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The E-Xplainer: Ecological Footprints
Tuesday, March 25, 2008. 5

The E-Xplainer looks at environmental terms and phrases, and breaks them down into chunks of information you can actually do something with. Got something you’d like explained? ! This week, Ecological Footprints.

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The Green Guide to Style: Greening Your Closet
Thursday, January 22, 2009. 2

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The best thing we’ve learned in the year and a half we’ve been publishing our eco-friendly fashion column is that making good clothing choices doesn’t mean sacrificing style. Obviously. In the final installment of Obviously.ca’s Green Guide to Style, we’ve compiled our ultimate five tips for truly greening your closet. 
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Movie Review: Manufactured Landscapes
Monday, July 14, 2008. 1

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In the documentary Manufactured Landscapes, artist Edward Burtynsky and director/producer Jennifer Baichwal explore the impact of industrialization and modernization. 

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Book Review: Almost Green
Monday, August 18, 2008. 1

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Author James Glave is a self-confessed over-achiever who decides he’s going to bungee-jump head first into a greener way of life by building a studio that incorporates green design principles. The first drawback? He’s a stay-at-home dad with no building or contracting experience. 

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FEATURE: climate change

The Climate Crisis
Tuesday, October 02, 2007. 10

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The Earth’s surface has undergone unprecedented warming over the last century, particularly over the last two decades. Every single year since 1992 is in the current list of the 20 warmest years on record. Experts agree that human activity is to blame for the overabundance of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which trap the sun’s heat and warm the planet too much.

The consensus is that Global Warming is already causing trouble on this planet, and it’s just getting started (or getting warmed up, if you will… for pun’s-sake).

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Escape from Suburbia
Thursday, November 08, 2007. 1


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WotW: Fields of Green
Posted by Kayley. Thursday, June 19, 2008. 0

Are you a baseball fan? With the Major League in full swing, check out the Fields of Green Team, run by a former pro baseball player, Darrell Evans. By surfing the site and signing up for the newsletter, you can receive environmental information, money-saving tips and hot takes on new eco products. There is a cool section with environmental tips laid out in terms of baseball bases, adding up to the big things you can do to get a homerun! The Field of Greens Team has also started endorsing certain green products, so check out that section too if you want to do some eco-shopping. Oh, and why not up brush up on your baseball knowledge by taking a look at the green baseball players bio. Fields of Green definitely hits an eco-homerun in my books!

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