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arm warmers with vintage bakelite buckles

The winter chill is creeping into both my psyche and my fragile flesh. Time to consider fashionable clothing and insulation options. Let’s start with this set of arm warmers —...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: accessories, clothing, fashion, online shopping, recycle
loop memory key - 2 gig usb travel drive

As you hustle from computer to computer grasping at the fleeting details of your angst filled existence, hopelessly slipping into the abyss…oh crap, that’s me…Let this...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: computers, cool, design, gadgets, office
a mixed bag of green news

Protect the fishing industry from itself. Obama Urged to Stop Overfishing - reuters I guess they don’t enjoy Russian blackmail…EU Seeks to Expand Energy Grids - bbc NBC Launching New...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: enviro news, news/science, eco news
Blue Avocado’s coordinated collection of reusable shopping bags

The BYOB (that’s bring-your-own-bag) trend is hopefully becoming a way of life and not just a fad. San Fran’s ban on plastic bags is now almost two years old, and many other cities are considering...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: cool, online shopping, shopping bag, sustainable, reusable shopping bag
Vespa intro’s interactive consumer website

If you’re evaluating your swollen carbon footprint or considering changing to, or augmenting, your urban transportation options, Vespa’s new site (www.VespaUSA.com) may help you make an...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: bikes, energy-saving, news/science, online shopping, transportation
a mixed bag of green news

Not getting blown-up trumps gas mileage…Barack Obama’s Car Could Fuel More Problems - boston herald Some good news. Renewables to Top Gas as Power Source by 2015: IEA -...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: enviro news, news/science, eco news
RecycleBank offers rewards for recycling

Recycling innovator RecycleBank is expanding its reach from its East Coast base into cities that include: Montgomery, OH, Sioux Falls, SD, Eden Prairie, MN, Plano, TX, North Miami, FL, Albuquerque,...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: enviro news, green innovators, green services, recycle, recycling
Keeping Coral Reefs Alive

The effects of climate change are not only restricted to earth’s surface. Carbon dioxide emissions can be stored in the oceans for up to thousands of years. And, as it saturates our ocean waters,...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: enviro news, global warming, green orgs, nature, news/science
Urban Tree Salvage

Trees are a vital component of any healthy city environment providing shade, shelter and a mind-soothing sliver of nature in a sea of asphalt, steel and fumes. But what happens when they pass on or...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 3 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: furniture, online shopping, recycle, upcycled, recycled wood furniture
a mixed bag of green news

Change is in the wind…Environmentalists Look to Obama to Limit Drilling - reuters Global Warming Predicted to Hasten Carbon Release From Peat Bogs - sciencedaily Phoenix put up a good...

Started in The Alternative Consumer • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: enviro news, news/science, eco news