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Image source: Common Threadz Common Threadz, not to be confused with Patagonia’s recycling program , has a buy-one-give-one type program meaning that for every item you purchase, the store will donate one school uniform to an orphan in Africa. Once Common Threadz pays for the uniform with profits from your purchase, any money left [...]

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:: Travel green in one of the world’s most polluted cities: Mexico City . :: Make a scrumptious and seasonal Green Bean Salad with Pumpkin Seed Dressing . :: Instead of tossing your orange peels , put ‘em to good use!…

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A Greener Mexico City, Green Bean Salad and 5 Reuses for: [...]

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photo: Andreas via flickr It’s been a pretty long road to making cellulosic ethanol commercially viable. As it stands there is one demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States, and the the first commercial-scale biorefinery recently received approval back in July. Suffice it to say, cellulosic ethanol holds promise but is a work [...]

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Image source: Beautiful Silverlake Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce - Green Committee (SLCC-GC) was working overtime at this year’s Sunset Junction Street Festival to help both vendors and attendees “Think Before You Toss.” As part of their Zero Waste Initiative, the SLCC-GC encouraged the over 25,000 attendees to not only sort their recycling but [...]

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If we’ve learned anything from watching the Democratic and Republican conventions over the past few weeks, it’s that energy policy is at the forefront, both in our policy debates and in the minds of our citizens. Republicans and Democrats alike understand the challenges posed by surging energy prices to our nation’s growth and prosperity. [...]

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