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Carbon-neutral delivery for ice-cream emergencies

photo: Ben & Jerry's

Admit it, you?ve been there: curled up on the couch in your pajamas, watching a good movie, and thinking to yourself, "The only thing that would make this better right now is a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk and a spoon?but then I would have to get dressed and go outside?? Istanbul residents living near the popular shopping street Ba?dat Caddesi on the Asian side of the city now have a solution to such dilemmas that is as ecofriendly as it is effortless: Bicycle delivery from Ben & Jerry?s....

Yom Kippur = Carfree Day in Tel Aviv (A Photo Essay)

That?s right ? Yom Kippur. A somber day of introspection in most of Israel, in mellow Tel Aviv the Day of Atonement is the closest thing to a day without cars in the Middle East. With all cars banished from the pavements for 25 hours, helmet-clad children take to the streets in their masses.

In contemporary Israel, where land is running out, asphalt is eating up the landscape, the air is thick with smog and gas isn?t getting any cheaper, a day like this is an absolute necessity, reminding us all that the car?s dominance of our living space is not a divinely-ordained decree, but a conscious decision that we have made - and that we can decide otherwise if w...

The D&A Green Market - Sustainable Fashion Event Comes to LA

Image courtesy of D&A

Designers and Agents is launching their first Green Market, a sustainable trade event that will unite fashion, designers, and community in the name of green. Bono?s Edun imprint, Stewart & Brown, CAMPER, Loomstate and Namaste Green House are among the featured designers that will participate in the show, which will take place in Los Angeles on October 17-19. The focus of the event will ...