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2012 Olympic Stamps Issued to Celebrate Games

5:03 am in Business & Politics, corporate responsibility, Design & Architecture, designers, sustainability by TreeHugger

tria thalon photo Photo: afp photo/royalmail Make your snail mail look great: it's one year to the start of the 2012 Olympic Games and Royal Mail is issuing a set of ten beautiful stamps to celebrate the countdown. British stamps don't just show the Queen's profile--they cover the whole range from endangered species to the Read the full story on TreeHugger

Does "Retail Activism" Work? Yes and No

4:59 am in Business & Politics, corporate resonsibility, fishing, food, sustainability, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

half wasted photo Photo: B. Alter "Retail activism" is the new catch-phrase that refers to stores getting involved with political issues to raise awareness, raise money and presumably sell stuff. But does it really have any impact? Do people change their habits, get involved, and learn something because of a supermarket or department store's campaign? Or is it all green wash. A study of a London department store's initiative reveals that YES it does work in this case...but...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Documentary Dives Into World of Sustainable Shrimp Farming (Video)

11:47 am in audio video, Culture & Celebrity, fishing, sustainability by TreeHugger

This year, Pace University's award-winning "Producing the Documentary" class turned its sights on sustainable shrimp farming. Production for the 15-minute film, "Linda Thornton: Seeking Sustainability One Shrimp At A Time", was aided by NY Times climate writer Andrew Revkin, who's also the Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. The doc focuses on how the entrepreneurial Thorton managed to overcome devastating adversity in order to kick start some of the most successful shrimp farms in Belize. She's now recognized as a leader in ecologically frien...Read the full story on TreeHugger