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Eco-Libation
Boxed Wine Beats Bottled Boxed, instead of bottled, wine is becoming au courant. Choosing to sip boxed varietals saves half the shipping weight, avoids the environmental impact of glass manufacturing and keeps the product fresher longer (typically six weeks in the fridge after the seal is broken). It’s why more wineries leading the way with organic vino are packaging it in a plastic, vacuum-sealed bag inside a recyclable cardboard box.
Popularity: 24% [?]
Living Simply By wanting—and sometimes, doing—less, we create more space for the things that really matter.
by Judith Fertig
Living simply is not a new idea. The Shakers, a celibate sect founded in the 18th century, believed that, “Tis a gift to be simple.” In the 19th century, Henry David Thoreau went back to basics on Walden Pond. “Less is more,” proclaimed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the renowned post-war minimalist architect, a century later.
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consciouseating Don’t Fence Me In Go with a Free-range Gobbler
by Jordana Gerson
For most Americans, memories of Thanksgiving focus on succulent, brown, juicy birds and a week of turkey sandwiches and cranberry sauce leftovers. While these images are typically guilt-free, the truth is that most turkeys come from industrial farms, where producers are more concerned with quantity than quality, raising the fowl under often foul conditions.
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Green Halloween
Tricks for Earth-Friendly Treats
The scariest aspects of Halloween are the unhealthy sugar overload and disposable waste in costumes, decorations and pumpkins left to rot. Ranking second only to Christmas as America’s best-loved holiday in a FamilyFun.com poll, Halloween started going green across the country last year with the help of a grassroots, volunteer-run initiative on the Web at GreenHalloween.org.
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More Student Farmhands Go Organic
More liberal arts students seeking an academic break, meaningful work or training and engagement in social change are headed to farms this summer. It’s a way to act on their growing enthusiasm for locally raised food, concerns over food safety and the environmental impact of conventional agriculture.
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GlobalBriefs Seas the Day
Celebrate World Ocean Day June 8
Thousands of concerned citizens will gather on World Ocean Day, June 8, to deepen awareness of the universal benefits and alarming plight of Earth’s oceans, and the need to stop human activities from harming them. Inspiring community events, activities and celebrations will roll out at aquariums, zoos, museums and other educational institutions in all 50 states and 70 countries, based on the 2009 theme, “One climate, one ocean, one future.”
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Globalbrief Ballad of Thoreau
Earth Day on Walden Pond
Earth Day Network is joining with playwright Michael Johnathon in exploring the vital role we each play in protecting the Earth by living more simply and preserving natural environments in our home communities. Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau will stream online via EarthDayTV.net and be broadcast over public TV and radio and in theaters on Earth Day, April 22. To date, 7,200 schools and community theatres have performed the play in 35 countries, bringing to life the lessons of Henry David Thoreau, father of the environmental movement in America.
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CLIMATE CHANGE Threat to Life Inspires New Energy Future
by Geraldine Marcenyac
“Climate Change,” an inspiring exhibit currently showing at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), illustrates an opportunity that is as proactive as it is educational. The curators of the exhibit, Edmond A. Mathez and Michael Oppenheimer, have done a formidable job of highlighting the different elements composing our planet’s climate and how they interact to create a livable environment. Upon entering the exhibit, visitors see 400 years of atmospheric change documented, via graphic aids that bring to mind Al Gore’s Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
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