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29 Oct 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Tamara Giltsoff is a highly respected sustainability strategist who has worked for brilliantly innovative companies such as live|work in London and OzoLabs in New York.+ READ MORE
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26 Jun 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Since the birth of the environmental movement in the 1960s, activists have branched off to follow a variety of paths, each with its preferred methods of action. In recent years, the focus has largely been on personal actions, things each individual can do to help the planet, and and encourage...+ READ MORE
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10 Mar 2009 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Have you heard the slimy, green news? Last Friday a glob of green custard-y goo was hurled at Britain’s business minister Peter Mandelson during an act of eco-activism. Let's use this news as a lesson to protest peacefully. + READ MORE
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23 Oct 2008 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Like many an environmentalist, Marcus Hill was irritated with packaging waste. The needless waste...the landfill contribution...urghhhh! But instead of getting frustrated, Hill fought back by founding London Bio-Packaging with two partners.+ READ MORE
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2 May 2008 IN FOOD & HEALTH | COMMENTS
A friend called me this morning with the exciting news she's about to become a mom! Since she's adopting from Vietnam--and kids from Southeast Asia have a high propensity for eczema--she asked me for advice. + READ MORE
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24 Apr 2008 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
The first in a series where we look at why those basic things that we take for granted, like water, food and fuel are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The economic boom of the last thirty years has lifted billions out of poverty around the world, and people are using their newfound wealth...+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
My daughter was born in late February in a leap year; I thought it would be fun if she was born on the 29th, it would make a quarter of her birthdays really special and perhaps save on presents, but alas, my wife could not hang on and she was born five days too soon.+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
In the United Kingdom, one of the surprise hits in the book world is David Kynaston's Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 (2008, Walker & Company), which documents the way Britons adapted to the dire shortages after World War II.Create a soap ball in the kitchen: Collect tiny fragments of soap from...+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Not everyone does Christmas-a large percentage of our population celebrates other holidays. In the United Kingdom, over 6500 people volunteered last year to help out with Crisis Open Christmas, noting "If you are homeless or living in hostel accommodation, Christmas can be a lonely and depressing...+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN WORK & CONNECT | COMMENTS
Today we're going to meet Hugh Bowring from the West Midlands in the United Kingdom.I think everyone can: get the best out of life without taking the best out of the planet. :: Footprint Environmental Solutions Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure, who answer...+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Drink Tea? The Energy Savings Trust in the United Kingdom estimates that "if we each boil the water we need to make a cup of tea instead of filling the kettle every time, we could save enough electricity in a year to run nearly half of all the street lighting in the country."+ READ MORE
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23 Mar 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
It is everywhere in the news these days-recession is in the air.It is also true that almost all of the things that we preach as being good for the planet are also good for getting recession-ready; use less stuff, lower your heating bills, reduce your use of electricity, make your own dinner-all...+ READ MORE
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