Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sept 8 Blog Update

Two Related Stories:

* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/13/a-slice-of-the-future/ - 09/13/09 a look at green business claims, how they are catching on and why and if they will continue to gain momentum. This applies to my beat because it is following a trend in a local area of people relating to the environment in a new way.

* http://www.downtoearthnw.com/stories/2009/sep/02/organics-beneficial-humans-and-animals-too/ - 09/02/09 an article about the benefits of organic food, mostly to people and animals. This article also relates to my beat by looking at an environmental trend in the area.



Three Story Ideas:

* How to read labels. The policy behind organic food labels, green paper products, green business claims etc. How green do they have to be to claim it? Who regulates these claims?

* Pullman and surrounding towns green policy. Is a big city like Spokane greening more than places like Palouse, or is it mid-sized places like Pullman/Moscow, and why?

* WSU/Pullman recycling program, where does our recycling go, recycling policy-- can we recycle plastic bags, glass, what is the deal with co-mingling?

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