"Let My People Go Surfing", a book by Yvon Chouinard by faircompanies on August 12, 2007 Let My People Go Surfing is a collection of memories and reflections of Yvon Chouinard, legendary climber and founder/owner of …
The apple does not fall far from the tree by Flora on August 11, 2007 I still remember one of the first papers about the production of dimethylfuran (DMF) for liquid fuels from biomass-derived carbohydrates. …
Who killed the electric car?, a documentary by Chris Paine by faircompanies on August 10, 2007 A documentary that investigates the birth and -premature?- death of the EV1, an electric car developed by General Motors during …
The tipping point of green cleaning by faircompanies on August 9, 2007 Did you look at the labels on your cleaning products? Maybe you’d prefer not to focus on it, but if …
Slow Food, or reversing the standardization of taste by faircompanies on August 8, 2007 Slow Food stands as a movement opposed to the standardization of culinary taste that promotes a philosophy of taste “without …
Standards needed to apply for the Fairtrade certification by faircompanies on August 6, 2007 Fairtrade is a certification system for products that comply with environmental, labor and development standards established by FLO International. The …
Body Time: the original Body Shop keeps it small by Kirsten Dirksen on August 6, 2007 Body Time opened their doors in 1970 as a small shop where soaps were hand-cut and customers brought back their …
Vancouver: densidad urbana, pilas de hidrógeno y moda by Nicolás Boullosa on August 5, 2007 En Vancouver, como en Seattle, uno puede ir en un solo día -alguien de a pie, sin jet privado, se …
Cuando Steve Jobs anunció productos más ecológicos by Nicolás Boullosa on August 1, 2007 Misterios de la vida, existen empresas de gran tamaño que, pese a entrar reunir las condiciones para ser tratadas peyorativamente …
El coche en EEUU (visto por un europeo sin coche) by Nicolás Boullosa on August 1, 2007 El libro Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser, 2001), un reportaje novelado a la antigua usanza (léase como en la corriente …