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Eco-Movies in Your Mailbox

jride — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:39:16 -0600

By Jennifer Bravo Start your eco-makeover from the comfort of your couch with Earth Cinema Circle — a lineup of movies to appeal to your inner activist delivered right to your mailbox. For $17.95 plus shipping, you’ll receive a DVD with four to five feature-length and short films on topics ranging from green living and alternative design to eco-friendly adventure travel, food production and conservation, every other month. Selected from hundreds screened annually, Earth Cinema Circle’s...

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5 Holiday Eco Decorating Tips

JoeR — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:33:39 -0700

By Jodi Helmer Step away from that festive-looking flocked plastic wreath — and start opting for holiday decorations that really are green. You’ll feel even better giving green gifts this year if your present-opening happens amid halls decked in eco-friendly style. Interior designer Cheryl Terrace says you’re in good company if you’re checking your list twice before buying that petroleum-based fake tree, mass-produced ornaments or energy-draining string of standard holiday lights....

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Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas

JoeR — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:04:37 -0700

By Ginny Figlar ‘Tis the season for living rooms around the country to be covered in a sea of crumpled paper and tossed-aside bows. Yup, holiday wrapping paper is largely to blame for a 25 percent spike in waste generation between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the EPA. (And if Grandpa’s just tossing everything into the fireplace, that’s even more harmful. Many inks and foils contain chemicals that are toxic when burned.) What is the eco-minded gift-giver to do? Here are...

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Recycling Your Holiday with Danny Seo

mattronica — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:03:22 -0700

From greeting cards to candy canes to ribbon, Danny Seo offers fun and useful tips on recycling your holiday decorations.

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Planting Trees: Bad for the Environment?

amandakshannon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:22:26 -0700

According to new studies, planting trees can have negative effects on our environment by reducing the local availability of water.

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November’s Recycling Project: Freecycling

E.B.Boyd — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:39 -0700

This is the third in a series of four year-end recycling projects. September’s project was printer cartridges. Last month’s was cell phones. This month's is freecycling. Next month’s is computers. The 19th-century English decorative artist William Morris once said, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." And yet, inevitably, our homes seem to fill up with things that are neither useful nor beautiful. Or perhaps they were once useful,...

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Climate Change Proves Deadly

amandakshannon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:15:22 -0700

Children are more vulnerable to sicknesses brought on by changes in the climate. This fact leaves them at greater risk for catching deadly diseases within coming years.

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Running Out of Time

amandakshannon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:17:17 -0600

Large groups of concerned citizens are taking to the streets to rally for a change in the way we treat the planet.

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Would You Drive a Car That Looked Like a Golf Ball?

amandakshannon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:14:33 -0600

On Mythbusters-- a show that tests myths to see if they are true or not--a group of men decided to test the fuel efficiency of a car dimpled like a golf ball. The result?

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Hybrids in the HOV Lane

E.B.Boyd — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:25:55 -0600

Have a hybrid? Enjoying riding solo in the carpool lane? Those days could be numbered. Some in California’s legislature are proposing new rules that would either grant solo driving privileges only to vehicles powered by alternative fuels like electricity and natural gas or would require hybrids to get at least 65 miles per gallon, rather than the 45 miles per gallon combined city-highway mileage required today. Why the changes? Too many hybrids. Some form of carpool lane exemptions have...

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