hints that more sustainable processes have begun to permeate mainstream fashion. Like de... Read the full story ...
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published September 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Life Dynamix There's (thankfully) been a lot of attention focused lately on the behind-the-scenes influence of corporations on public policy and opinion -- see Jane Mayer's great expose of the extremely powerful billionaire Koch brothers for a good example. Over the last year we've seen corporations sponsor "grassroots" movements fighting health care reform, the oil industry back ...
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published September 9, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Red, Green, and Blue What just a year ago seemed to be a weak alternative or a mere support beam to good carbon-reducing energy policy is now a pie-in-the-sky longshot. Pricing carbon emissions was the bedrock of the climate bill that passed the House of Representatives last year, and the Renewable Energy Standard that required utilities to ...
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published September 9, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: The Godfather Cosa Nostra Goes Green It seems like the mob has discovered that there's money to be made with wind power in Italy. The mafia is up to its usual tricks: fraud, extortion, bribery, money laundering, etc. Police wiretaps even caught an alleged mafioso telling his wife: "Not one turbine blade will be built in Mazara unless ...
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published September 9, 2010 and has No Comments
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