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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume XIX, Number 6
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 2008

COVER STORY
GREEN LIVING DELUXE - How the Environmental Movement Went Way, Way Upscale
With solar-powered tanning beds, recycled cashmere dog clothes and designer label reusable bags, “green” living has never been so expensive (or frivolous)
By Brita Belli

SIDEBAR: MY GREEN HOUSE IS BIGGER THAN YOURS
Eco-mansions are helping to relieve guilt from the Hamptons to Palm Beach.
By Brita Belli

SIDEBAR: HYBRID HYPE
Hybrid SUVs aren’t doing the environment any favors.
By Jim Motavalli

SIDEBAR: A CASE FOR ECO-FASHION
Organic luxury clothes raise the industry bar
By Starre Vartan

SIDEBAR: KELLY LAPLANTE:
With the founding principle that “Green is a standard, not a style,” LaPlante creates home and office spaces that move beyond boxy modern shapes and earth tones.
By Starre Vartan

SIDEBAR: E’S TOP 10 ECO CELEBS
Some of the celebrities on this list have been working for years on a variety of earth-friendly causes; others are newly inspired. In either case, they made E’s list because their environmental commitment is more than just a publicity stunt.
By Beth Connolly

SIDEBAR: RICH ENOUGH TO OFFSET
The question of carbon offsets.
By Laura Kiesel

SIDEBAR: OM FOR AN HOUR
Some of our favorite places to relax and rejuvenate.
By Erin Barnes

SIDEBAR: GREEN LUXURY ITEMS
E uncovers some of the most over-the-top green luxury products, from ethical cufflinks to solar yachts.
By Amanda Peterka and Jennifer Santisi

GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: TO CALL OR NOT TO CALL? - The Ongoing Cell Phone Safety Debate
By Erika Alexia Tsoukanelis
EATING RIGHT: SALTS OF THE EARTH - Chefs Weigh In on this Ancient Seasoning
By Yvona Fast
HOUSE & HOME: THE WOODSTOVE’S BIG COMEBACK - Cleaner-Burning, Energy-Saving Woodstoves Are Getting a Second Look
By Joe Provey
MONEY MATTERS: TAKING OUR OWN INVENTORY - Gus Speth on Capitalism and the Environmental Community
By Melinda Tuhus
GOING GREEN: MADE IN MAUI - Sampling Farm-Fresh Island Delights
By Lora Shinn
CONSUMER NEWS: BENEFICIAL BAGS - Saving the Earth, One Tote at a Time
By Karen Soucy




E WORD
SHOPPING OUR WAY GREEN?

CURRENTS
THREE DIGITS - The 350 Campaign Has Global Warming’s Number
SUSTAINABLE CLUBBING - Around the U.S., Dance Clubs Are Making Green Moves
HOW NOT TO SAVE A BEACH - Beach Nourishment in the Age of Big Development
SOLAR INDUSTRY HEATS UP - The Technology Is Here, But Not the Investment

IN BRIEF
BEHIND THE GREENS - Five Questions For The Bowerbirds
INNOVATION: MY OWN LITTLE TURBINE
DIVE INTO A CARPOOL
ACTIVISM: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
HOW GREEN IS THAT ... CHRISTMAS TREE?
THE MISSING GAS

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