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The Boston Globe Magazine -- November 18, 2007
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SPECIAL ISSUES

your home issue

The Grand Outdoors

Four garden makeovers, plus the perfect window box and tips from Ellen C. Wells.
the real estate issue
The Cape Is Calling

The Cape Is Calling

Vacation homes on the Cape, plus the best ZIP codes and rules for surviving a soft market.
the summer camps issue

Finding the Right Camp

A guide for the anxious parent, plus camps off the beaten trail, parenting tips and more.
Best of the New
More than 105 picks in four categories: Food, People & Ideas, Diversions, and Shopping.
Bostonian of the Year
Guarding the House

Guarding the House

When the mortgage crisis blew up, Bruce Marks stood up for the Average Joes.
the restaurant issue
The Best in Service

The Best in Service

29 places that treat you like royalty, plus the dish on waiters and diners.
84 Ways You Can Help the Planet

84 Ways You Can Help the Planet

Sure, big ideas like generating electricity from ocean waves or legal limits on carbon emissions are important to slowing global warming. But the little things count, too. Here are some ways that you can make a difference.
more ideas for living green:
Earth Angels: The Entrepreneur

Earth Angels: The Entrepreneur

The car-sharing business has made Zipcar cofounder Robin Chase a force in the drive to lessen fossil fuel's toll.
Earth Angels: The Caregiver

Earth Angels: The Caregiver

The healthcare industry needed to clean up its act, and Gary Cohen helped them do it.
Earth Angels: The Activist

Earth Angels: The Activist

In asking corporations to become more responsible, Kelle Louaillier is helping put a stopper in America's love affair with plastic bottles.
Earth Angels: The Investor

Earth Angels: The Investor

Jack Robinson's mutual funds have helped finance eco-friendly innovation and business, making money for clients at the same time.
Earth Angels: The Student

Earth Angels: The Student

Rebecca Haskell's determination to expand recycling at BU is helping to add some green to the scarlet.
Earth Angels: The Inventor

Earth Angels: The Inventor

Yet-Ming Chiang's rechargeable battery is safe and powerful enough to be used in efficient hybrid cars - and Detroit has taken notice.

Hot Jobs in a Green Economy

Consumer interest in eco-friendly products and services - from renewable energy to high-tech fuel cells - means satisfying new work opportunities.
photo gallery Hot Green Jobs

It Takes a Town

The 23,000 residents of Reading want to reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions created where they live.

A Downhill Battle

Warmer winters have ski areas in New England fighting back.
miss conduct

Buddy, Can You Spare a Cup?

Encouraging co-workers' green behavior, plus vegetarian slights and unwilling dancers.
COUPLING

Single Rules

Why the unmarried are the real do-gooders of the world.
perspective

A Flawed Foundation

Building new green homes seems visionary. But the most eco-friendly houses are the ones we're living in.
first person

Reimagining Tomorrow

Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, on balancing innovation and conservation, the future of cars, and what Galileo and Walt Disney have in common.
cooking

Fresh, Local, and Meatless

Plant-based recipes that are good for you, for the planet, and for New England farmers.
pierced

Still Standing

A trusty old friend weathers some tough times.
tales from the city

Design Flaw

A missing feature in a hybrid car, and a warm gesture.
on the block

Green, Greener, Greenest

Three levels of earth-friendliness, from access to an Audubon sanctuary to solar-generated hot water.
letters

Tortoise Vs. Hare

Infant academics, doctors and torture, and children's personal questions.
the find

Good Clean Fun

Get them started young with this all-natural toy kitchen.
the clothes we wear

Natural Wonders

Eco-friendly fashions are looking less hippie, more hip.
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