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The Green Wedding

John and Allyson Lindsley share the secrets of their green wedding day, proving that greening your wedding couldn’t be more beautiful (or delicious!).

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Lauren Gropper

We caught up with Lauren Gropper to learn about green building, her super cool entourage, and why “shift” is more than a key on your keyboard

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Cassie Stevenson of Degree 6 Clothing

We caught up with Cassie Stevenson, co-founder of Degree 6 Clothing to learn about bamboo clothes, cotton’s insatiable thirst and why there’s more to six degrees of separation than Kevin Bacon.

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November’s Spotlight of the Month: Jeremy Beiler

We caught up with freelance video journalist Jeremy Beiler, who keeps us laughing on and off screen.

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September’s Spotlight of the Month: Alex & Ani

For September, we caught up with jewelry designer Carolyn Rafaelian to learn about her Alex & Ani line of jewelry, enhancing human consciousness and the most charming recycled-metal bracelets around.

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August’s Spotlight of the Month: Daniel Riser

For August, we caught up with Daniel Riser, founder of greenwriter.org, a new website for screenwriters to house their screenplays for production companies and directors to find while helping to save an estimated 5,000 trees per year. Catch the full catalogue due out later this month and read below to see how Daniel and the ……

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July’s Spotlight of the Month: Matthew Rutman

For July, we caught up with Matthew Rutman, the project coordinator of Partners in Solidarity, the international computer placement program of NextStep.

Matthew and two teachers from a participating school
Partners in Solidarity is not your typical non-profit. You might recall our spotlight for July that focused on NextStep Recycling. Partners in Solidarity take NextStep’s ……

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June’s Spotlight of the Month: NextStep Recycling

For June, green is sexy caught up with Lorraine Kerwood of NextStep Recycling, an organization in Eugene that takes in your old electronic equipment, rebuilds them, and then puts them back into the hands of others who can use them…

Lorraine gives Ed his first laptop, a refurbished machine that NextStep has rebuilt.
Let’s start with a ……

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May’s Spotlight of the Month: Alex Webb

On his website, LA-based architectural designer Alex Webb writes that he is “primarily interested in performative algorithmic design, environmental sustainability, sustainable transit and building information modeling (BIM).” We caught up with Alex in Santa Monica, California to learn what the heck all of that means.
So… what exactly is performative algorithmic design anyway?
Yeah… it’s a ……

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April’s Spotlight of the Month:Ginger Ninjas

For April, we caught up with the Ginger Ninjas, a band who not only travels to gigs by bike, but powers their shows by bike And this isn’t just your average gig down at the neighborhood bar. The Ninjas just returned from touring all over Mexico via bicycle on a epic journey deemed ……

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