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Green Porno – Watch It with the Kids!

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Tsk tsk! This has nothing to do with Hustler or hardcore! Get your mind out of the gutter and more into the art of…oh, bug sex.

The fabulous Isabella Rossellini hosts her second series of delightfully wacky short films about the sex lives of different insects and animals. Welcome to the wild and wonderful world of sexy nature – welcome to Green Porno. It sounds racy, but the clips are tame and respectful enough to educate children. Seriously.

And what exactly will you find in an episode of Green Porno? …

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Interview with The Ditty Bops: the Greenest Musical Act on the Planet

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Last month, Mike introduced us all to the Ditty Bops and their fabulous Grammy-nominated popup album. The Ditties have a deceptively innocent sound that combines gorgeous harmonies with a fierce environmental message. Their live shows are part kids’ variety show and part musical circus, mixing in genres as diverse as acoustic folk, bluegrass, and jazz. They’re both absolutely beautiful and hip, but devoid of any annoying hipster ennui. They have an inherent sweetness that makes them approachable. The shows are highly interactive pieces of art with puppets, story …

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Take the Missy Pledge

It’s no surprise that Australian singer Missy Higgins made Billboard Magazine’s 2008 list of “top ten green artists”. An outspoken advocate of living a greener life, her tours are known to be as carbon neutral as possible. Her concerts are powered by green power, recycling facilities are always available, and she travels by hybrid car or bio diesel bus wherever possible.

Missy’s also an enthusiastic supporter of the Sierra Club 2% Solution Campaign which advocates that if everyone reduces their carbon output by 2% a year, …

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A New First Lady, a New Style

Camelot once ruled the Washington fashion scene, but the times they have changed.

While Jackie Kennedy wowed the throng in lavish couture gowns (such as the one depicted in the figurine above) and the signature Cassini pillbox hat, Michelle Obama will most likely not be following suit, even on Jan. 20th, Inauguration Day.

More the well put-together working mom than DAR dilettante, she opted for slim and tailored silhouettes on the campaign trail, wearing affordable J. Crew on talk shows …

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Become Highly Strung for a Good Cause

If you believe everything you read in the papers, rock stars are a blot on the landscape. Penthouse suites covered in fresh-cut flowers, hotel walls drunkenly tunneled through with cheese knives, baths filled with champagne…no cliché left unturned in the search for an arresting headline. But what is the ecological footprint of the average musician (if there’s such a thing)?
Take all those strings – a fresh set on every instrument for every gig, I bet. And since they’re metal or nylon, what happens to them afterwards? An elegant eco-friendly answer: jewelry. What is a …

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9 Quotes to Put It All in Perspective

I love those “aha!” moments, when I read or hear something that sums up my own thoughts and feelings and expresses them in a way I’d never have. The best are those piquant, pithy and precise quotes. These are some of my favorites: Let’s start by getting down to the bones. “We are part of the Earth. We eat the Earth everyday! And of course the Earth will eat us too.” (Linda Buzzell-Saltzman) A traditional women’s song states that “Everything changes, nothing’s changed.” But …

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Project Runway Greens the Catwalk

Edgy met veggie on Project Runway as designers were presented with the opportunity of a planet’s lifetime: to create green cocktail dresses for their beautiful models. 
The new crop of Christian and Jeffrey wannabes cheered after Tim Gunn explained their new challenge of using "environmentally responsible textiles" in episode 502: The Grass is Always Greener
You can’t help but notice that the budding artists he addressed don’t exactly look like big hemp fans with their pale skin, tatooed arms and sculptured hair fashions that might have been executed on Bravo’s sister show, Shear Madness. Still, their …

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And the Greenest White House Kitchen Will Be…


Now that the presidential race is off and running, it’s time to compare and contrast what the two White House kitchens might look like in the way of sustainable food sourcing. Take a little break from the political arguments about economics and Iraq and peek into the possible future White House kitchens.

First, a look at the two candidates’ food preferences:

Barack Obama seems to be a committed omnivore and will eat just about anything he’s served on the campaign trail. Given the choice, he leans toward grilled fish, vegetables like broccoli and spinach, and …

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Fred Segal Dips Gingerly into Green Turf

In the current economic climate of massive corporate lay-offs and gas prices nearing $5 a gallon, it would seem risky to open a posh green home design store peddling eco fireplaces ranging as high as $12,000. But Fred Segal is banking on its reputation as the hippest L.A. store around since 1976. If the brand could invent the first fashion jeans it can certainly market ultra cool fireplaces fueled by renewable green energy.
So two months ago, it boldly opened the doors of Fred Segal Green at the tony address of …

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