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Jetter l'énergie par les portes
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encourager les magasins à fermer la porte.
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1 year, 1 month ago by: kirstendirksen staff 2 comments
Climate control for sidewalks: making stores close the door
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A loophole exists in our global warming awareness. As most of us are are investing in energy saving appliances and insulating our homes to cut the need for climate control, there's a large segment of our communities that still find it acceptable to run the air conditioning or heating ...
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1 year, 1 month ago by: kirstendirksen staff / nicolas.boullosa staff 2 comments
Flying: who's prepared for greener skies?
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Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions and this hasn't gone unnoticed: the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is urging the UK government to introduce cigarette-style health warnings on all advertising for air travel warning that "Flying Causes Climate Change." The UK's Tory ...
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1 year, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Anglo-Saxon bigfoots and the Happy Planet Index
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The other day my husband IMed me, only half-joking, "f**king Anglo-Saxons". It seems we English-speaking countries, for the most part, have the world's worst carbon footprints. What inspired my husband's comment wasn't one of our trips to the U.S., Canada or Australia where he is ...
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1 year, 4 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Organic geography: German bio-carrots & buying ugly in Spain
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Organic can be cultural. The last time I flew into Heathrow airport I was organic-shocked. On our descent I was offered- by the British Air flight attendant- organic water: a concept that so baffled me I was forced to explore online. Apparently: "Every drop of Highland Spring falls on protected ...
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1 year, 10 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
One woman took on Starbucks... and the world listened
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This month Starbucks' "green" image took a hit because one curious, and concerned, customer asked a simple question. When Lisa Woolfe noticed, in her London-area Starbucks, a sink behind the counter with its tap running, she asked why.Unfortunately for Starbucks, and fortunately for those who understand that water is ...
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1 year, 10 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff 1 comments
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Eco-fashion and Google Earth
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As consumers demand more information about their clothes, green labels are applied to clothing. We talk to one designer who promises traceability without a "whiff of heavy manufacture".The ethical clothing market is growing fast. In the UK, it increased by 79% between 2005 and 2006- from £29 million to ...
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2 years, 3 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Escocia: Aberdeenshire, Balmoral, Charles y más
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Que poco a poco, inexorablemente, cambian los hábitos de compra y consumo, es algo discutible. Aunque existen datos que lo corroboran. Ahora, "mejorar" ya no equivaldría tan claramente, parece ser, a "comprar" (a ejercer el derecho de compra), a "comprar más grande", o "comprar más potente ...
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2 years, 4 months ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff comments
A little background on the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)
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The Ethical Trading Initiative is an alliance of companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and trade organizations dedicated to promoting "good practice" for goods sold in the UK.The Ethical Trading Initiative works to create and apply a code of conduct to maintain labour standards- based on those of the International Labour ...
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2 years, 5 months ago by: faircompanies faircompanies comments
The Web's possibilities to become tool for ethical consumers
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“Our research with over 1,800 people finds that there is a welcome role for information and advice on sustainable lifestyles for 19 per cent of consumers – 8.6 million people across Great Britain. Our study shows that information and advice can support voluntary changes in consumer behaviour.” Paul Steedman ...
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2 years, 6 months ago by: nananaina user comments
