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Unplugged: How to Justify a Totally Offline Vacation

Wendy Worrall Redal by Wendy Worrall Redal | August 24th, 2009 | Comments (5)
topic: Eco Travel, Green Living | tags: cell phones, e-mail, Eco Travel, facebook, Internet, iPods, leave your technology behind, live in the moment, natural beauty, natural world, technology, vacation

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I knew I had a problem with my Facebook addiction when I kept thinking of last weekend’s camping trip as a series of status reports:

Wendy Worrall Redal

… swore she would not camp in a tent in the rain again, and here she is.

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Is E-Mail Really Greener than Snail Mail?

Ginny Figlar Colón by Ginny Figlar Colón | August 21st, 2009 | Comments (2)
topic: Green Living | tags: e-mail, eco-friendly mail, green mail, online, snail mail, sustainability, sustainable communication

mailbox-croppedSometimes what seems like the clear eco-winner or loser really isn’t.

My husband just earned a master’s in industrial environmental management and is “pounding the internet” for a green job. The vast majority of jobs are posted online and applied for online. Even the setting up of the interview is usually done online. So we were surprised when, after a completely online application process, one company sent its “thanks, but no thanks” response via snail mail.

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