Finance News
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The virtues of "Slow Money"
We live in such interesting times. It is no secret that the financial wave of fast money, is unsustainable over the long haul. With financial "bubbles" bursting all around us, it's… | Read the full article ›
By Lucy Meskill (99 days ago) 11 comments- Definitions
- Sustainable, Conservation
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Feature A green-tinged farewell to the newspaper
Before I tear what's left of the "hemorrhaging" newspaper industry to unrecyclable shreds, allow me to sincerely apologize to my two favorite journalism professors, Nicholas… | Read the full article ›
By Kim Lachance Shandrow (305 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Waste Stream, Greenhouse gas, Post-consumer recycled, Toxicity, Water table impact, Coal
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Offshore wind farm breezes past financial danger
The winds of financial change have blown plans for construction of the world's largest offshore wind farm this way and that, but developers say financing is now secure. Word got… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (472 days ago) 13 comments- Definitions
- carbon dioxide, Emissions, Wind power, Wind turbine, Alternative energy
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5 ways to want less stuff
Buying less stuff supports the environment in so many ways: when you buy less, less is created to begin with, so fewer resources are used in production, less energy is used to… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (480 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Consumerism, Carbon footprint, Transport emissions, Freecycle
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Help end global poverty with a Mother's Day gift
How cool is this? By giving a Mother's Day gift you can also give a more everlasting gift by helping a hard-working entrepreneur to lift herself out of poverty. Too good to be… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (491 days ago) 2 comments- Definitions
- Microfinance, Fair trade
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Simplifying your life: could you apply the suitcase test?
Everything I own fits in my car. That and the couple of bikes that hang off the back. It wasn't easy getting that way (a lot of dedicated eBaying, Craigslisting, Freeycling, and a… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (496 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Consumerism, Freecycle
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Greener wallet equals greener Earth
We just don't get it when people claim they can't go green because "I can't afford the organic/sustainable/fair trade/eco-friendly version!" We're scratching our heads:… | Read the full article ›
By Lisa Poisso (506 days ago) 0 comments- Definitions
- Renewable energy, Sustainable, Fair trade, Organic, Recycling, Carbon footprint, Eco-friendly, Earth Day
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- Water
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Feature How to spend your tax refund the eco way
You are getting a refund, right? (Oh wait, you did know this was Tax Day, didn't you? If not, there's still time...) And if you're like many of us, you've got a nice little chunk… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (506 days ago) 0 comments -
A year without oil
Plastic. It's everywhere. Could you live without it? I read about the documentary Recipes for Disaster, the story of filmmaker John Webster and his family and their quest to… | Read the full article ›
By Karen Murphy (507 days ago) 5 comments- Definitions
- Compact fluorescent bulb
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Whose fault is elite meat?
Do local, sustainably-managed agricultural operations collude to charge high prices? Or, to put it another way, should über-small, "artisan" farmers get over… | Read the full article ›
By Sarah Gilbert (516 days ago) 11 comments- Definitions
- Sustainable, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, Organic, Locavore
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