According to the pilot, it was just another day at the office.
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]]> Pete Blackshaw's book "Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends. Angry Customers Tell 3,000" is particularly relevant to green business entrepreneurs. And the Ecopreneurist bloggers have helpful tips for improving customer service and customer advocacy.
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]]> When you start a fire in your hearth or in a campground, only burn dry wood (preferably logs that have had about 6 months to dry out).
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]]> Americans have gotten into the habit of pitching worn out (or simply undesired) kicks and buying new ones. Shoe-shopping has become something of a fetish, a joke... a guest post from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh
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]]> For the average American household, lighting accounts for 15 percent of the electricity bill, reports the U.S. Department of Energy. These cheap and easy GHRI-recommended changes are smart ways to save.
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]]> What do you do if you're a marine biologist with an entrepreneurial streak who wants to indulge it by opening a business, but you want it to be part of the solution, rather than adding to the problem? Open an online eco fashion site, of course!
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]]> The majority of yoga mats are manufactured in Taiwan and made of poly-vinyl chloride, or PVC. Unfortunately, there is no safe way to create, use or destroy these mats. More from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh.
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]]> Discover "weeds" that are actually delicious!
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]]> Conventional wisdom has always put it at every 3,000 miles to prevent engine wear, but isn't changing oil that frequently wasteful and unnecessary? Also, what is the "greenest" and longest-lasting oil I should use?
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]]> Last week, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a new international fund to raise money for sustainable forest projects. Norway has been the first to commit with $100 million so far.
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]]> Sgt. Joseph Chavalia shot 26-year-old Tarika Wilson and her year-old son she was holding, killing her and hitting him in the shoulder and hand, during a Jan. 4 SWAT raid on her house. One of the child's fingers had to be amputated.

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]]> While some of the architectural efforts of man are quite impressive; nature's architects leave me in awe - simple creatures creating the most complex things - the honeycomb of the bees, a spider's web, a bowerbird nest, a coral reef.
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]]> Pfizer has launched a television advertising campaign to push its medicine for fibromyalgia, even though the disease's existence is disputed by some doctors.
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]]> Undercover state troopers in Maryland infiltrated at least three groups peacefully protesting the death penalty and advocating peace. These troopers illegally sent reports of the activities of these groups to U.S. intelligence and military agencies.
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]]> In many instances, moms look for an organic infant formula and are willing to pay top dollar to give their babies the best possible nutrition. Sadly, just because an infant formula is given the "organic" label doesn't necessarily mean that it is healthy.
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]]> Roberto Barreto explains the anti-immigrant atmosphere that led to Luis Ramírez being beaten to death.
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]]> Alexander Billet reviews Nas' new album Untitled--and looks at the changing face of hip-hop.
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]]> Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe, special effects technician who was killed . The film is dedicated to both. The arrest of Christian Bale a few days after the film’s opening – Freeman’s accident on Mississippi ...
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]]> Statistics released in early August showed that the Bush administration's $168 billion in tax rebates helped the economy achieve a 1.9 percent growth rate in the second quarter of 2008.
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]]> Personally, I'd be content to never receive another piece of junk mail for the rest my life, but who knows, maybe these people are onto something. Maybe there's more to junk mail than meets the eye.
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]]> The Museum of Modern Art's current show, Home Delivery: Prefabricating the Modern Dwelling (through October 20) surveys the history of prefab homes in the U.S. It shows old ideas that never caught on as well as the latest in prefab home technology.
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]]> Finally crunching the numbers after the three-month lease of a lifetime with GM's Chevy Equinox, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell reports the good news on mileage (between 33 and 55 mi/kg of hydrogen, with an average of 41) and the bad.
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]]> Check out these picks for the best eco humor on the web. Funny stuff!
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]]> Do you hold your breath when spraying window cleaners? Does bleach make your eyes water and a bathroom-cleaning session leave you feeling nauseous? These days, it’s perfectly possible to get your home sparkling without chemicals.
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]]> Each year, ten million computers land in the toxic graves that are landfills. Nestled among other CPUs and laptops and monitors, their lifeblood oozes out. A guest post from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh.
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]]> Biodynamic Wines Excel in Taste, Quality and Sustainability
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]]> An estimated 125,000 Western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial Africa, researchers reported Tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide.
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]]> Here are the inventions and breakthroughs of the last century that green our lives.
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]]> The EPA and USDA are looking at problems with honey bees and insecticides. They ’ve found some incredible numbers taken from samples taken last year - one bee, a single, solitary bee, had 25 different insecticides hidden within her tiny body.
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]]> This is a great resource for prospective buyers, or the curious.
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]]> Reducing Car Pollution By Scrapping the Dirtiest Autos. Trouble is, classic car fans are not happy.
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]]> Play it safe, to keep your family safe!
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]]> Rather than thinking: “I should drive less” I’ve come up with a rule system that really work for me.
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]]> The discovery by archaeologists is thought to indicate a burial site unique in the UK – and so important that the find was kept under wraps until the delicate process of moving the remains to a laboratory had been completed.

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]]> Check out the Best Shots of Creatures Big and Small From Our Worth Preserving Gallery.
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]]> Another illustration of corporate irresponsibility.
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]]> Questions for the nuclear industry
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]]> Greenwashing, the term used when a company misleads a consumer regarding its environmental practices, can make it difficult for the average eco-newbie to know what's truly best for Mother Earth.
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]]> Spreading the word about global warming, threatened oceans and more... through LOLcats!!!
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]]> If you’re looking for an alternative to chemicals and pesticides to keep creepy crawlers at bay, Mother Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve. Combat everything from ants, to mites, mosquitoes, mice and more.
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]]> Anyone can garden!
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]]> Let the Kenyan government know destroying ecosystems for toxic sugar monocultures is unethical, and ask them to please follow their own environmental laws, and permanently cancel the project.Kenya has recently approved plans to destroy some 20,000 acres
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]]> People give you this whole rap about how easy saving the planet is. Change a light bulb and save the world. Yes and no. How about we consider it a start rather than an end destination? The lowdown on the CFL from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh.
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]]> These heaters were first installed when the country experienced a fuel supply crisis in the early 1950s. The government responded by severely restricting the times when water could be heated.
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