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Whole Foods, Starbucks Top Sustainable Retail Design Awards

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/03/2010

Whole Foods Market in Lincoln Park, Chicago, took the top prize for Project of the Year at the second annual A.R.E. Sustainability Awards, focused on sustainable retail design. The two grand prize winners were Whole Foods in the category of Sustainability – Standalone and Starbucks for Sust ...

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Global: Furs And Fashion

Posted by Sonam Ongmo on 18/03/2010

Last month the fashion world went literally wild during the unveiling of fall collections. They had models strutting the catwalk in so much fur, it was scary enough to make animal rights activists and environmentalists jump out of their skins.

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Post-Consumer Film Recycling Hit Record High in 2008

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/03/2010

Plastic bag and film recycling in the U.S. reached a record high in 2008, recovering about 832,394,000 pounds of post-consumer film, according to a new study from the American Chemistry Council.The report, “National Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Bags and Film Report” (PDF), conducted ...

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Jordan: Third “Blog About Jordan” Day a Success

Posted by Ebtihal Mahadeen on 17/03/2010

Jordanian bloggers marked the third Blog About Jordan day on March 12th. As was the case in previous years, the cyber event was organized by U.S.-based Jordanian blogger Qwaider. Ebtihal Mahadeen reviews reactions in this post.

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Saudi Arabia: 1,000 lashes for YouTube video

Posted by Katharine Ganly on 17/03/2010

A Saudi man has been charged for morality crimes after a video appeared on YouTube where he is dressed in police uniform, dancing and flirting with the male cameraman. He has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes, a 5,000 rial ($1,333) fine and a year in prison. Katharine Ganly takes a look at some blogger ...

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