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Putting a Price Tag on Climate Change

Posted January 31st, 2008 at 12:47 pm by michele

For years, scientists have talked about the costs of global warming. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon took those warnings literally.
Yesterday, Ban announced in a 52-page report that efforts to address climate change may cost …

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My Beef with Beef

Posted January 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pm by michele

When my twelve year-old self stopped eating meat, the explanation I gave people was quite nuanced and well-reasoned: I liked animals too much to eat them. Hey, it sounded good at the time.
But over the …

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And the State of the Union is: Green!

Posted January 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pm by michele

Ok, so those probably won’t be the words we hear tonight during President Bush’s final State of the Union address. And yeah, next year may also be a stretch. But politics are in the air!
With …

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“Paper or Plastic?” Not at Whole Foods!

Posted January 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm by michele

Many of us have been closely following– and participating in– ongoing efforts to reduce plastic bag usage. While most campaigns have targeted consumers, encouraging them to bring their own reusable bags or, at the very …

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Cow Burps and Climate Change?

Posted January 22nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm by michele

Apparently humans aren’t the only species with a carbon footprint! This most recent study is the latest spark in an ongoing discussion on the impact of methane, a greenhouse gas twenty times more potent than …

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New York City Council Passes Plastic Bag Bill

Posted January 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am by michele

“City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags”
New York Times
By Anne Barnard
Published: January 10, 2008
The stash under the sink grows inexorably: bags from Duane Reade and D’Agostino, bags from Home Depot and the …

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Spotlight: 1Sky Campaign

Posted January 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pm by michele

“Air Freshener: Betsy Taylor Sees Blue Skies in Our Future”
From “The Takoma Voice”

by Betsy Taylor
Board President, 1 Sky
Global warming is happening, and it is happening much more quickly than scientists predicted even one year ago. …

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November 14 is “Reusable Bag Day” in Massachusetts!

Posted November 13th, 2007 at 12:24 pm by hanaa

The following post is written by ALex Eaves of New Dream partner, STAY VOCAL.
As a Massachusetts resident, I could not have been more excited to hear this news. Wednesday, November 14 has been declared …

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Update on Fiji Water

Posted November 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pm by hanaa

A lot of you read the C3 blog reposting of the Fast Company article about bottled water that specifically targeted Fiji brand water and its particularly environmentally unsound business practices. Well, it looks as …

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Blog Action Day

Posted October 15th, 2007 at 10:36 am by hanaa

Today, October 15, marks the first annual Blog Action Day. Started by an Australian blogger, Collis Ta’eed, 15,861 bloggers from around the world have pledged to blog about the environment today.

Since this Carbon Conscious …

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