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Summer came and went in a flurry, and schools are soon or already open for some serious learning business. In that spirit, here are some eco-tips for back -to-school shopping and also for encouraging the clean and green in schools themselves.

Shoot for Waste-free Lunches: Use lunch boxes or cloth bags instead of disposable paper bags, reusable containers for sandwiches instead of disposable plastic bags, reusable utensils instead of disposable plastic ones, reusable canteens inste… Continue

photo courtesy of UK TimesOnline

Once you come to the realization that everything is a product of energy, the world sure does look different. The world’s wrangling can then be understood in terms of energy: Who’s got it? Who wants it, and at what costs?

Here’s a very good example: The bloody military conflict between Russia and Georgia (once part of the former-Soviet Union) is in la… Continue