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Marc Gunther: Keeping watch on the business of green

Marc Gunther is a veteran journalist and online media maven covering the world of green business.




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Danielle Brigida is leading the NWF into the world of social media

Danielle Brigida is one of the most respected people in the world of nonprofit social media. Read more about this 1-woman army who convinced the National Wildli



  • Wilderness & Resources

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TEDxDirigo interviews: John Rooks of The SOAP Group

John Rooks spoke at TEDxDirigo about the need for businesses to be authentically green. Read more about his ideas and why he loves the state of Maine.



  • Arts & Culture

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How to avoid GMOs when eating out

Author and GMO expert Jeffrey Smith shares his advice on how to make the best food choices when you're not the one doing the cooking.




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The owner of Mary's Gone Crackers shares her story and advice

With her delicious and healthy products in the store, Mary Waldner shares her rise to success, how she eats at home, and advice to us all in how to enjoy a heal



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Joel Makower: Green business maven shares his insights

Makower, one of the most respected voices in green business, talks about greener corporations, what the government could be doing to foster more environmentally



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Catching up with the editor of Green Talk

Blogger and editor Anna Hackman chats with MNN about green buildings, green business and bar mitzvahs.




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Meet Diane MacEachern: Mother, mentor, author and activist

Green mom blogger Diane MacEachern shares her thoughts on picket lines, the state of U.S. politics and how to create a better quality of life.




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Get inspired: Passionate rain forest activist Beth Doane

As one of America's youngest and brightest social entrepreneurs, Beth Doane launched her first fashion company at age 22, created a consulting firm focused on s




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A family affair: Q&A with Eco-Me's Robin Kay Levine

Eco-Me, a California-based brand comprised of a colorful 'family' of all-natural household cleaners, was founded by Robin Kay Levine in response to a real-life




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Meet Tom Angell, drug policy reform activist and founder of Marijuana Majority

Interview with drug policy reform activist Tom Angell, founder of Marijuana Majority.




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Will Kindle save the rainforest?

Will Kindles save the rainforest? Now that Amazon’s debuted its new $359 Kindle, an e-reader available Feb. 24, e-reader and e-book marketers alike are busy b



  • Arts & Culture

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Amazon's controversial Kindle 2 ships this month

There is no doubt, digital books are here to stay. The original Kindle, which started shipping in November 2007, was a wake up call to the publishing world.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The super-Kindle set to replace newspaper

Engadget sneaks some video of the new digital reader Kindle DX. Can it save 100 million trees per year?



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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OMG ... another Kindle killer

Barnes & Noble announces the Nook an e-Reader that matches the Kindle in price but includes full color.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Twitter-sourced 'Quakebook' hits Amazon.com

The 'Quakebook' project, a gripping Twitter-sourced charity eBook filled with first-hand accounts of life after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan




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Amazon: Kindle ebooks outselling print books

Amazon on Thursday said ebooks, or Kindle books, have begun outselling print books for the first time in the company’s history.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Oh no! The 4th of July falls on Meatless Monday this year

Can you celebrate America without meat on the barbeque grill? Sure you can. With a free vegetable grilling eBook and some of MNN's own recipes, you’ll have lo




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Humorist and 'Conan' writer reveals planet's future in new book

Among other things, Rob Kutner thinks we're on the verge of a new Ice Age.



  • Arts & Culture

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Libraries adopt eBooks

Digital check-outs are becoming an increasingly popular option.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Energy and sports drinks are rotting your tooth enamel and other news to know

This weekend, before your kids hit the baseball and softball fields, read about how energy and sports drinks can damage tooth enamel, plus take a look at a few




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Is the extinction of print cookbooks inevitable?

Cookbook sales are still strong, but as more cooks embrace websites and apps, cookbooks could be in danger of going the way of other print mediums.




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Amazon offers 'novel' look at U.S. politics

The online retailer's new 'Election Heat Map' uses book-sales data to reveal a widespread Republican streak among its American customers.




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Today only: Anti-bullying ebooks for $1.99

Amazon honors National Bullying Prevention Month with a daily deal on two titles that help empower kids against bullies.



  • Protection & Safety

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Free and inexpensive Kindle eBook blogs

It's hard to sift through all the free cookbooks, home improvement and other books that Amazon offers for the Kindle for free - especially when many of them are




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5 spooky Halloween ebooks for kids

Scare up some family reading fun with these Halloween ebooks filled with ghosts, and goblins, and freaky Halloween legends.




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10 Cyber Monday deals for kitchen and home

A round up of online stores that have coupon codes, free shipping, and special Cyber Monday deals for cookware, appliances, cookbooks, natural cleaning products




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Hurry up and start slow cooking your food

When it’s cold and gray outside, coming home to a hot meal that’s been slowly cooking all day is one of winter’s great comforts.




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SnapDish app makes your food prettier

The Snapdish app for Apple devices and Kindle has a feature that enhances food photos well.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Tips for buying discounted Kindle cookbooks

A list of tips and sources of finding deeply discounted and free cookbooks for Kindle.




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'How to Meal Plan' is useful for getting dinner on the table

This step-by-step Kindle book will help families of all sizes get home-cooked meals on the table.




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Book Collections app organizes Kindle cookbooks

After amassing a collection of cookbooks and other book on her Kindle, our food blogger tries out the Book Collections app to organize them.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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'As Always, Julia' is $1.99 for Kindle

In honor of Julia Child’s 101st birthday, Kindle is offering 'As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto' at a bargain price for one day.




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Sam Sifton's 'Thanksgiving: How to Cook it Well' is $1.99 for Kindle or Nook

Guide to pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with style from the former New York Times restaurant critic is a bargain.




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5 Kindle books under $4 to buy with your eBooks antitrust settlement

You may have a credit in your Kindle account from a legal settlement that you probably didn't realize you were a part of. Time for a book shopping spree.




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'Poor Man's Feast' is a touching, funny memoir about the power of sharing food

ames Beard Award winner Elissa Altman's book about her relationships with food and those she loves is a bargain right now for Kindle.




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iPhony: Inside China's fake Apple store

NBC’s Adrienne Mong ventures inside one of China’s fake Apple stores to look at the bogus products being sold under the guise of the legitimate American tec




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At this school, iPads invade the classroom

From tablets in high school to electronic whiteboards and rotating walls in college, we look at how technology is remaking the classroom.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Video: Visionary Apple founder has died at the age of 56.



  • Research & Innovations

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Broken iPad? Take it to the iHospital

The iHospital is a chain that fixes broken Apple products but takes Apple-care to new levels. Ian Sherr reports on Lunch Break.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Inside Foxconn: How an iPad is made

Rob Schmitz, Marketplace Shanghai bureau chief, is only the second reporter to gain access to the factory floor at Apple's Chinese manufacturer. See highlights



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Orangutans use iPads to communicate

Orangutans are great communicators, whether through sign language, gestures or sounds. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the




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'Reading Rainbow' on your iPad

'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton demonstrates a new app aimed at getting kids to love reading.




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Apple apologizes for its bad Maps app

A week after an Apple spokesman downplayed the lackluster Maps app in iOS 6 by saying, "We are just getting started," CEO Tim Cook has a few words of his own fo



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Testing Food52's holiday party planning app

When we heard about Food52's Holiday Recipes and Party Planning Guide ($3.99 for iPad and iPhone), we thought this app from New York Times writers Amanda Hesser



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Apple iPad Mini: Too much hype, not enough heft?

Apple fans are frothing at the mouth in anticipation of the release of Apple's sequel to its wildly successful iPad, a 7.85-inch, Wi-Fi-only tablet computer spe



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Accessory makers confirm iPad Mini rumors

Accessory manufacturers have confirmed rumors about Apple's new 7 inch iPad Mini, which is set to be unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at a press conference.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Which tablet makes the best gift?

Having a hard time deciding on a tablet to give that special someone? A roundtable of tech experts can help you make an informed decision.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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7 changes Apple must make to get its clout back

Apple has had its fiscal, competition and marketing ups and downs this year, so here's a few insights into what the company should do to be successful in the co



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Honest Cooking Magazine for the iPad is for reading, not for cooking

This all-article, no-recipe magazine about food and cooking packs a lot into its first free issue.