Tag: Planet Green

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Environmental reality TV has seen its fair share of successes and failures, but a new reality show from TerraCycle hopes to finally break the mold.

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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!

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

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

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

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'

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

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

Planted just ten miles from Paso Robles' famed Highway 46 wine route, Halter Ranch is a sustainable

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

Tucked away high in the hills of Templeton, California is AmByth Estate, the first and only

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

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

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

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