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Exploring Green San Diego

by Jaclyn Abergas June 16th, 2009 | Easy Ideas, Reduce, Shopping, Websites
Are you trying to live a green lifestyle? This series explores different cities and their efforts to go green. So, it doesn't matter if you just moved there or simply are going for a vacation. This series explores the green establishments you can visit in the city.

Food

1. Pizza Fusion

Pizza Fusion promises to deliver pizzas that use earth-conscious, environmentally-friendly ingredients and boxes. They deliver pizza using hybrid vehicles and provide their employees with eco-friendly apparel for their uniforms. And they encourage their customers to bring in their pizza boxes for recycling by giving discounts. They use fresh and
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Dirty Industries Have a Long Tail of Consequences

by Michele June 3rd, 2009 | Environment, Pollution, Websites
EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's article is a guest post written by James O’Shea, representative of maacenter, the web's leading organization for relevant and authoritative information regarding asbestos and health complications associated with asbestos exposure. Their organization is staffed entirely by writers and other developers who recognize the importance of building awareness in the fight against cancer.

In recent years there has been a great deal of national attention focused on the improvement of industrial environmental standards. Even as we attempt to rebuild our economy, we seem to be focused on not only restoring industry, but also using this as an opportunity
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The Green Guide

by Louise May 19th, 2009 | Easy Ideas, Websites
Sponsored by National Geographic, The Green Guide is one of the most comprehensive and qualified sources you will find on the Web for making your everyday life green.

There are seven major categories that can you can go green in: Home & Garden, Personal Care, Kids, Health & Safety, Travel, Food, and Go Local (buying from local resources). Did you know that you can go green with virtually anything? Recently featured buying guides include fertilizer, plastic containers, and baby bottles.

For each specific product, The Green Guide provides a brief 101 on the topic, introduces its environment impact, outlines a
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Eco-Friendly Restaurants and Shops in San Francisco

by Jaclyn Abergas April 28th, 2009 | Easy Ideas, Outdoor Ideas, Shopping, Websites

Congratulations on living green! It's not easy to practice this lifestyle in modern times. In fact, what makes it harder is the loss of control outside your own home. It's easy enough to do it inside the house because you can control all the factors needed. You can segregate your own trash, grow your own food, reduce and reuse things and limit use of electricity.

But what about when you shop or eat out?

The bad news is that not a lot of shops and restaurants practice a green lifestyle just yet.

The good news is that there are places that contribute to
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Climate Counts

by Louise April 14th, 2009 | Shopping, Websites
Recently when I was volunteering at a race that was going green, I came across some informational displays, and on them I saw names of familiar companies such as Burger King, Starbucks, Nike, and eBay. Intrigued, I took some time to learn about the sponsor of the stand: ClimateCounts.org.

The name Climate Counts has two meanings: 1. The climate matters. 2.The Website is keeping a count of how well popular companies are performing on an environmentally-friendly scale.

Climate Counts uses a 0-to-100 point scale and four major categories (review, reduce, policy stance, and report) to rate how green a company's operations are. They are scored on how well
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