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 Gisele Named 
 UN Goodwill 
 Ambassador 

Bundchen more than just a supermodel, has long campaigned for environmental issues

Sep 21, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gisele Bundchen will have more than a baby with hubby Tom Brady to keep her busy—yesterday she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme, the Boston Herald reports. “Mother Earth is our fundamental life-support system, and by becoming aware and responsible now, we... More »

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entertainment • environment • United Nations • Brazil • celebrity • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • green • supermodel • eco-friendly • UN goodwill ambassador

 Colleges Ditch Trays; 
 Students Learn to Juggle

Diners willing to sacrifice for planet's sake

Sep 14, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - College students may feel they’ve added juggling to their courseloads as the trayless cafeteria trend picks up steam, the Los Angeles Times reports. The increasingly popular measure, meant to save water and electricity, often meets with a sort of grudging acquiescence. “It's definitely difficult and a little... More »

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environment • university • green • cafeteria • college student • tray • food services • Aramark • Sodexo

(Newser) - As the movement toward greener, more natural burials gains steam, a Swedish biologist who specializes in soil production thinks she's got the best method, reports the Walrus magazine. It's called promession, and it's a doozy: Corpses are frozen with liquid nitrogen, then shattered into tiny pieces on a vibrating table.... More »

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environment • death • Sweden • green • burial • compost • decomposition • promession

glossies

 Electric Bikes 
 Take Off 
 in China 


Jun 14, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese drivers are seeing a new vehicle zip by on the nation's congested, smog-choked freeways: electric bicycles, Austin Ramzy writes in Time. Promoted by the government as affordable solutions to cars, so-called e-bikes are growing in popularity, offering a green solution to the country's automobile boom. About 21 million e-bikes... More »

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China • environment • smog • green • automobile • electric bicycle

(Newser) - The Peruvian Army has imposed a curfew and set up checkpoints following deadly clashes with indigenous tribes protesting plans to drill for oil and gas in ancestral homelands in the Amazon region, reports the BBC. Dozens of people, both police and protesters, were killed in the clashes that mark the... More »

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ecology • Peru • protests • Lima • Indian Tribes • Shining Path • green • oil drilling • protesters • Amazon rainforest • Amazon • Indians

earth day

 Leo, Oprah Voted 
 Greenest Celebs 

Mariah, Travolta not so much

Apr 22, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey was voted the greenest female celebrity in an Earth Day poll, the New York Daily News reports. Leonardo DiCaprio beat out Brad Pitt and Bono for the No. 1 male spot in the survey by GreenDaily.com and Bebo.com. On the other hand, Mariah Carey is least... More »

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environment • Brad Pitt • Leonardo DiCaprio • John Travolta • Earth Day • Bono • Oprah Winfrey • green • Mariah Carey

(Newser) - Being sensitive to the environment doesn't have to cost a fortune. In fact, the green option is often the most cost-effective one. Scientific American spotlights nine ways of cutting your bills as you save the Earth:
  • Shrink your living space. Prefab homes and plans for dwellings as small as
... More »

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environment • green building • ecology • green technology • green • eco friendliness • green home • ecofriendly • eco-friendly • cellphones

 RIP: Obits for Our Culture 


Feb 7, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Dying is a bit of a buzzkill, but all things must come to an end. AJ Jacobs of Esquire  writes obituaries for music, his manhood, and various other cultural remnants:
  • Romantic Comedy, age 81: On life support long ago—finally dead after someone pitched Kate Hudson a film
... More »

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Kate Hudson • masculinity • green • Jonas Brothers • romantic comedy • Dora the Explorer • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • The Hills

 Snowboard 
 Makers 
 Going Green 


Manufacturers offer eco-friendly option

Jan 2, 09 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Snowboarders have a vested interest in stopping global warming, and the industry's gear is getting greener by the year, the New York Times reports. “To snowboard, we need snow,” said Bob Carlson, co-founder of Arbor, which has been using renewable materials for their snowboards since 1995. More and... More »

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snowboarding • green • green products • green revolution

OPINION

Gimmicky Green Authors
Wouldn't Impress Thoreau

Writers often more into self promotion than self denial

Dec 28, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Modern-day Henry David Thoreaus don't need to move to the woods for life to land a book deal. The push for green living has given us, unfortunately, no small number of gimmicky books on the subject, laments Michael Agger in Mother Jones. Temporarily living without plastic, eating only locally grown... More »

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energy • green • green revolution • Henry David Thoreau • Walden Pond • self-improvement • ascetic

 Green Font Cuts Ink Costs 

'Ecofont' has holes in the letters to save ink

Dec 23, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A new font designed to cut printing costs saves ink by not completely filling in the letters, the AP reports. The “Ecofont,” designed by Dutch firm Spranq, has small holes in the middle of the letters that cut ink usage by 15%. The font is free on Spranq’... More »

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environment • Netherlands • ink • open source • green • printers • font • Spranq • Ecofont

ANALYSIS

Charles, Near 60, May Yet Put Green Stamp on Monarchy

Heir apparent to Queen Elizabeth has built an empire of charity

Nov 4, 08 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Prince Charles, who turns 60 on Nov. 14, has used his position as heir apparent to advocate tirelessly for the environment and the disadvantaged, writes JM Ledgard on More Intelligent Life. There’s still time for him to ascend to the British throne, where (after taking the title of George... More »

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climate change • global warming • Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • monarchy • charity • Britain • British royals • green

Cloth or Plastic: Greenies Debate the Diaper

Cotton's footprint not that much better than disposables'

Sep 28, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - For green parents, the choice between disposables or cloth diapers may seem like a catch-22. Silvia Spring weighs the issue in the Boston Globe, but finds no easy answer. While disposables produce up to 70 times more waste than cloth, the latest study concluded that disposable diapers have the same... More »

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environment • baby • diaper • green • cloth diapers • disposable diapers

 Reusable Bags: 
 A Tricky Shade 
 of Green  

Thicker plastic requires more energy to produce, decomposes slower

Sep 27, 08 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reusable shopping bags are this year's “it” giveaway, but they may not be as green as their feel-good slogans—like “Save the world” and "I used to be a plastic bag"—claim. The problem is that old habits die hard—many people simply forget to reuse... More »

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environment • Google • plastic bags • environmentalism • Target • green • Wal-Mart • retailers

OPINION

Water-Neutral Campaign
Is Nothing but Eco-Guilt

If rich countries were really water-neutral, we'd all be dead

Aug 24, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new UK campaign urging people to be more “water wise” lays bare a flaw in the environmental movement, Brendan O’Neill writes in Spiked. The campaign urges people to be conscious of the “virtual water” used on their behalf to carry out tasks like growing coffee beans... More »

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environmentalism • natural resources • Britain • green • water supply • eco-friendly

 NYC's Taxi Fleets
 in Race for Hybrids 

Fall mandate means a rush to replace 3,000 taxis a year.

Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered... More »

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environment • New York City • gas • taxi • hybrid car • green transportation • green • fuel consumption

 Not So Easy to 
 Green a Dem 
 Convention 

Organizer can't find hats that are organic and union

Jun 25, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can pledge to make your Dem convention “the greenest…in the history of the planet” (as Denver’s mayor recently did), you can hire a Director of Greening—but it’s still no small task to throw a sustainable presidential nominating conference. That's what the Journal discovered in... More »

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environment • Democratic National Convention • unions • green • greenhouse-gas emissions • compost

McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

Smaller homes built to strict LEED specs are all the rage

Jun 22, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to building green, a LEED rating is the ultimate cachet-- but they're tough to get, the New York Times reports. And homes approved by the Leadership in Energy and Evironmental Design council tend to be small and pricey, with one platinum-certified four-bedroom house in California on the... More »

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architecture • green building • environmentalism • green energy • green construction • green • green home

 Summer Tips
 for Greener Kids 

Going outside would be a good first step

Jun 12, 08 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Summer is the perfect season to turn your rugrats into ecomaniacs, as warm weather and school vacations collide. Grist lists some basic steps to green up your family’s summer:
  1. Get outside: The best way to commune with nature is to experience it first-hand, but the time kids spend
... More »

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environment • parenting • environmentalism • parents • list • sunscreen • summer • green • farmers markets • eco friendliness

OPINION

 Sundance
 Abuzz With
 Bug Porn 

Rossellini stars in Sundance Channel's take on mating practices of bugs

May 11, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those unclear about the birds and the bees (the actual ones), the Sundance Channel is screening “green porno videos” on its website, reports Mother Jones blogger Jen Phillips. The series features Isabella Rossellini, breaking out of her usual indie cocoon, carrying out the mating rituals of the snail,... More »

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pornography • sex education • insects • green • mating rituals • Isabella Rossellini • The Sundance Channel

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