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Chefs Name Gardens Top Restaurant Trend of 2010 - Sustainability and Healthy Options Also Hot

Gardens have been named the hottest trend in restaurants this year as more chefs involved with the 'eat local food' movement decide to grow their own tomatoes, herbs and other produce. Equally positive trends like sustainable seafood, locally sourced foods, smaller portions and gluten-free options round out the top five interests for chefs this year

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How Nike's Green Design Recycled 82 Million Plastic Bottles

Nike's World Cup jerseys for the 2010 South Africa games were made of 100 percent recycled polyester, with each jersey taking eight plastic bottles out of landfills. The net result of that one project alone was reusing 13 million plastic bottles, and showed what was possible with the company's new ethos.

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KFC to Stop Using Palm Oil - Healthier Food, Less Deforestation

KFC restaurants in the UK and Ireland will stop using palm oil to fry its chicken beginning this month and reap a double benefit by reducing climate change and heart disease.

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Biofuel Powers Two European Airlines

In two recent feasibility experiments, European airlines KLM and Thompson Airlines have integrated cooking oil-based biofuels into their passenger routes, in a 50-50 mixture with jet fuel.

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Kohl's Department Stores Honored as Green Power Partner of the Year

Kohl's Department Stores has won its third Green Power Partner of the Year Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy for its extensive efforts at creating Earth-friendly stores and operations that focus on energy efficiency, renewable power, and LEED building standards.

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This Package Could Help Amazon Use 200 Times Fewer Boxes

UK-based designer Yu-Chang Chou hopes to help stem the flow of single-use packages - like Amazon.com boxes - through a new design that can be reused 200 times. He calls it the Repack bag. Once the package is emptied, it can be folded and tossed in a nearby mailbox to return to the post office for someone else to buy and use.

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Slowly, Asia's Factories Begin to Turn Green

Intel's new $1 billion chip factory in Vietnam, about 10 miles from downtown Ho Chi Minh City, embraces environmental and sustainability measures far beyond those required by Vietnam's laws. Intel didn't have to go to these lengths, but the motivation for these measures is simple, said the complex's general manager: "It turns out, what's good for the environment is also good for business."

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Skyscrapers Designed To Make You Happy If You Work In Them

The definition of what it means to be sustainable in the 21st century needs to be broadened to include a skyscraper's ability to sustain the human spirit, says a design director at Gensler. Imagine energy efficient towers whose walls might slide open, allowing office workers to step outside, into the sky, for a breath of fresh air. Towers where seasonal gardens grow vertically and where friends might meet by a kumquat tree on the 68th floor for a cup of coffee on a beautiful spring day.