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Clothes for US'again

Did you know that up to 80% of our clothing still ends up in the landfill? Take a look at the super Patriotic US'Again site for a donation alternative. (thanks Sofia)
http://usagain2.com

Oil Truths

On NPR today: "All the U.S. tanks, planes and ships guzzle 340,000 barrels of oil a day, making the American military the single-largest purchaser and consumer of oil in the world."

in the world...

Branson Buys Way into Environmental Heaven

The always interesting source of British embarrassment and pride, Sir Richard Branson, has come up with a 25 million dollar prize for someone who most effectively addresses "the biggest challenge faced by humankind: To reduce the huge quantities of planet- warming gases that have collected in the atmosphere since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution."

Fiji is Faraway Food

Part of the green wave sweeping our national conscious is the idea of food miles. This is simply the amount of miles food travels from producer to consumer. Green thinkers stay close to home...beneficial on many levels. Try the food mile calculator (even though it is a British site, you get the idea): http://www.organiclinker.com/food-miles.cfm
Fiji Water is my peeve. Is water really better there? The bottle evokes tropical dreams however the calculator tells me that those bottles travel 10128 miles from Fiji to London. Carboninfo.org has launched the initiative in the UK. I could not find the US equivalent.