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So Why Can’t We Bother to Buy Carbon Offsets for Our Flights?

photo: jon smith via flickr If you buy a carbon offset for the flights you take, you’re in a small minority–at least according to a new survey by the UK Civil Aviation Authority carried out at Stansted airport last September. As reported by The Guardian , only 7% of flyers surveyed bothered to buy at offs… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Search For Local Organic Food In The Arizona Desert

Photo by cogdogblog Locally raised organic food — it’s what anyone who wants to eat the healthiest foods with the smallest environmental footprint hunts for, right? Whether from their own garden or the local markets, anyone should have access to produce, dairy and meats that are from their own county. But what do you do when you live in a place that’s not exactly conducive to raising crops, like, say, Phoenix, Arizona. After finding myself in this very city for a long enough visit that the minuscule organic produce offerings at the big chain grocery store down the street weren’t going … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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