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Pangaea Travel offers a green solution to traditional traveling. They have a lot of useful information on their website that will allow them to give back to the environment wherever one of their clients travels to. The owners of Pangaea Travel, feel strongly about being global citizens. In addition to their passion for seeing the world, they believe travelers should be supporting the cultures, environments, and destinations they visit.

Australian government has planned to make some very strict rules to control CO2 emissions. The Liquified Nitrogen Gas industry fears that it may lose up to $60 billion worth of investments because of their inclusion in the emissions trading scheme. On the other hand, automakers have taken a sigh of relief as the government has removed excise on fuel. But they still need to work hard and improve the fuel-efficiency of their vehicles.

Simonetta Carbonaro, expert on consumer psicology on the changes to come...

There will be a Green Living / Renewable Energy Fair in Salem MA on Saturday June 14 2008. It's hosted by the Salem Chamber of Commerce. There will also be an eco-related movie showing at the theatre in the East India Mall. Contact Ben Bouchard at (978) 744-0004 or email ben@salem-chamber.org.

Where green and small business meet.

Check out this US Energy Footprint Map, an interactive United States Energy Consumption Footprint Map, illustrating Greenest States and more. This site has all sorts of stats on individual State energy consumptions, demographics and State energy offices. http://www.eredux.com/states/

There is an undeniable sense of “connectedness” growing in our world, everyone feeling it must jump to action and help improve the human experience for all.

 

Former President Bill Clinton served the United States for eight years during a time of unprecedented prosperity and change. He established the William J. Clinton Foundation to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. Here are some green tips from Bill Clinton

A fiction review site takes a moment to draw attention to the environment and Earth Hour 2008.

Based on Axel Erlandson (1884-1964), an American arborsculptor who opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 featuring his unique shaped trees, Plantware expands this idea. With the right trees, advance planning, and a little time, plastic playgrounds baking in the hot sun may be replaced with unusual shaped trees for the kids. Or a bus stop may have a tree with long roots for you to sit on.

This is an inspiring interview with Dr. John Francis, author of the book Planetwalker. Dr. Francis did not use motorized transportation for 22 years and did not speak for 17 years in an attempt to make a personal statement against the devastation of the planet. He believes that people are an essential component of "the environment."

Going green is a growing trend in the multimillion-dollar wedding industry, and businesses are cashing in big. Around the world, caterers are offering pesticide-free menus and web sites help newlyweds set up donations to charities that benefit the environment, so guests have an alternative to heavily wrapped presents.

Forget the neo-hippy fairs and eco chic enclaves, why not just make an entire mall eco-friendly? Chicago will do just that with the Green Exchange, which has been hyped as the world's first eco mall, when it opens sometime this year. The 250,000 square foot building will hold approximately 100 vendors. Asides from retailers, there will also be an organic cafe and restaurant, sustainable furniture store, service providers and designers.

The 1 Odd Duck iBuilding is the worlds only information based building and it is technologically advanced, green friendly, and media driven. It is a building that is designed to cut green house emissions, reuse water, collect and use wind and solar energy, and ensure environmental responsibility.