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Archive for June, 2010

  • Om Garden: Miami’s Choice for Vegan Fare with a Green Attitude

    Sustainable eats are just one green-minded facet of this great little spot.

    By Jessica Bates

    June 25, 2010

  • Truly Green: True Food Kitchen

    Dr. Andrew Weil has partnered with a Phoenix-based restaurateur to create an all-around green restaurant practicing recycling, local sourcing and energy conservation.

    By Tyler Farmer

    June 25, 2010

  • Environmental Fate

    One of the considerations in chemical safety, environmental fate is determined by what happens after a chemical is released in the environment — where its final destination is and its attendant effects.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • Oxygen

    The gaseous chemical element with symbol O that is essential in the respiratory processes of most living cells and in combustion processes.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • Logging

    The practice of cutting down trees for timber to be used for various wood products or for forest management.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • Mining

    The process of extracting minerals, metals and other geological resources from the ground. Some materials that are mined are limestone, oil shale, diamonds, uranium, coal and iron.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • Vienna’s Repurposed Gas Tank City

    Constructed in 1896, the four gasometers of Vienna’s Gaswerk Simmering are a marvel of indomitable industrial architecture and innovative modern repurposing.

    By Karl Fabricius

    June 24, 2010

  • A Recipe for Sustainability: Restaurants (Can) Step it Up

    Restaurants have a bevy of options to control their operations and excess food waste. Yet many restaurants still are wasting on a daily basis.

    By Megan Reilly

    June 24, 2010

  • Restaurants Don’t Have to Let Unused Food Go to Waste

    The National Restaurant Association has partnered with Food Donation Connection to instill a food donation program for restaurants to easily process and donate food.

    By Melissa Hincha-Ownby

    June 24, 2010

  • Good Neighbor Agreement or GNA

    A useful tool for ensuring that a company practices sound environmental safety procedures, especially when it operates a facility within a community of residences and other businesses. GNAs are increasingly being used by communities to increase control over over public health and environmental safety.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or NIOSH

    A US Federal Agency that conducts research on occupational safety and public health issues. The agency is also tasked to come up with recommendations for the government to implement standards for healthy workplace environments.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or OECD

    A Paris-based organization with 31 member countries, which provides a forum for governments to develop common, cooperative solutions to various social problems–among them environmental and public health issues.

    By 1-800-RECYCLING

    June 24, 2010

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