PLENTY
The World In Green
Contents
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living
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People Eco Star Ricki Lake,
the “Al Gore of Home Birth.”
in every issue
4 Plenty Online
8 From the Editor
10 Contributors
12 Letters
14 Ask Plenty
96 Last Word
By Jennifer Block
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Travel Escape the roar of
engines with a trip to one of these
seven car-free islands. By Justin Nobel
46 Going Places: Barcelona
47 A spa with fewer worries; on-the-go
charging; road trippers’ alert.
48 Food
For artisanal chocolate
makers, ethics are the new gourmet.
By Madhu Puri
50 Dan Barber’s new cooking column.
51 Organic pastas in all shapes
and flavors.
Rick Moody
braves Arizona’s Sabino Canyon and
its “problem” mountain lions.
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Home A new direction in
sustainable building. By Heather Wagner
55 A chandelier, drying rack, and rush
mattress with environmental cred.
spectrum
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57 Style
Animal walkways; udderly surprising dairy stats; science and beer;
Punky Brewster’s earth-friendly kids’
shop; Rock and Wrap It Up; Plenty’s
Eco-Oscars; turtle power; and more.
Become beauty-label
savvy; layer up for spring.
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24 Superhero of the Seas
A Mexican wrestler’s most important
fight. By Tara FitzGerald
30 Life in the Green Zone
Celebrated comedian Lizz Winstead
on junk in the family trunk.
Green Gear®
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Green Gear® Gadgets to
keep your eco-impact, organization and
fitness resolutions on track.
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current
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plenty labs
36 Business
Plenty Labs Putting hand
soaps to the test; the best of
nondairy milks; the new crop of
electricity-monitoring devices; and the
latest in green reads.
Iceland: the world’s
hydrogen powerhouse; an organic fast
food café; and biofuels at a glance.
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Nature Honeybees are nearly
down for the count, but their native
cousins—the new bees on the block—
are just getting warmed up.
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Exclusive Web Series
Starting in March, look for our special
series on the International Polar Year.
This massive two-year research project
allows scientists from around the globe
to investigate people, wildlife, and the
environment at the ends of the earth.
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The Green Fiend Annemarie
Conte scoffs at petroleum and
embraces French fry grease instead.
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Green House Effect
On the Beat
Architecture guru
Lisa Selin Davis
covers the latest
news and trends in urban
planning and green design.
Kevin Friedl tells
you who’s covering
the important environmental stories—and who’s
missing the point.
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Special thanks to Birdbath, NYC
Science & Tech Spring’s
coming sooner; bringing home the
transgenic bacon; light pollution; and
magic mud.
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