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Green Festival Nominates Jerry James Stone for #Green Twitter Award

Green Festival is proud to nominate Jerry James Stone for the 2012 #green Shorty Award because he consistently shares gourmet vegan and vegetarian recipes, cool green tech, animal and environment news and more with people around the world on Twitter. He spoke about “Blogging for Good” at Green Festival Los Angeles, and discussed ideas for [...]

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Green America’s January GreenBox: The Way to Save Over 61% on Green Goods

“Buy the GreenBox and save over 61% on product samples and green coupons from green businesses. Each month we will feature a new GreenBox with selected products and coupons. We only have 100 GreenBox’s for January so buy one today and start off 2012 on the right foot. January GreenBox Includes: – 50% off Coupon to PureBlanz - Organic Tshirts and Fashion – Full Circle Home Veggie Ring Brush [...]

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Clean Water Startups to Watch in 2012

“Heather Clancy of ZDNet has put together a great list of the top start-ups in clean water technology to pay attention to in the upcoming year. Clancy writes, “After sifting through a number of resources, I’ve come up with this list of start-up or early stage companies that I’ll be watching as closely as possible. [...]

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Give from the Heart

Mary Rick Director of Marketing and Community The Hoop Fund Because we value our relationships, we want our gifts to be a heartfelt expression.  For most people, this is not an easy task. We resort to best bets – gift cards, trendy stocking stuffers, and Hallmark.  But it’s actually easier than ever to find gifts [...]

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Ford Introduces Gas-Free Focus Electric with 100+ MPGe Expected; Nearly a Third of Lineup Now Offers 40-mpg Model

Ford introduces gasoline-free 2012 Focus Electric, expected to be the first five-passenger electric vehicle with a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) Nearly one-third of Ford’s vehicle lines will feature a model with 40 mpg or more in 2012 Focus Electric is the first all-electric vehicle to offer faster charging technology, allowing it to charge [...]

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27 Gourmet Vegetarian Recipes for Christmas Dinner

“If you are looking for ways to make your holiday meal a lot more interesting, look no further. These vegetarian and vegan recipes are not only gourmet but most are fairly simple to make. I swear even the most staunch meat eater will be going back for seconds…or thirds. So make a lot! Also, see [...]

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How Big Oil’s Back Room Dealing with the GOP Revived the Keystone XL

This is not what democracy looks like, to revise the chant embraced by Occupy Wall Street. After a popular movement rose up against the proposed Keystone XL project–over a thousand people were arrested at one protest outside the White House, and 12,000 people joined hands around it at another-president Barack Obama announced that he would delay [...]

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Stalled NYC construction sites repurposed with gardens, temporary stores

“A remnant of the Great Recession is hiding behind a paint-splattered wall in Chinatown, in an empty lot where a building was supposed to rise into the sky. The plywood barely conceals the mess behind it: a pile of cement blocks and tangled metal and empty bottles of beer. It is, in short, exactly the [...]

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L.A. calls for end to ‘corporate personhood’

“At a packed City Council meeting that included remarks from a man in a top hat with fake money tucked in the pocket of his suit, Los Angeles lawmakers Tuesday called for more regulations on how much corporations can spend on political campaigns. The vote in support of state and federal legislation that would end [...]

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Sow seeds, not greed: Farmers gather on Wall Street

“It’s been a long time since farmers congregated in downtown Manhattan — around 350 years, to be exact. The folks who populate Wall Street and rural America don’t cross paths much these days. It’s easy to forget that Wall Street used to be rural America; in 1644, the area contained so many cows that the Dutch [...]

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