Green Investment Tips
Phil Hands
Investing for a green future? You might start with a look at this year’s Sustainable Business 20, an international review that provides examples of the types of firms that might make solid, environmentally responsible investment.
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Investing Green
Phil Hands
Sustainable firms can yield good investment returns
Investing for a green future? You might start with a look at this year’s Sustainable Business 20, an international review that provides examples of the types of firms that might ma...
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Carbon offsets: Buyer beware
Published: Thursday, Apr 17th, 2008
Q. What is carbon offsetting?
A. Carbon offsetting compensates for greenhouse gas emissions with an equivalent carbon dioxide reduction. Anything we do that consumes energy in turn produces these emissions. Driving a vehicle or heati...
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Carbon Footprint
Tom Beal
Why do they call it a “carbon footprint?”
After all, there is nothing wrong with carbon. It’s the building block of life.
But carbon dioxide — the most ubiquitous of the greenhouse gases — is given off as carbon changes form. When co...
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Green Food Manifesto
Stephanie Innes
When it comes to eating, being green is not only about buying organic. At least not to the “slow foodie.”
As an emerging Earth-conscious in-group, the Slow Food Movement focuses on taste, cleanliness and the impact that the food we ea...
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Green Food Breakouts
Published: Thursday, Apr 17th, 2008
How to slow down
Want to be a “slow foodie”? Here are a few ways to start:
• Avoid foods with long lists of ingredients you can’t identify and can’t pronounce.
• Shop at local farmers’ markets.
• Cook at least one regular meal at h...
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Five ways to eat green
Published: Thursday, Apr 17th, 2008
Organic ingredients are good for you, good for workers who produce the food and good for the environment. To get started, here are some tips:
Coffee
Look for coffee with the Fair Trade seal to ensure that the farmers received a fai...
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