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Documentary I Love Trash explores dumpster diving and questions our consumer society

One man's trash truly can be another man's treasure.

• by Katie Machol
One man's trash truly can be another man's treasure.
• Tags: Green Living, scavenging, reuse, recycle, recycling, i love trash, trash, documentary, consumer society, consumerism

Transitioning from consumers to "Creatives" to shape a 'quality of life' economy

• by Ann Kramer
Consumers or Creatives? Two little works provide such a different approach to how we live our lives. Consumers become Creatives and the whole world changes.
• Tags: Green Living, Recessionomics, 9/11, consumer confidence, Green Living, consumerism, Recessionomics, knowledge economy, knowledge/service economy, creatives, new economy, ann kramer, consumerist economy, Uncategorized

Featured green site: 'The Seven Sins of Greenwashing'

• by Katie Machol
Green?wash (gr?n’w?sh’, -wôsh’) – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Living, Green Community, consumerism, greenwash, greenwashing, terrachoice, greenwashed' claims, The Seven Sins of Greenwashing, Uncategorized

Review of The Age Of Stupid: A docu-drama about climate change and our possible future

• by Eric Haase
Contributor Eric Haase gives a review of the new eco docu-drama that deals with the issue of climate change and what will happen to us and this planet if we don't start to heed warnings and make changes now.
• Tags: News, Green Community, Movie Review, News, oil, Politics, war, Green Community, climate change, consumerism, Movie Review, the age of stupid, docu-drama, eco films, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: World's first solar-powered city, redesigning suburbia, green pledges and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might have missed last week from the Green Community.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, clean energy, biking, New York Times, Studio@620, oil, Tampa-Bay, china, solar panels, Ybor, organic farming, Florida, EPA, E.O. Wilson, family, global warming, india, cafeteria, kids, recycle, composting, organic, garden, Saturday Morning Market, sustainability, farmers, Sierra Club, national security, Green Living, green business, lunch box, drought, solar energy, vegetarian, plastic bag, Student, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, water bottles, solar, energy, peak oil, solar collectors, Fresh, amp light, pledges, climate change, solar energy panels, solar power, volunteer work, pesticides, the roosevelt, Green building, Green planning, farming, green networking, carpool, high school, recycled paper, social networking, st petersburg college, consumerism, electricity, foreign oil, green architecture, greenhouse gases, car pool, greenhouse gas emissions, spc, St. Pete College, energy efficient, jason green, pbs documentary, U.S. Census Bureau, environmentally friendly, back to school, sustainabilty, dwell magazine, reburbia, design competition, Galina Tahchieva, inhabitat.com, E. O. Wilson, IPCC, solar energy facility, solar generating facility, megawatt, florida power and light, fpl, arcadia, desoto county, solar power in florida, DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, photovoltaic panels, photovoltaic solar, us epa, united states environmental protection agency, greenhouse gas, solar thermal facility, parrish, locally grown, sustainable farming, tampa bay green drinks, green back to school, 2009 school year, elementary school, middle school, school waste, energy waste at school, school bus, green school, sustainable back to school, healthy school lunch, school garden, school recycling, walk to school, bike to school, back to school clothes, thrift store, garage sale, recycled pencils, refillable pens, paper margins, new leaf paper, mead recycled notebooks, the creation: an appeal to save life on earth, cna study, climate change as a threat to national security, floods, clothesline, right to dry, photovoltaic power plant, sustainable water management, babcock ranch, ft myers fl, green roofs, solar facility, car chargers, street lamps, real estate investment, electrical car, natural conservation, power amp, city of tomorrow, southwest florida, state economy, acre city, kitson, audubon, free inquiry, overpopulation, soylent green, alan snitow, deborah kaufman, michael fox, plastic water bottles, green pledges, goals, dog toys, eco-friendly pet, Uncategorized

Is it too late to save this planet? Plus green pledges to try to make a difference

• by Effie Dimitria Trihas
Is it too late for us and our planet? If you think there's still hope if we mend our ways, you may want to subscribe to these green pledges for a healthier environment.
• Tags: Activism, Green Living, Green Community, Activism, biking, china, organic farming, india, recycle, composting, Green Living, vegetarian, plastic bag, Green Community, water bottles, pledges, volunteer work, pesticides, farming, consumerism, car pool, greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficient, pbs documentary, U.S. Census Bureau, E. O. Wilson, greenhouse gas, audubon, free inquiry, overpopulation, soylent green, alan snitow, deborah kaufman, michael fox, plastic water bottles, green pledges, goals, Uncategorized

The Green Community: Week in review

• by Katie Machol
See what you might have missed this past week in Creative Loafing's Green Community.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Tampa, oil, offshore drilling, Tampa-Bay, china, Environment, beer, energy conservation, beer review, california, hawaii, craft beer, Florida Aquarium, mise en place, Hope, Bartlett Park Community Garden, Green Florida, ale, rye beer, collaboration beer, Green Living, asia, Nature, limited beer, Bison Brewing, organic beer, conservation, community gardens, hard cider, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Going Green, eco friendly, Daniel Del Grande, trash, non-biodegradable, permaculture, oil drilling, North America, volunteer work, Good Morning America, american craft beer, florida native plants, Rick Kriseman, plastic, ed begley jr., cool-n-save, air conditioner, air conditioning unit, gogreenitems, birds, red knot, Jersey shore, horseshoe crabs, Paris Whitehead-Hamilton, gun violence, crime reduction, reunion beer, reunion red rye, pete'r wicked, bison beer, virginia mclean, alan shapiro, sbs imports, terrapin bison collaboration, terrapin collaboration, bison collaboration, pete slosberg, myeloma, double white, special release beer, the great pacific garbage patch, pacific ocean, garbage, air france, atlantic ocean, biodegradable, photodegrade, algalita marine research institute, captain charles moore, ocean conservancy, Shuffleboard, urban agriculture, new urbansim, foodscape, open space, transition town, permanent culture, senate 360, consumerism, grass roots campaign, fish stock, sustainable seafood, recreational fishing, marine ecosystem, marine science, oceans, ponds, Uncategorized

Transitioning Tampa Bay into sustainable communities and creating a new culture

• by Eric Stewart
Lets create a new culture out of the remains of our old one. Form together a new vision of Tampa Bay area intent on sustainable progress into the future.
• Tags: Activism, Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Activism, Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, permaculture, new urbansim, foodscape, open space, transition town, permanent culture, senate 360, consumerism, Uncategorized