Starbucks 3 Billion Paper Cups Need to Go Somewhere
Colombia’s Crazy Green Canidate
Colombia goes to the polls this weekend to choose a successor to their outgoing President, Alvaro Uribe. One of the favourites is Antanas[...]
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China is leading a push by Asia-Pacific nations into green technology, which could be their ticket to sustained growth and reduced reliance on[...]
Cool Stackable Green Cars of the Future
I just love this idea, sort of like taking shopping carts at the grocery store. [...]
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Back to School with N1H1
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Car Pollution
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That Time of the Year Top Picks 2009
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Starbucks 3 Billion Paper Cups Need to Go Somewhere
Starbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated. This fall, it will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them into Starbucks [...]
Colombia’s Crazy Green Canidate
Colombia goes to the polls this weekend to choose a successor to their outgoing President, Alvaro Uribe. One of the favourites is Antanas Mockus, former Mayor of the capital. Not all voters take him seriously, but his wish to crack down on the country’s FARC guerillas and culture of corruption has won him swathes of [...]
