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NEWS ABOUT: eco-friendly

eco-friendly stories: 10 news summaries

 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

 Timberlake 
 Opens 'Green' 
 Golf Course 

First to receive Audobon certification

Jul 27, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justin Timberlake took his well-known passion for golf and channeled it into creating an eco-friendly course, the first in the nation to be dubbed an Audubon Classic Sanctuary, the Commercial Appeal reports. Mirimichi, located near Memphis, was a $16 million labor of love for the singer, who says that in... More »

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entertainment • golf • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • golf course • Memphis • eco-friendly

 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


 Eco-Kosher 
 Jews Aim for 
 Sustainable 
 Sabbath 

Culinary consciousness 'gives taste to the text we study': advocate

May 9, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new wave of “eco-kosher” Jews treats environmentalism as law, the Los Angeles Times reports. To strengthen their ties to their faith, culinarily conscious believers are hosting sustainable Sabbath dinners using homemade, locally grown foods. “Jewish tradition should heighten our awareness of the choices we’re making,”... More »

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environment • sustainable living • Jews • kosher • eco-friendly • seder

 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

(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

 Surging Whiskey Sales 
 Inspire Eco-Distillery 

Demand for whiskey hits an all-time high

Dec 14, 08 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Worldwide demand for whiskey has prompted Scotland to start building a new eco-friendly distillery, the Guardian reports. The huge, industrial-scale plant will emit only 15% of the usual CO2 and recycle all of its water; its leftover liquids will be used to generate heat. "The important point is that... More »

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Scotland • exports • green construction • whiskey • emissions standards • distillery • eco-friendly

Biodiesel Gains Converts on Home Front

Reputable retailers selling kits to turn veggie oil to fuel

Sep 15, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Half a billion gallons of it were brewed at home last year, and we're not talking beer. Homemade biodiesel is expanding from the days of hippies converting old electric water heaters to mainstream retailers offering safer, reliable processors, Wired reports. Anyone with the equipment, ranging from $3,000 to $13,... More »

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biodiesel • alternative fuels • clean fuel • home brewing • eco-friendly

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

tv review

Cable Channel's Eco-Cred a Bit Overcooked

Programming on Planet Green 'dappled with incongruities'

Aug 4, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cable channel Planet Green spotlights the eco-friendly in everything, although its message is “dappled with incongruities,” Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times, “from an all-fats-allowed celebrity chef to advertisements that undermine the channel’s most heartfelt messages.” The chef in question is Emeril Legasse,... More »

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environment • Emeril Lagasse • Planet Green • eco-friendly • Discovery Networks

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