Tag: Planet Green
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8 Sustainable Wineries in Paso Robles Wine Country
Paso Robles is one of California's best kept secrets with wines as tasty as they are eco-friendly. The area is one of the few wine regions to boast its own sustainable certification program. So next time you go wine tasting in California, remember Paso!
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Castoro Cellars: Damn Fine Eco-Friendly Wine
Castoro Cellars, founded by the husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen in 1983, is one of Paso Robles' oldest wineries. What started out as just a few barrels in some rented space has grown into a 25,000-case
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Ancient Peaks Winery: California Mission Becomes Sustainable Winery
Nestled away in the southernmost part of the Paso Robles AVA, just 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, is Ancient Peaks Winery. The family-owned vineyard, which was was once part of California's famed Mission Trail, is a
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Oso Libre: Winery Fights County for Renewable Energy, Wins!
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch Oso Libre Winery, which means "free bear" in Spanish, is a small boutique vineyard and winery located in the heart of Paso Robles. The winery gets 100% of its energy from renewable sources, an achievement that played out like a
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Peachy Canyon Winery: Old Jesse James Hideout Turns Sustainable Winery
Photo via Peachy Canyon digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/peachy-canyon-winery-old-jesse-james-hideout-turns-sustainable-winery.php'; Peachy Canyon Winery is a sustainable, family-owned winery located on the westside of Paso Robles'
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Tablas Creek: Bringing a Rhône Revolution to California's Central Coast
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Tablas Creek is a 120-acre vineyard situated just twelve miles from the Pacific Ocean, on the westside of Paso Robles, California (just Paso to the locals). The vineyard focuses on Rhône-based blends common to the centuries-old
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Robert Hall: Large-Scale Winery Helps Set Sustainability Standard
Located in the heart of Paso Robles wine country, just east off of Highway 46, is the Robert Hall estate. Started in 1995, the winery produces some of California's most popular wines. In fact, last year Hall
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Halter Ranch: Ronald Reagan Hangout Becomes Sustainably-Certified Winery
Planted just ten miles from Paso Robles' famed Highway 46 wine route, Halter Ranch is a sustainable
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Beekman Boys Install The Vertical Axis Wind Turbine You'll Want To Get For Your Home
I'll be bluntly honest: I don't think most backyard wind turbines, still less rooftop wind turbines, are worth the money in most situations. But there are a couple which are really pretty good. Which is where the Windspire and
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AmByth Estate Accidentally Becomes Paso Robles' First Biodynamic Winery
Tucked away high in the hills of Templeton, California is AmByth Estate, the first and only
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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Green Presidents (Video)
Clean energy technology, President Obama said in his 2011 State of the Union Address, is "our generation's Sputnik moment." And, though any mention of the climate was conspicuosly abscent, he went on to advocate for expanded use of renewables, stating
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Frog's Leap Winery: Saves 10 Million Gallons of Water a Year with Dry-Farming
The eco-renovated Red Barn from the 1880's. Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/frogs-leap-waterless-organic-farming.php'; Frog's Leap Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard located in the heart of Napa's
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Today on Planet 100: The Planet 100 Guide to Green Toys (Video)
Dangerous chemicals and toxins have a weird way of working themselves into the most unfortunate of places. Cosmetics, food containers, and even children's toys are known to contain parabens, BPA, phthalates, and other harmful compounds.
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Today on Planet 100: Test Driving the Nissan LEAF (Video)
The Nissan LEAF is being touted as the first affordable all electric vehicle for the mass market. Released just last month, some 20,000 eager EV drivers have already ordered a one through a unique online reservations program. Planet 100 hops in the
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Benziger: '60s Pot Farm Becomes Sonoma's First Certified Biodynamic Winery
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/benziger-60s-pot-farm-becomes-napas-first-certified-biodynamic-winery.php'; Mike Benziger and his wife Mary first discovered what was originally the Glen Ellen estate at Sonoma
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Today on Planet 100: Top 7 Green Corporations of 2010 (Video)
Cutting up the credit cards is probably the greenest thing anyone could do but sometimes, buying new stuff—or patronizing a favorite restaurant—is necessary. When those times come, there's no reason to feel guilty—especially when
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Today on Planet 100: Quick Guide to the Mass Animal Die-Off (Video)
On New Year's Eve, thousands of birds fell from the sky in Arkansas. 100 miles away, 100,000 fish washed up on the shores of a river. In Louisiana, Kentucky, the Chesapeake Bay, England, Sweden, and Brazil, too, dead animals were found in mass
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Planet 100: Empowering Women With Design and Micro Enterprise (Video)
Women are some of the poorest people in the world yet their ability to prosper is key to the development of any community. One of the way to empower women is through fair trade micro-enterprise programs.Raven
