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Talk to your parents...and make them listen!

Posted by Ethan on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Vote for Green 
Hey Neergs--

Hope you had time to join us last week as we learned more about Esben and Karsten's amiiko website. We were amazed by the statistics and the impact of consumerism on our planet.  We learned that voting with our wallets and buying green is not enough--we need to kick it up a notch and research "fair trade" products. It is the socially responsible thing to do. We also learned that real sustainability is about zero waste.  A new model for businesses called "cradle to cradle" is a ver...
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Your trash is someone else's treasure!

Posted by Ethan on Sunday, October 31, 2010, In : Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 
Hey Neergs!

Happy Halloween! Have any of you ever gone to a Halloween party and had a scavenger hunt? It's where teams of kids compete to find a list of stuff before the other teams do. The items are usually silly--a spool of thread, a candle, a safety pin--you get the idea.  It's usually everyday stuff that suddenly has value because your team needs it to win!  Well, there's an exciting concept called "Cradle to Cradle" that does something very similar.  Stuff that someone else doesn't need a...
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Amiiko--What are Fair Trade Products Anyway?

Posted by Ethan on Friday, October 29, 2010, In : Buy and Use Green! 
Hey Neergs--

Well I hope you have had a chance to check out www.Amiiko.com, a very cool website being developed by my new friends, Karsten and Esben in Copehagen. If you've investigated the website, you might have noticed that the Amiiko vision includes "2 Steps of Consumer Empowerment."  That means you vote with your pocketbook. The first step focuses on being aware of what we choose to buy and how our choices affect the environment.  The second step is about actively making good choices--a m...
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Amiiko--Must see Eco-Calculators

Posted by Ethan on Thursday, October 28, 2010, In : Buy and Use Green! 

Hey Neergs—

We spend a lot of time here on GKR discussing the issues and advocating for legislation that will make a difference in the United States and the rest of the world.  I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get frustrated trying to make an impression on someone who still denies climate change or is just too busy to care about the environment.  If I was only quicker on my feet, I’d tell them all kinds of statistics to jolt them into awareness and action!  Well, now I don’t h...


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