Day: September 12, 2008

Fun & Learning: Measure Your Carbon Footprint

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Start your day with a bowl of organic breakfast cereal. Organic food production does not create greenhouse gases. If every American converted 10% of our foods to organic, it would be the equivalent of taking 2 million car off the road each year.   Measure your carbon footprint with the Ecological Footprint Calculator. It’s eye-opening—and…
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New Product: Can Chocolate Predict The New President?

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Some people look to the Gallup, Zogby and Harris polls to gauge the presidential preference of the American public. But chocolatier B.T. McElrath is measuring public opinion on a “gut” level: chocolate sales. “Campaign Buttons,” round dark chocolate melt-a-ways that have been selling like—hotcakes?—since early June. They feature cocoa butter images of Democrat or Republican…
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