Your Hair. Your Salon. How green are they?

By Lindsey Block on Jun 30, 2009

Out of the top Five Ways To Green Your Haircut via Planet Green, I do 1 and 5. I have short hair (for a gal) and I cut it myself.  I usually get too…

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American Apparel Organic Unisex Briefs.

By Lindsey Block on Jun 28, 2009

American Apparel's rockin' organic cotton unisex briefs are iconic, simple and stylee. Both myself and my boyfriend wear them (not each other's. Well...sometimes)...because they are comfy and hip, stylish but practical.  The slim fit…

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Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, and the Real Food Movement. Videos.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 27, 2009

I've added in the videos referenced below. The following letter is via Michael Pollan (see my video interview of him in Boulder here), hero of people who like to eat food everywhere: Friends: Food,…

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Coffee Kids: Supporting Coffee Communities to Support the Coffee Industry.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 27, 2009

Nothing like the smell of a better world in the morning. Like it or not, most coffee-farming families are dedicated gamblers—betting all of their resources, all of their work and their very survival on…

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Whole Foods Market in Boulder powered by (All-) American Wind

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 25, 2009

Via the Whole Foods Market web site: Whole Foods Market Boulder, as well as the other Colorado stores and the Denver Distribution Center, has offset 100% of the electricity with clean, sustainable American Wind™.…

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Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis interview: Michael Pollan. Sponsored by Gaiam.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 22, 2009

elephantjournal.com founder Waylon Lewis interviews Michael Pollan re: how to communicate "green" to the masses, why he eats meat, GMOs, cancer, diet, Swine Flu & Michelle Obama's organic garden. Sponsored by Gaiam. A few…

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Summertime and the living is local

By Todd Mayville on Jun 18, 2009

Living in Colorado is loaded with perks: we have mountains, great weather, a (generally) laid back lifestyle... and some of the best agriculture in the country.  This is amazingly evident whenever I visit my…

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Frederick Schilling, founder of Dagoba Chocolate (now owned by Hershey’s), has a new cause: the Big Tree Climate Fund.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 17, 2009

post via Jonathan Rademaekers: jonathan@bigtreeclimatefund.com Frederick Schilling, the founder of Dagoba Chocolate, has always been sustainably-minded.  He supported organic cacao and fair-trade practices before they were popular.  He looked into using cacao trees and their…

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TOMS Shoes Finds its Way into Whole Foods.

By Lindsey Block on Jun 16, 2009

The beginning of June announced the arrival of TOMS Shoes into Whole Foods around the country.  Whole Foods Market and TOMS Shoes partnered up to create a green, eco-friendly line of footwear.  This exclusive,…

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Michael Pollan, on Swine Flu—3 years before it happened.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 15, 2009

Great article with the following excerpt from Michael Pollan's 2006 Omnivore's Dilemma. Excerpt: Reading Michael Pollan's 2006 book The Omnivore's Dilemma. The author is, it would seem, a prophet. Or maybe just a real journalist. Stop me…

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What is the best way to go… [Green Burials].

By Lindsey Block on Jun 10, 2009

Personally I'm a little weirded out about being buried.  Not that I'm scared of thinking about death but I don't find the beauty in decaying under the ground.  I don't want to offend anyone's…

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Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies checks out the White House organic garden. Video.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jun 8, 2009

  With thanks for the tip to Dave Burdick of Huffington Post GREEN, the "best video tour of the White House organic garden ever": …

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America’s ‘first fully sustainable block’ coming to…What, where?!

By Lindsey Block on Jun 8, 2009

Dallas, Texas?! Huh!  When thinking about Dallas, Texas, nothing comes to mind that rings the environmentally friendly bell.  But San Francisco's Urban Re:vision has great intention in 'forwarding Dallas.'  With architectural samples coming from…

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Rules to Eat By (inspired by Foodie Hero Michael Pollan), via Sara Watts & Lindsey Cash

By elephantjournal.com on May 29, 2009

Food for Thought   Seminal food writer Michael Pollan came to Boulder on Thursday, May 21st, as a guest of The Boulder Bookstore. He was warmly received at Unity Church by a sold-out house of…

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Social Media: Top Boulder, Colorado Twitter Tweeters You Should Follow.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on May 26, 2009

The Flatirons emerging through storm clouds H1 System, HC 210mm, velvia 50 Hasselblad 645. Photograph by Bob Carmichael. Used with Permission—we're big fans of his work. Boulder is my hometown, the green mountain valley…

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Organic Cuisine, Cocktails, and Cultivation…with Strawberries.

By Jennifer Russick on May 24, 2009

On the rare occasion that temperatures soar into the 90s on a Saturday (May 16) in San Francisco you can expect to find people basking in Dolores Park or soaking up rays at Baker Beach.…

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Are Lawn Pesticides Bad for your (children’s, pet’s, family’s) health?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on May 23, 2009

This morning, in the green cradle that is Boulder Valley, I went drank some organic coffee, hopped on my bike and, with my rescue dog, went downtown—where local, independent business proliferate. Returning, I came across…

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Become a Fan: Boulder County Farmers’ Market. New Facebook Page.

By elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2009

Why would we bother to post about a Facebook page? Because, of course, Facebook is more than a multi-kajillion dollar company that's hardly making any money at all. Because it's more than Big Brother…

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The Wandering Yogi’s Search for Conscious Culture: Fairfax, California

By Ryan Nadlonek on May 15, 2009

Wandering Yogi. I've stumbled into a small town tucked in the hills north of San Francisco. Liberal and quaint, the location of Fairfax is perfect: far enough from the Ocean to keep the tourist…

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Carraig Dulra - learn Organic Farming in Ireland.

By Michael on May 15, 2009

Carraig Dulra is an organic farm in Wicklow, just outside Dublin, Ireland. Mike and Suzie Cahn organize workshops, training and camping at this idyllic setting. We can learn a lot about making a sustainable, organic low profit enterprise work and making a positive impact on the community by taking a look at their website, http://www.dulra.org/

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