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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Green Presidents (Video)

February 2, 2011

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, statin…

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Frog’s Leap Winery: Saves 64,000 Gallons of Water a Year with Dry-Farming

February 2, 2011

Green Wine Guide Frog's Leap PhotosThe eco-renovated Red Barn from the 1880′s. Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch

Frog’s Leap Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard located in the heart of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=napa+rutherford&oe=utf-8&rls=…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: The Planet 100 Guide to Green Toys (Video)

January 28, 2011

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.

If you live …

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Today on Planet 100: Test Driving the Nissan LEAF (Video)

January 26, 2011

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 d…

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Benziger: ’60s Pot Farm Becomes Napa’s First Certified Biodynamic Winery

January 19, 2011

Green Wine Guide Benziger Wine TourPhotos by Jaymi Heimbuch

Mike Benziger and his wife Mary first discovered what was originally the Glen Ellen estate at Sonoma Mountain back in 1980. Immediately, Mike had a premonition that this is where…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Top 7 Green Corporations of 2010 (Video)

January 14, 2011

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 ch…

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Today on Planet 100: Quick Guide to the Mass Animal Die-Off (Video)

January 13, 2011

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 quanti…

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Planet 100: Empowering Women With Design and Micro Enterprise (Video)

January 7, 2011
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Planet 100: 5 Basic Green Resolutions for a New Year (Video)

January 6, 2011
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Kaz Vineyard & Winery: Serious Organic Wine for the Not-So-Serious

January 5, 2011

Why so serious? Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch

Hidden away in the Valley of the Moon is an organic winemaker who is very serious about winemaking. His name is Richard Kasmier but he goes by Kaz. And like some modern-day alchemist, he whips offbeat grape vari…

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