"Green Pay" Credit Card Helps Offset Your "Carbon Footprint"

Submitted by Creditorweb on November 12, 2007 - 9:39pm.
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In an effort to combat global warming, The Fintura Corporation along with MetaBank has developed the GreenPay MasterCard credit card program for environmentally concerned individuals and corporations.

The GreenPay credit card's objective is to reduce carbon dioxide's impact on the environment by neutralizing the "carbon footprint" produced by daily activities (such as greenhouse gases created by burning fossil fuels or from the decomposition of everyday household products.)


Green Friendly Credit Card - Ethical Consumerism or Marketing Ploy?

Submitted by Creditorweb on November 3, 2007 - 6:25pm.
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To reward consumers for making green-friendly purchases, the UK's Co-Operative bank recently began issuing its "Think Credit Card." The card is made from PETG plastic which is a bit more eco-friendly than the usual PVC plastic that other cards use.


Why would any coffee house who sells Fair trade coffee also sell coffee that isn't fairly traded?

Submitted by worldgoods on October 2, 2007 - 7:25am.
Why would any coffee house who sells Fair trade coffee also sell coffee that isn't fairly traded?  If they've recognized 1) that there is such a thing as Fair Trade coffee, and 2) That the difference is so important to the people that grow the crop that they are making a living from, why would they only carry a fraction of Fair Trade coffee?  With over 50 brands and countless flavors, it seems like profit may be the only thing on coffee shop owners' minds?

October is Fair Trade Month

Submitted by worldgoods on October 2, 2007 - 7:10am.
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Even though we all do our best to buy locally, there are always products that we just won't be able to find at the local farm. Sugar, rice, vanilla, coffee, and many other foods that we love are grown in distant locales, making it difficult to determine how sustainably they are produced.

The High Price of Privilege

Submitted by CitizenGoat on September 20, 2007 - 10:50am.
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by Sarah at ProgressiveKid

I live with two other people and five animals in a 1,400 square-foot house that includes my workplace. I know that compared to most of the world I live like a queen. I’m aware of this fact every day and I’m constantly grateful (except on really cranky days).


Njau Village is an Example for All of Gambia

Submitted by worldgoods on August 29, 2007 - 8:24pm.
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9 hours of travel one way - from taxi to ferry to waiting in line to taxi to waiting and passing from one immigration checkpoint to the next, the village of Njau is nestled far up along the country road on the Northern Bank of The Gambia.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Supports Vancouver Biodiesel Initiative

Submitted by 4Refuel on August 28, 2007 - 4:36pm.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=NGs3AhqBnxA

Bill Bishop of 4Refuel, a biodiesel fuel delivery company, discusses the possibility of Vancouver implementing a "Hydrogen Highway" between Vancouver and Whistler, BC where biodiesel fuel stations carrying 5% biodiesel fuel will be available. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a recent visit to Vancouver met with Premier of BC Gordon Campbell and Mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan to show his support.

Forward, Not Back, to School

Submitted by CitizenGoat on August 24, 2007 - 7:12pm.
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by Julie at ProgressiveKid

When children return to school this fall they will be exposed to the topic of climate change much more than ever before.