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• FEATURE: Carnival of the Green #52

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  Some housekeeping before I begin.THE END?This is the last post on CityHippy. For now. CityHippy may well be back, you never know. It has been a blast. Namaste to you all.A NEW BEGINNINGI am now happily working away as Head of Marketing at NaturalCollection.com (winner of the Observer Newspaper's 'Ethical [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2006, 2:54am EST
  

• NEWS: Big Oil in Charge of Energy Study (USA)

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  Sometimes I just don't get what goes on in the heads of our heads of government! I stare at my computer screen and say "WHAT!" Forgive me I'm not trying to be enigmatic and cryptic although one would think that is the case with the current administration; because I can [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2006, 5:07pm EST
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #51

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  All hallows is nearly upon us and the funk of Monday is relieved only by the knowledge that another Carnival of the Green is born and this time we are taken to Groovy Green.This week I choose the wisdom of General Krang as my pick of the carnival. Hilarious and [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2006, 4:26pm EST
  

• NEWS: Scotland's first organic food festival

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  Next weekend the Soil Association Scotland presents an Organic Food Fair at The Old Fruitmarket (cracking venue) and nearby Glasgow Metropolitan College. There are going to be loads of stalls, and not just of the food variety. I may have to relent and get something from the Coco Chocolate stall, [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2006, 1:10pm EST
  

• NEWS: PVC, the poison plastic!

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  I love it when readers contact me! It gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside that maybe you are making a difference. Such was the case recently when I was contacted by Eriq Wities and Emily Weinstein of Free Range Studios , to discuss their latest project. In case you [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2006, 9:27pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #50

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  I love Mondays...I used to hate them but the Carnival of the Green just cheers me right up.This week we travel to the venerable How To Save The World blog and this week I choose the coverage of the continued revelations regarding religious revival in favour of our beloved environment [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2006, 5:44pm EDT
  

• SPECIAL: A dad in need - thankyou

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  Wow! Coby alone raised over £500 for his pyjamathon. Matthew and his family are making local news now and I certainly think we have all done good things here people. One family's massive suffering is made just that bit easier. Let's hope young Matthew makes a full recovery...Thanks to all [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2006, 5:22pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #49

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  One more Monday passes and that can only mean it's Carnival of the Green time.This week's carnival is to be found at TotalTactics and this week my pick of the carnival is the Kite Sails post over at Interesting Thing of the Day.More info about the Carnival of the Green [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2006, 4:44pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Google goes Solar!

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  I'm sure most of you may have heard by now that Google is going Solar, as in power. They will be converting six of their Bay Area headquartered buildings to solar power. No other US company has undertaken such a large project and they hope others will follow in their [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2006, 6:43pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Recycle Green Waste

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  With landfill space becoming a problem, and the inability to dispose trees in such spaces (because it's unlawful), what's a person to do with green waste? Go to the Green Waste Recycle Yard. They provide the San Francisco Bay Area a centralized location for recycling salvaged and reclaimed urban forest. [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2006, 5:42pm EDT
  

• REVIEW: Edinburgh's ethical eateries

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  Over the past few weeks my boyfriend and I have had the pleasure of being treated to a meal at two of Edinburgh's excellent restaurants, which also happen to try and run things as ethically as possible. Locally sourced, organic, fairtrade food is the name of the game here and' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2006, 12:03pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Urgent!!! Save our TucTucs!

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  It wasn't very long ago that I was telling you all about the exciting new tuk tuks that had burst onto the Brighton & Hove scene.Alas, after just one month of operation, they are already in trouble. The TucTucs have a bus operators licence and The Taxi Trade Forum is' [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2006, 3:07am EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #48

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  One more monday arrives and that can only mean it's Carnival of the Green time.This week's carnival is to be found at EnviroPundit and this week my pick of the carnival is the awesome coup by Treehugger to get next to Martha Stewart. Check out Treehugger on her show here.More [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2006, 7:00pm EDT
  

• SPECIAL: A dad in need

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  My son Coby goes to a musical babies group and my wife just brought the following to my attention - it just broke my heart. If anyone can help please email me and make a pledge. There but for the grace of god go I...During the week commencing 16th October, [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2006, 6:12pm EDT
  

• SPECIAL: Au revoir not goodbye

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  Some good news and some bad.GOOD NEWSFor a while now I have enjoyed a great relationship with NaturalCollection.com.That relationship has just stepped up a gear and I am delighted to announce that as of Nov 1st I will be Natural Collection's first Head of Marketing. I am really looking forward' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2006, 9:27pm EDT
  

• San Francisco: Future Sea Level

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  This is really interesting. There was a collabrative art project going on called Future Sea Level which shows the impact global warming will have on our city. An artist-designed blue tape which is suppose to illustrate "water" had been placed around our famous tourist spot "Fisherman's Wharf". This water had' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2006, 4:00pm EDT
  

• INTERVIEW: Allan McKie from River Nene

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  You may remember me mentioning River Nene Organic Farm in my post called ‘Desperately Seeking Veg’ back in August. At the time I talked about how I had found it so difficult to find an organic veg delivery scheme in Nottingham but named River Nene as one which operated nearby.Since [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2006, 1:35pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #47

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  One more monday arrives and that can only mean it's Carnival of the Green time.This week's carnival is to be found at GreenerMiami. Now I love Sushi but am concerned greatly by the lack of eco credentials that industry has so this week my pick of the carnival is the [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2006, 10:59am EDT
  

• NEWS: San Francisco - Judge Saves the Trees!

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  Who remembers reading Dr.Seuss' book, The Lorax (one of my all time favorites)? The copyright for that great story is 1971, and it's still relevant today. Politicians are still running around (like the Once-ler!) trying to chop down our trees. Luckily there are a few Loraxes around to help put [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2006, 4:00am EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #46

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  One more monday arrives and that can only mean it's Carnival of the Green time.This week's carnival is to be found at Ecostreet. My pick this week is the interesting Top 10 Eco-Friendly Diet Tips.More info about the Carnival of the Green re hosting (now booked up into April 07) [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2006, 4:43pm EDT
  

• FEATURE: Help - Rescue Centre Crisis!

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  A little while ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to an event which recognised the dedicated work of lots of different volunteers in Nottingham. I was particularly proud because one of the Reach Out award winners was a volunteer from the charity I work part time for; there [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2006, 12:40pm EDT
  

• WEEKLY Q: How long we got?

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  So many predictions of how long we have got to tackle climate change before the last train leaves town...10 years seems to be a good summary of what people are saying including Al Gore.Have we got 10 years? Ice is melting faster, seas are swelling quicker and temperatures are climbing [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2006, 4:09pm EDT
  

• EVENT: San Fran's PARK(ing) Day

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  I love it when activists come up with fun and creative ways to get a point across. Well, if you've been around the blogsphere for a while you may have already heard about the group ReBar and their PARK(ing) Day installations. I'll explain briefly:Metered parking spaces are transformed into a [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2006, 6:00am EDT
  

• NEWS: Carnival of the Green #45

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  Another monday and that means another Carnival of the Green.This week's carnival is to be found at Karavans. This week I am loving the EcoStreet primer on renewable energy.More info about the Carnival of the Green re hosting (now booked up into April 07) and posting available here.NamasteAlTechnorati tags:cityhippygreencarnivalbloglistUKrenewable' [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2006, 5:10pm EDT
  

• NEWS: Christmas Lights @ Taraluna

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  If you recall our recent launch of the Christmas Lights campaign then check out this wonderful effort from Taraluna, a Fair Trade, Organic and Green Gift shop, to give away CFLs with every purchase. What a great idea...NamasteAlTechnorati tags:cityhippygreenenvironmentchristmaschanukahkwanzaaholiday seasonlightbulbCFLcampaignoffsetemissionspositive [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2006, 5:01pm EDT