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No Impact Week, Again
What's Stopping You?

It's not too late to participate in another No Impact Week, inspired by Colin Beaven, the No Impact Man. We pointed it out last month but didn't hear much back from readers, so either the idea for par...

More Bicycles in L.A.
The Washington Post

A few years ago, we went to L.A. to visit a friend. The traffic, compared to anything we'd seen in Texas, was shocking. It's a real car culture, and we wouldn't have dreamed of biking around. But no...

Singtex S. Cafe: Fabrics Created from Used Coffee Grounds

While bamboo fabric has become mainstream, there seem to be plenty of other naturally occurring plants from which durable and long lasting fabrics could potentially be derived. One company in Taiwan...

American Shoppers Misled by Greenwashing
The Guardian Sunday 6.21.2009

We've blogged about the importance of maintaining awareness of greenwashing and even blogged about a A Greenwashing Index to help you identify products that are truly green and those that might be a...

News: Green Job Growth at an Impressive 9.1%
And approaching that of the traditional energy sector

According to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, Green job growth was at 9.1 percent between 1998 and 2007, versus 3.7 percent for the overall job market -- resulting in a total of 770,0...

Drought in California

It's been the driest year in California in a long, long time. We've had the driest spring in the past 150 years, and while we've generally been enjoying the weather, paradise comes with a price. Wat...

July Best Posts: Welcome from Maxwell and a Catalog Goes Green

A welcome from Maxwell; spreading the word; a catalog retailer goes green… [links after the jump]...

"Take Back My TV: Think Before You Recycle"

Over at Inhabitat, they featured a really interesting post about the "Take Back My TV" campaign. "According to the EPA, over 87% of the e-waste in the US is simply trashed- sent to landfills... of t...