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Written by TheGothamPalate on
47 Bond Street ( Noho ) (212)-533-1932 www.ilbuco.com The Gotham Palate salutes Il Buco for supporting the Amazon Rainforest with its second annual Earth Day Fund-Raiser. Photo from http://www.earthday.net/ To honor Earth Day (April 22), il Buco will reduce its customers total LUNCH bill by 15% for one week. In turn, il Buco will donate, out of its pocket, the 15% saved by its guests. All proceeds will go to protecting the Amazon Rainforest through the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. How it Works: If someone spends $100 at lunch, they will only pay ... Read Full Story
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Earth Day, April 22, 2009 and the top 10 Earth day Songs. Earth Day was founded back in 1970 and falls on April 22nd in America each year . The holiday has grown in popularity over the decades and continues to do so with hightened attention on global climate change. Earth Day is now even celebrated by "light green" environmentalists who may not wear patchouli and attend protests, but do volunteer for clean ups, donate to environmental causes and make renewed pledges to live more gently. Since artistic types tend to be more in tune with environmental issues than the population at large, it's ... Read Full Story
Written by jdrucker on
“Going Green” has turned into big business for many. With the world consciousness becoming more aware of our destructive direction as a society, more businesses are turning to eco-friendly solutions to not only help the world, but also to help their reputation. Many have gone so far as to use green incentives to enhance their product offerings. Regardless of the motive, the result is definitely something desired by more and more people every day. We, as consumers, will buy products because we need them, but the decision regarding the source of our products can often be swayed by green thinking. With that in mind, ... Read Full Story
Written by marysoderstrom on
It was the day before Halloween but it seems that representatives of the forest industry in Quebec did a little trick or treating on Thursday at the parliamentary commission studying the health and future of the province’s forests. As usual, Louis-Gilles Francoeur of Le Devoir had the story first, reporting yesterday that what forest companies want is to cut trees and do little else—not replant the forest, or maintain roads or fight fires or any of the things they’ve been supposed to do in return for the right to exploit Quebec’s enormous forests. The implicit threat—or trick—is the end of the industry as we ... Read Full Story
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Cutting down forests is environmentally sound? Well, it depends how you do it and what you use its products for, it seems. A new initiative by the forest industries in Quebec, supported by scientific reports, argues that replacing steel and concrete in construction would go a long way toward more ecological construction projects. The idea is that well-managed forests are renewable and become carbon dioxide sinks, while both concrete and steel use large quantities of non-renewable resources including energy from petroleum in their production.   The campaign sounds a bit self-serving, since the forest industries have been suffering mightily during the current economic hard ... Read Full Story
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ASDA's environmental performance has worsened in the past two years, making it the least green of the five major supermarket chains, according to a report from a publicly funded consumer watchdog.  
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Researchers have found that roads may be the biggest threat to rainforest ecology – though there are ways to reduce their impact.  
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East Midlands Airport is pioneering environmentally-friendly shuttle buses powered by organic waste.  
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