179 Articles match "Europe"

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• Eco Fashion Basics: An Ode to the Perfect Little Black Dress
  
  Frankly I had more faith that unicorns still existed in some ruddy-mudded and tangled corner of Eastern Europe. Best of all, my LBD is chic enough to have garnered compliments from a properly snooty concierge in LA, my girlfriends who run the gamut from hippie to haute, my aunt who lived in Europe for ages, and not one, but two stylists! Tags: Featured art car corn dress Easter eco fashion ecofriendly Europe fabric farm Fashion fruit natural Wearing my Carol Young LBD at the Mini Exhibit at the Go Green Expo in LA. It is only this year, my 32nd, that
  Eco Chic - Thursday, January 7, 2010
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• United Nations Celebrates Fibers and Biodiversity with Eco Chic Fashion Show in Geneva
  
  Tags: Uncategorized designer eco fashion Europe Fashion vide I just ran across this video from the eco fashion show that was held a few weeks ago at the Palais de Nations, the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (See See if you can spot eco models Summer Rayne Oakes and Kate Dillon among the grey-coiffed walkers.) EcoChic Fashion Geneva brought 2009, the
  Eco Chic - Friday, February 26, 2010
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• Killing fields: the true cost of Europe's cheap meat
  
  Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence Much of the cheap meat and dairy produce sold in supermarkets across Europe is arriving as a result of serious human rights abuses and environmental damage in one of Latin America's most impoverished countries, according to a new film launched in conjunction with the Ecologist Film Unit . An investigation in Paraguay has discovered that vast plantations of soy, principally
  The Green Changemakers - Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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• Solar Sees “Exceptional” Growth in 2008
  
  Tags: Alternative Energy Solar Energy/PV economy Europe Germany Greenpeace photovoltaics PV solar Spain techonology US For the year 2008, solar output and installations grew globally!  Leading the world in photovoltaic markets, almost half of all new installations globally in 2008 occurred in Spain. The United States came in third for top PV markets last year. There
  Green Living Ideas - Saturday, May 30, 2009
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• Golf Balls Take 1000 Years to Decompose
  
  Golf is a popular leisure sport in the United States and Europe among the middle and upper class.  Golf courses are often criticized by environmentalists for their use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides.  Sure, golf carts are electric vehicles; however, “The extensive use of pesticides on golf courses raises serious questions about [...] [ Golf Balls Take 1000 Years to Decompose from Green Living Ideas ] ...Tags:
  Green Living Ideas - Friday, November 13, 2009
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• Enecsys appoints VP Sales & Marketing and MD of new Enecsys Europe GmbH
  
  Enecsys appoints Bernd Kohlstruck as Vice President of Sales and Marketing – Europe and Managing Director of new Enecsys Europe GmbH Cambridge, UK, March 2010: Enecsys Limited, a solar micro-inverter company, has appointed Bernd Kohlstruck as Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Europe and Managing Director of the new Enecsys Europe GmbH, located near Frankfurt in Bad Homburg, Germany. He has an extensive track record and business development experience in clean power technologies in Europe and in North America. Kohlstruck joins Enecsys after nine years with Xantrex Technology Inc.,
  Green (Living) Review - Thursday, March 4, 2010
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• BWEA Welcomes Europe's largest onshore Windfarm coming online and securing extension
  
  by Michael Smith (Veshengro) London, UK, May 20, 2009: The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) announced today that it welcomes the news that Europe's currently largest onshore windfarm is now fully operational. BWEA's Director of Programme Strategy Chris Tomlinson called on the UK Government at Whitehall and Holyrood to ensure that the planning system is fit for purpose at both local and national level saying: "The superb achievement of having the largest onshore windfarm in Europe, providing power for hundreds of thousands of homes, shows what can be achieved when strong political
  Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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• How cold was it in Europe during the January 2010 cold spell?
  
  The city does not do snow plows, but then neither, it seems, does London and some other parts of the UK. While “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow,” is fine at Christmas in post-holiday Europe it was not what was wanted, especially as people had to get back to work after the holidays. So cold that even Norway's buses could not take it by Michael Smith (Veshengro) After three years without any snow, Paris got hit twice in one week. However,bus engine oil froze in Norway and Eire reported the lowest temperature in 50 years.
  Green (Living) Review - Sunday, January 10, 2010
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• Salvation Army in need of aid during cold snap, in USA and Europe
  
  by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Let the patter of icy rain drops on your roof while you sit inside sipping hot coffee remind you that there are folks out in the cold, without access to the most basic needs: food, shelter and clothing. Charitable giving is way down this year, and one of the oldest aid organizations, The Salvation Army, has sent out a plea for financial aid. The Salvation Army’s Food Pantry is dwindling in many places and they are looking for groceries, in particular meat, to feed their clients, as well as warm clothing and blankets to get folks through this cold snap. If
  Green (Living) Review - Saturday, January 9, 2010
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• International Symposium "Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in the Regions of Europe
  
  Programme Plenary Session Workshop 1: Climate change and tourism Workshop 2: Climate change and forestry Workshop 3: Climate change and water management Workshop 4: Climate change and biodiversity Workshop 5: Climate change and urban management Presentation of the workshop results Impressions http://www.regional-climate.eu ...Tags: Tags: Biodiversity Water Urban Tourism Conference Climate-change Fores
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, December 3, 2009
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