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The High Cost of Wasted Food

Posted by Su Avasthi on August 3, 2008 - 7:28pm.

Throwing away food is hard on your budget — and on the planet


What's With All the Cups?

Posted by Andrea Manitsas on March 7, 2008 - 3:30pm.

Facing up to the collective problem of our disposable culture




Garbage In, Art Out

Garbage In, Art OutPosted by Eliza Thomas on March 6, 2008 - 7:24pm.

By Amelia Glynn

Photo at right: After saving his trash for a year, Berkeley caterer Ari Derfel can’t look at packaging the same way again. Image by Andy Isaacson

 




E-cycling

E-cyclingPosted by LIME Team on July 12, 2007 - 11:02am.

In this day and age the abundance of discarded electronics is overwhelming. But manufacturing companies are starting to take an active eco-conscious role to diminish e-waste and promote e-cycling.

When Beaches Become Ashtrays

Posted by Su Avasthi on June 26, 2007 - 6:00am.

Cigarette butts are ugly and toxic to the flora and fauna of beaches, mountains, and parks.



Paper or Plastic?

Posted by Su Avasthi on November 13, 2006 - 5:43pm.

Paper bags don't take 500 years to decompose. Plastic bags don't result in deforestation. What's the best option? B.Y.O.B.





Don't Pooh Pooh the Power of Dog Doo

Don't Pooh Pooh the Power of Dog DooPosted by alittle on February 22, 2006 - 11:35am.

San Francisco has long been known as a haven of eco-sensitivity, but a new municipal program designed to harness electricity from dog feces takes Fog City's environmental consciousness to a new level.



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