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The Green Cafe Network: Greening the coffeehouse industry

And harnessing cafe culture for community environmental awareness.

• by Katie Machol
And harnessing cafe culture for community environmental awareness.
• Tags: Green Living, green cafe network, coffee, cafe, environmentalism, starbucks, coffeehouse industry, coffeehouse

James Cameron compares BP to antagonists in Avatar

• by Katie Machol
"The BP mess is a classic example of how our energy policies, or lack thereof, are going to hurt us." A symptom of the same corporate greed that drove the fictional RDA Corporation to pillage the planet Pandora in the film, he said.
• Tags: Activism, Green Living, Green Policy, Activism, Terminator sequel, Green Living, Green Policy, environmentalism, avatar, james cameron, oil spill, bp, Deepwater Horizon, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: Clean energy rally, legalizing marijuana, BOTB Readers' Poll, 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, marijuana, offshore drilling, Tampa-Bay, Ybor, rally, The Ritz Ybor, Florida, Politics, House, Progress Energy, publix greenwise, green, cl, Mary Mulhern, stimulus, Sierra Club, governor charlie crist, Green Living, mexican drug cartels, goodwill, email, Nature, karl nurse, conservation, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, going paperless, creative loafing green community, earth, Hemp, solar, paper, energy, eco friendly, Whole Foods Market, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, 1Sky, Milton Friedman, Linda Saul-Sena, mother earth, Mayor Pam Iorio, environmentalism, organic food, Rick Kriseman, paper waste, st petersburg college, war on drugs, nature's food patch, alternative energy, energy consumption, energy use, illegal immigrants, CFLs, spc, St. Pete College, greywater, jason green, alternative energy source, rollin oats, energy waste, low voc, Best of the Bay 2009, BOTB, Best of the Bay Readers' Poll 2009, economic crisis, unemployment rate, health care reform, emotional connections, plants and animals, greenest politician, smart grid, south carolina north carolina, turbine, wind energy, us department of energy, doe, bill johnson, power plants, ibm, telvent, big oil, big energy, phil compton, email signature, digital signature, natural resource waste, natural resource consumption, natural resource, microsoft outlook, paper waste facts, paper waste statistics, please print only if necessary, please consider the environment before printing this message, email tag, informative email tag, informative email signature, organic food store, home renovation, venice CA, brooks avenue, bricault design, home addition, sincerely sustainable, Uncategorized

Finding an emotional connection with our planet

• by Kelly Rothwell
I have always been someone who has felt connected to the earth and environmental conservation. In high school many years ago I was wearing the "reduce, reuse, recycle" t-shirts at a time where this practice was not common place. Recently though I have found myself with a new emotional connection to the Earth. This connection has really had me paying attention to the details of my day to day life and the plants and animals around me in a new light.
• Tags: Activism, Lifestyle, Green Living, Green Community, Activism, Lifestyle, Green Living, goodwill, Nature, Green Community, earth, mother earth, environmentalism, emotional connections, plants and animals, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: Tampa green biz program, cypress mulch protest, harmful water bottles and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might've missed last week in Green: Tampa's Green Business Designation Program, the Earth Charter, local protest over cypress mulch, Pecha Kucha, why plastic bottles are harmul and more.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Florida wildlife, protest, amazon, wal-mart, art, Environment, Florida, EPA, war, author, Dustin Hoffman, Monsanto, events, genre, green, carbon footprint, sustainability, expansion, International, Green Living, Peace, Nature, Green living, clothing, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Earth Day, Going Green, cl green, green businesses, creative loafing green community, reuse, water bottles, landfill, energy, eco friendly, recycled, home depot, city of tampa, flu, swine flu, Activism, gas, bad water bottles, cl green community, Mayor Pam Iorio, June, environmentalism, National Do Not Mail List, Pecha Kucha, architecture, ethics, natural gas, Pressure, plastic, greenpeace, st petersburg college, Alternative, fossil fuels, MS, eric stewart, mulch, living green, sustany foundation, repurposed, film festival, greenhouse, the earth charter, war is over, products, save the earth, severn suzuki, universal code of conduct, immune boosters, homeopathic remedies, herbal immune boosters, happenings, presentations, green ideas, natural resources, mai, yellow pages, phonebooks, stop mail, stop catalogs, jason green, eco tips, green tips, how to live green, sustainaiblity, don vincente de ybor, cypress, illegal deforestation, destructive practices, welcome news, private lending, public prosecution, grocery store chains, international finance corporation, cattle industry, campaigner, necessary steps, dollar loan, state prosecutor, sneaker giant, deforested areas, dollar lawsuit, bertin, Timberland, Slaughtering, slaughterhouse, moratorium, Marfrig, warming, Adidas, announcement, Reebok, grand prize winner, aspiring filmmaker, runner ups, festival organizers, film submission, submission fees, paper submissions, electric scooter, film festivals, electric bike, alternative transportation, festival dates, hybrid vehicle, alternative materials, film production, public transportation, third world, the graduate, crude oil, petroleum, stainless steel water bottles, environmental activism, gulf restoration network, save our cypress, zora neale hurston, their eyes were watching god, eatonville, suwanee river, alice walker, the color purple, wildlife, rio accessories, earth summit, Uncategorized

Stop uncontrollable junk mail and wasteful telephone directories

• by Jason Green
Easy and (mostly) free ways to lighten your junk mail load.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, EPA, green, Green Living, Green living, Green Community, Earth Day, Going Green, cl green, creative loafing green community, energy, eco friendly, cl green community, environmentalism, National Do Not Mail List, st petersburg college, living green, green ideas, natural resources, mai, yellow pages, phonebooks, stop mail, stop catalogs, jason green, eco tips, green tips, how to live green, sustainaiblity, Uncategorized

Ford retools S.U.V. factory for smaller, greener cars

• by Eric Haase
Ford Motor Company invested 550 million dollars to build fuel efficient cars and an electric car in a factory that used to churn out SUVs. This move will provide green jobs and cleaner cars but if consumers don't buy them, Ford may need a government bailout too.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Jobs, george w bush, Environment, general motors, auto industry, gm, EPA, Green Living, Green Community, Green Jobs, Ford electric car, green manufacturing, suv, lincoln navigator, ford expedition, ford motor company, fuel efficient cars, clean air act, environmentalism, Uncategorized