San Diego GreenLife

Buffalo Exchange Sees the Green

by Val Gysler

It has been said the good ol’ greenback can get ya’ pretty much whatever you want in this world. But is salvation from the earth’s devastation one of them? Why yes, it is!

These days, retailers are picking up on what the consumer really wants: a guilt-free, karma-building, eco-friendly purchase. With merchants looking towards [...]

In Tune with OB People’s Organic Food Market

by Val Gysler

So, for those of you who don’t know, there’s this little store in Ocean Beach—part grocery, part hippie hangout, part organic-food-lovers’ waking dream. If you consider yourself green, and long for something different, it might very well be worth checking out.

The Ocean Beach Peoples Organic Food Market on Voltaire Street in OB has [...]

The Jazz Styles of Organic Gardening

by Erick Pettersen

In the current economic climate, with financial disasters brewing like thunderstorms, organic gardening can give you one less reason to concern yourself with rising prices and falling stocks.
One San Diegan—Jazz singer Tokeli—will harvest her organic vegetable garden for the third year this summer. From it she will prepare a dinner for family and [...]

Honest Tea Takes Ethics to the Bank

by Val Gysler
I had never even heard of Honest Tea before I began writing this article. “We think Val should do this piece, their rep is really great… and single,” announced our fearless leader. So, just like that, the article was mine. And that’s how I first learned about one of the more moral beverage [...]

Digital Printing Goes Eco-Friendly

by Oreste Prada

“Eco-friendly” is likely the last term one would associate with the paper-dependent digital-printing world. And yet, more and more, environmentally-sustainable practices and efforts to reduce environmental footprint are becoming standard practice within printer companies.

Go to Canon’s US web site and one of the first claims it makes is a dedication to the environment [...]