That was the title of the article in the most recent BJ’s flier we received yesterday. Here is an excerpt that made me excited and happy:
>BJ’s understands that, as a major retailer, it has a responsibility to look at how Club operations affect the communities it serves as well as the environment at large. […]
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Chris Gill in Shanghai, The Guardian, August 30, 2007-
The Great Wall of China, built to withstand raiding hordes from the steppes, is now in peril from a far more insidious threat: sandstorms generated by desertification in the country’s north-west.
The wall was built over several dynasties and despite its failure to prevent invasions, it has become […]
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WASHINGTON, DC, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - Attacks against government observers monitoring commercial fishing fleets doubled in one year, an indication of rising tensions on the high seas, according to agency figures released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER.
Observers on fishing vessels track the catch to manage quotas and report any harm to […]
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For those of you who live in the Gainesville area, the Second Street Bakery apparently sells shade-grown coffee, in addition to organic baked goods. Or so I hear. I’m going down this weekend to check it out!
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When we were kids and did something bad, our parents would ask “Why would you do something so foolish?”. Knowing very well that we had in deed been caught doing something super dumb, we would respond “Well, everyone else was doing it”. And then our parent’s pull out the old faithful “If everyone else […]
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Conservative plans to halt airport expansion and use taxes on aviation to fund tax cuts for families and small businesses have caused a certain section of Conservative members to go ballistic. The plans are however very sensible, and despite the insistence of some, are also very conservative.
Leading the charge is Iain Dale, who writes: “What […]
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– Mahatma Ghandi
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First, people started to drink more water as a healthier alternative to soda. Now the packaging water comes in (as well as all other drinks) is the unhealthy part - unhealthy in terms of our warming planet. Some manufacturers like Coke & Pepsi are putting plans in place to tackle the recycling problem. C.
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Every where I turn, people are talking about energy consumption and how we must cut back. I agree, and while I’m not yet up to the task of joining the riot and reducing my energy use by 90%, I’m going to do the best I can to get it down by 20%. In […]
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A and I were cribbing last night about the Bangalore traffic and the fact that we have to struggle with the rickshaw wallas every single day to get to work!
Buying a car is not our priority at the moment. So, we thought we were kinda stuck with the option of buying a kinetic or a […]
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