April 13, 2013
by Barbara Finamore
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Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Beijing
I was delighted to see that California Governor Jerry Brown has made climate change and environmental protection a key focus of his visit to China this week. In addition to di… Continue reading
July 26, 2012
by Reduce
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The environmentally savvy would do pretty much anything to prevent packaging waste from ending up in a landfill – but eating it? If WikiCell inventor David Edwards has anything to do with that, you’ll be eating your food’s packaging in no time. It sounds like a radical idea, but the Harvard professor insists it can [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 21, 2012
by Reduce
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If you’ve ever found yourself at your mailbox, baffled by the fact that you’ve received nothing but a pile of junk mail that will only find its way to the trash, there’s an app for that. PaperKarma, a smartphone application released in early February, reduces your paper junk mail with the snap of a picture [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 2, 2012
by Reduce
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Off-season renovations are underway at Lambeau Field, the home of the Green Bay Packers. But old materials aren’t headed for the landfill. They’re being recovered for recycling, according to recent news reports. This week, work crews began taking down the scoreboard in the south end zone to make way for a brand new 100 foot [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 18, 2011
by Reduce
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Junk mail is not only a minor inconvenience in your daily life, but it also takes a toll on the environment. Nearly 100 million trees are cut down annually to make junk mail in the U.S., according to the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition, and ForestEthics found that junk mail’s carbon footprint is equal to [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 1, 2011
by Reduce
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Editor’s Note: This story was updated on April 1, 2011. You can read it in its original version from May 30, 2009 here. Just like the game of Telephone has taught us, information filtered through multiple sources starts to get a little less reliable. The same concept can be applied to environmentalism. In celebration of April [...] Continue reading
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