Global Indigo

I’m no saint, but one thing I swear by is bringing my cloth bags to the market.   I have to admit, it’s a bit of an embarassment bringing my green ‘Whole Foods’ bags to Safeway or Trader Joes. The International Market gave me a couple free from their venue so I wouldn’t bring them in. […]

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CANADA’S annual seal hunt kicked off today, touting for the first time new more humane killing methods, but still sparking criticism from animal rights groups.
Canada set a limit for its seal harvest this year of 275,000 harp seals, and adopted Independent Veterinarians Working Group recommendations to ensure the slaughter was less cruel and try to […]

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After decades of repression, Tibetans are crying out to the world for change. China’s leaders are right now making a crucial choice between escalating repression or dialogue that could determine the future of Tibet, and China.
We can affect this historic choice — China does care about its international reputation. But it will take an avalanche […]

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Southern California Edison Co. plans to build the nation’s largest solar energy installation — an array of collector cells covering two square miles of rooftops that could power about 162,000 homes, the utility announced Thursday.
Edison said it asked state regulators for approval to begin installing the technology on the rooftops of commercial buildings throughout the […]

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