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	<title>ecomii business blog &#187; Marie Oser</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Expo West ‘Greener than Ever’ Hosts 56,000 Attendees</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2010/03/15/expo-west-%e2%80%98greener-than-ever%e2%80%99-hosts-56000-attendees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
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Natural Products Expo West, the largest natural foods show in the country celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Anaheim Convention Center in California where, a record 56,000 attendees sampled the latest in natural, organic, healthy, eco-friendly and fair trade products. Thirty years ago, the size of the natural products industry was estimated to be $2.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBay Launches Social Media Campaign: Give. Good. Green.</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/09/15/ebay-launches-social-media-campaign-give-good-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
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eBay, the world&#8217;s leading online marketplace with 88 Million users, has launched a social media initiative campaign designed to inspire eBay buyers and sellers to create positive social change through a variety of eBay activities.
The innovative campaign links all five of the company&#8217;s pro-social initiatives: eBay Foundation, eBay Giving Works, MicroPlace, WorldofGood.com by eBay and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycled Fashion Finds</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/04/22/recycled-fashion-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design &amp; Innovation]]></category>

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Trash is a relative term. In 1995 Liz Gardener accepted the Academy Award for best costume design in a dress made entirely from 254 recycled American Express gold cards. The dress was auctioned off for charity four years later for more than $12,000.
Haute Couture has also been attracting a lot of fans in the glitterati, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Trade Fashion Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/04/20/fair-trade-fashion-marketplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
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Fair Trade fashion is eco-chic, and trendy fashion designers are forging a number of strategic partnerships that will increase visibility and distribution.
Bono, activist and U2 lead singer, introduced Edun last year, a Fair Trade fashion brand that sells high-end goods through upscale stores like Saks and Nordstrom. American Apparel is a publicly traded basics brand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GMO Crops Threaten Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/04/16/gmo-crops-threaten-biodiversity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Awareness]]></category>

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Scientists have genetically modified the DNA of major agricultural crops, such as soybeans, corn, and cotton in order to resist a widely used herbicide.
Roundup is the flagship of Monsanto&#8217;s agricultural chemicals business and these new genetically modified plant strains are referred to as ”Roundup Ready.”
GMO: This is the acronym for &#8220;Genetically Modified Organism&#8221; and defines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freecycle: The Gifting Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/04/13/freecycle-the-gifting-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Green Practices]]></category>

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The Freecycle Network is a grassroots Internet movement that connects people who want to give away unwanted items to other people who need those items.
Committed to the notion that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, freecycle has built a worldwide gifting community that reduces waste and conserves precious resources.
Members of the free web site, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXPO West: Incredible Edibles, Organic and Green</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/04/07/expo-west-incredible-edibles-organic-and-green/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
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EXPO West, the largest tradeshow in the industry is the place to find the latest and greatest in natural, organic and healthy living.
The 29th annual Natural Products Expo West at the Anaheim Convention center covered 300,000 square feet and more than 53,000 people attended. 1,900 companies with 3,000 booths from 28 countries showcased thousands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/03/23/eco-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Eco-Tourism]]></category>

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India is a land of contrasts. Exotic, exhilarating and enigmatic.
I was traveling with VegVoyages Vegetarian Adventures through Rajasthan on the way to the ancient Jain temple at Ranakpur, one of the five holiest sites of this Hindu sect, when we stopped for a few days at an incredible retreat.
Aranyawas (Ar-an’ ya-vas) is a lush eco-retreat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race to Produce Green Mobile Phones</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/03/02/race-to-produce-green-mobile-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design &amp; Innovation]]></category>

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Samsung unveiled Blue Earth, an eco-consciously created handset with a rear-mounted solar panel last month in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2009.
According to the company, by charging with the solar panel Blue Earth users can generate enough power to call anytime anywhere. Rounder and a bit thicker than the average mobile phone, the touch screen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Deception</title>
		<link>http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/business/2009/02/19/sweet-deception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Oser</dc:creator>
		
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The Corn Refiners Association (CRA), a trade group representing the corn refining (wet milling) industry, claims that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has the &#8220;same natural sweetness as table sugar and honey.&#8221;
Many brand name foods and beverages, from soft drinks to tomato soup labeled “all-natural” contain a high level of HFCS.  An interesting take since HFCS [...]]]></description>
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