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Sustainable tourism projects and measures whose planning and realization ensure the involvement of the different interests and requirements of the local people through participation can be entered for three German-based contests.

Food has always been a good excuse for going out to do a lot of social engagement. This is especially true when both members of the family work and there is precious little time to cook food at home. In addition going out to do something over food provides a god environment for business and pleasure.

The SUSTAINABLE CIRCUS is a benefit party for NYC's Green theatre company: The Combustibles. 

May 29th, at Gallery MC (549 West 52nd St NYC) 

www.TheCombustibles.com for more info and tickets 

Set in a sparkling trash heap of a circus ring, jugglers toss water bottles in the air, trash bag balloons fly high, crooners sing songs made from “recycled” lyrics, and hobo clowns appear from the rubble to create treasure from yesterday’s trash.

Food costs are going up...here's a few simple reminders on how to eat cheaper without sacrificing your ethics.

 

Shine On Brightly is an online gallery which offers hand-crafted cremation urns in ceramic, wood, metal, and glass. It also features customized textile art, personalized poetry, and handmade books to celebrate and honor the life of a loved one. All products are produced by some of the finest artisans in the Southeast. The company is based in Asheville, NC. It is committed to providing unique, environmentally-friendly, non-outsourced options for end-of-life choices.

 With its fresh and effective take, the site, described as a "call to action" by Casey Verbeck, CEO of GenGreen, identifies the best of the local green scene (including events, places, businesses, activities and jobs) in cities throughout the United States.  "Businesses and consumers have new opportunities to think beyond the traditional barriers to encourage innovation and discoveries; driving social transformation through green economic development," says Verbeck.

Nestled in the peaceful beach bordering countryside of southern Maine, you’ll find one of the most sustainable yarn companies on the planet. Unexpected, no?

GreenBiz Radio speaks with the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies about what small businesses in the US are doing to be more green.

Organic yarns have been the majority of the fibers featured in our Yearn-Worthy Yarns series thus far. For this week’s installment, we are covering another vital element of green living and sustainable production - fair trade.

Great tool to help you get a greener, healthier, more delicious diet... in only 30 days! From sumptious recipes to organic wines, "European-style" milk and much more.

Ever since Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” first appeared, warning us against the dangers of chemicals in our natural world—we seem to be entering a new, more dangerous period, where the accumulated human effects upon the environment are producing an obvious toll. In this story, another human soul speaks out, this time, about the plight of the honeybees.

Building on the success of the locavore movement’s 100 mile diet, a family operated homesteading project that manages to grow an incredible 6000 pounds of food on a tenth of an acre a year is upping the ante by launching a new challenge - the 100 foot diet. The aim is to give new life to the concept of Victory gardens that provided so much food and were so common in many countries during the war years.

Royal Hawaiian Honey has received Carbonfund.org's carbonfree label. Sure, carbon offsets are great and all, but sometimes it is better to just avoid the carbon emissions in the first place.

The idea is simple and based upon the problem that most of the fruit that makes it into our grocery stores is transported great distances (1,000+ miles on average). All this energy, while a large percentage of fruit in people’s backyard simply goes to waste because most homeowners lack the time and interest to properly share or store this food.