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NEWS ABOUT: green products

green products stories: 12 news summaries

 Plastic Wine 
 Bottles Eco-Friendly, 
 but Drink It Fast 

Wine can go bad after less than a year

Jul 21, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some are looking to recycled plastic bottles as the future of wine packaging—but though they are more eco-friendly, such bottles are less wine-friendly, Reuters reports. They’re “fine for wine you plan to use under 12 months, but not for wines that are designed to improve in the... More »

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environment • plastic • wine • bottles • green products • trend • eco-friendly • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Americans are buying more so-called "natural" foods and angering advocates of organic, who say the distinction is a scam, the Chicago Tribune reports. The natural food market—that is, any food labeled "natural"—has spiked by 10% to $12.9 billion with cheaper-than-organic prices. But it's mostly... More »

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organic food • green products • natural food • organic farming

 Green Marketing Blossoms 
 Despite Recession 

'Eco-friendly' products are selling even as consumer spending dwindles

Apr 20, 09 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manufacturers of eco-friendly products are finding themselves in the green despite the sputtering economy, Advertising Age reports. One research company reports 458 launches of products that claim to be sustainable or environmentally friendly in 2009, a trend that—if it holds—would triple the number of green launches last year... More »

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environmentalism • recession • green products • green revolution • eco-friendly • financial crisis • Seventh Generation

 Final 'Green' Frontier: 
 Cemeteries 

Increasingly popular embalming- and casket-free option freaked locals out

Jan 2, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - As the green movement contemplates the afterlife, more funeral directors are seeing demand for a sendoff without the embalming and sturdy coffins of traditional burials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Natural burials won't necessarily put funeral directors out of business: Yes, simple shrouds are available, but so is a $300... More »

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coffin • casket • green products • burial • funeral home • cemetery

 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

 How to Keep Your PC Green 

New York Times offers tips on cutting computer energy use

Oct 3, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - You’ve got the Prius and the reusable shopping bags, but did you know a PC and monitor perpetually left on use more than twice the kilowatt-hours per year consumed by a fridge? The New York Times reports what you can do to slow your computer’s energy drain:
... More »

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energy • environment • computer • green products

Slow-Food Fest Plans Political Mouthful in San Fran

After showcasing local, sustainable eating, organizers will head to Congress

Aug 28, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the slow-food movement taking center stage in San Francisco at a 4-day festival beginning tomorrow, organizers are hoping the momentum carries all the way to Washington, the Chronicle reports. With lectures, garden tours, cooking demos, and restaurant dinners, Slow Food Nation aims to change US food policy by promoting... More »

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food • San Francisco • farming • green products • Slow Food • Alice Waters

 Ten Steps to Greener Sex 

From recycled bikinis to fair trade condoms

Jun 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eco-conscious sex certainly doesn't have too enticing a ring to it, but don't discount the enjoyable ways to spice things up while doing your part to save the Earth, says Greendaily.com. From the reasonable to the wacky, they've got you, er, covered:
  • Grab French Letter condoms, the world's
... More »

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green energy • safe sex • green technology • sex toys • sexy costumes • sexual revolution • green products • Heidi Fleiss

 Why Everyone in
 Berkeley Owns a Prius 

Development of green political clusters starts at the beach

Jun 19, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nowhere in California is the power of green consumerism more apparent than the Prius-packed city of Berkley. The Economist takes a look at a "greenery by zip code" study that, somewhat unsurprisingly, places Palo Alto near the top and Bakersfield near the bottom of locales packed with certified green... More »

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California • environmentalism • alternative energy • Toyota Prius • UCLA • public transportation • green technology • green transportation • green products

 'Greenwashed' Products
 Mostly Hype 

Some 'Earth-friendly' products are more about marketing than reality

May 15, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Green" is in, and many new products being marketed as Earth-friendly are in reality only marginally less unfriendly. The Boston Globe points to hybrid SUVs that get barely better mileage than their standard brethren, water bottles that use less plastic but still require large amounts of energy to make... More »

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environment • green building • marketing • green products

 When Green Doesn't Mean Safe 

Americans rush to eco-friendly cleaners, but dangers remain

Apr 28, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans are increasingly buying eco-friendly cleaning agents, the Los Angeles Times reports, in an attempt to limit exposure to toxic chemicals. But consumer advocates urge caution in embracing the “green” label on cleaners, which is more marketing lingo than strict scientific criteria. A recent study found a common carcinogen... More »

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cancer • toxic chemicals • carcinogens • cleaning • green products • eco friendliness • green revolution

Recyclers Turn Discarded Cellphones into 'Green Gold'

Waste from old electronics can pose a threat, or turn a profit

Jan 13, 08 10:09 PM CST
(Newser) - With a smelter burning at more than 2,100 degrees, Belgian recycler Umicore turns tons of e-waste - discarded cellphones, computers and televisions - into “green gold,” extracting precious metals in a process that, while not environmentaly pure is, in Greenpeace’s eyes, preferable to burying the waste... More »

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recycling • cell phones • cell phone industry • household electronics • green products

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