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One fish, two fish – a new, green beauty treatment ?

While getting ready to attend the Go Green America Expo this weekend in Gaithersburg, one exhibitor in particular caught my attention.

Dr. Fish from Alexandria, Virginia’s Yvonne Salon will be featured at this year’s expo. These garra rufa fish are used for pedicure treatments, listed as “Dr. Fish Massage Special Skin Treatment” on Yvonne’s Web [...]

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Just put a cork in it

Treehugger.com has been positing some interesting articles recently about different ways to repurpose corks from wine bottles. From the Barkus Cork Mat by Circlus Designs to an entire store decorated with corks, the green thing to do these days is to make sure your waiter doesn’t take away the cork after opening your bottle of [...]

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Green coverage during Super Bowl XLIII

I have to admit I was personally surprised by the lack of green coverage at the Super Bowl XLIII this year- particularly in the TV ads. I was expecting one or two companies to showcase their renewable energy support or to unveil some new technology. But no, the most ‘green ads’ that appeared were GE’s [...]

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