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Heads up: Good Wood Watch launches

Greenpeace, Sierra Club of Canada – BC Chapter, West Coast Environmental Law and Wildsight launched Good Wood Watch this month -- with their eyes on VANOC and the 2010 Olympics. "The website, GoodWoodWatch.ca, was launched...
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Posted by Trevor on Monday, February 25th, 2008

Fairtrade fortnight roundup

Fairtrade fortnight -- designed to raise awareness of Fairtrade products -- kicked off this week with some good news from the Fairtrade Foundation: sale of Fairtrade goods rose 81% in 2007 to reach £493m bananas accounted for more sales than any other Fairtrade item, at £150m Fairtr
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Posted by Trevor on Monday, February 25th, 2008

Carbon Offset Verification Starts

Climatebiz just announced that Green-e is expanding into certification for carbon offsets next week. Aw nuts. I was just about to launch a green offset programme and use it to buy myself a Prius.
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Posted by jacob on Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Wishful Thinking Hurts the Planet

In a classic example of a multi-stakholder process harming the environment, it looks like plans to develop additional product lines for the EU ecolabel are being stymied by the inability of those setting the sta
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Posted by jacob on Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Eco-Flowers Don’t Need to Cost More

Did you know 80% of flowers used in the USA come from Ecuador and Colombia?
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Posted by jacob on Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Energy Star Builds Momentum

Check it out. The number of US buildings carrying Energy Star labels jumped over 25% in 2007. In California alone owners of Energy Star labeled buildings saved almost 200 billion dollars on their energy bills in 2007. Wow. How's that for a business case?
Posted by jacob on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Ahead of the Curve

Here's an interesting example of ecolabels being used as a source for industry regulation. The European Flame Retardants Association sees compliance with ecolabels as a way to pre-qualify for possible future regulation.  In fact, the association set up a working group last year to
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Posted by jacob on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Green Vacations

Here's an article on green vacation tactics, in particular the ecolabels to look out for when planning your next escape.
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Posted by jacob on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Eco-restaurant label

Here's a great NY Times article on an eco-restaurant label for the USA. What about a google maps version of this page?
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Posted by jacob on Thursday, February 14th, 2008

US Grocer Launches Franken-Label

California food producer Raley's is launching an ecolabel for its products. The dirt? Their "Full Circle" label includes 78 items that are certified USDA organic.
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Posted by jacob on Monday, February 11th, 2008

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