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PRIME TIME, Sold out on newsstands (and sold out tonight) – Alternatives Journal

Thanks for all of your continuing support and friendship to Alternatives.

We are so excited about the response to Alternatives’ first issue of 2008: Out of the Box. It’s sold out on various newsstands (while accolades roll in). Also sold out is the concert we organized to launch Out of the Box. Award-winning Rose Cousins will be live at the Princess Cafe tonight.

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Big herbivores keep ants and trees together

Here’s your weekly Science Matters column by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola.

If you thought your relationships were complicated, try being an acacia
tree; or an ant, or a large herbivore. Nature, it turns out, is full of
complicated relationships. And we mess with them at our peril.

Recently, I wrote about one such complex relationship – between
large primates and large-seeded tropical fruit trees. It turns out that
many such trees rely on large primates to distribute their seeds
through the forest. When the primates are killed off through hunting or
habitat loss, the trees suffer too, making the primates’ comeback even
more difficult.

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A Simple, Sustainable Choice: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car Launch Customer Carbon Offset Program

For more information, contact:
Jason Graham
Argyle Communications
416-968-7311 ext 229

For Immediate Release

A Simple, Sustainable Choice:
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and
Alamo Rent A Car Launch Customer Carbon Offset Program
 
Industry-leading initiative could reach 20-25 million renters;
Customers’ optional offset purchases will be matched up to $1 million  

January 15, 2008 (St. Louis, MO) – Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car
Rental and Alamo Rent A Car today launched their industry’s largest
customer carbon offset program.  Designed to give customers a simple
but meaningful way to address the environmental impact of renting a
car, the program is the first consumer initiative to be launched under
all three brands.

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LOGical Creations Ltd. – Named finalist for the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction for second consecutive year

January 22, 2008

AIRDRIE, ALBERTA – LOGical Creations Ltd. is proud to announce that it has again been selected as a finalist for the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction in the Small Business category.

The honour was announced by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce on January 9th.  Along with being a finalist for the Small Business Award of Distinction Category, LOGical Creations is also eligible for the prestigious Premier’s Award of Distinction which is chosen by Premier Stelmach.

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Fashion High Shines a Spotlight on Sans Soucie

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Fashion High member Katherine Soucie, designer of Sans Soucie, is
racking up the awards. The latest in a list of accolades is a first place
finish in the fashion category at the Design Green Project for 2008. Sans
Soucie’s Lace Series was the only Canadian winner among entries from
around the globe.

The Lace Series is a collection of four dresses that were produced for
Sans Soucie’s fall 2007 collection. Inspired by nature, music, history,
and architecture, the dresses are hand dyed and printed on reclaimed nylon
hosiery that was sewn into yardage before being made into the one of a kind
garment. The use of low impact dyes and printing inks as well fabrics such as
bamboo, soy, and organic cotton make the line almost 100% sustainable.

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