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Stores find a cool path to sustainability with GreenChill program
 From Green Right Now Reports
Star Market at Chestnut Hill in Newton, Mass., recently became the first grocery store in the nation to receive US Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership platinum store award. The advanced refrigeration technology in the new store, which is part of the Shaw’s line of supermarkets, significantly reduces its impact on climate change and the stratospheric ozone layer by cutting the use of refrigerants by 85 percent compared with the typical supermarket.
Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, called the store’s efforts “wicked cool.”
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Tags: · Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, GreenChill Partnership, Hill Phoenix, Sprouts Farmers Market, Star Market at Chestnut Hill, Whole Foods
Giving hens some space: The big guys’ push for ‘cage-free’ eggs
By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
A robin may be the mascot for the Red Robin restaurant chain, but chickens are the birds getting a big break from the company.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has more than 300 company-owned restaurants, and they are swiftly moving away from the use of eggs produced by hens that live in torturous conditions at factory farms across the country.
Photo: Humane Society of the United States
Hens in ‘battery cages’ by Compassion Over Killing
Right now, about one-third of the eggs in the Red Robin supply chain are “cage-free,” and they intend to have 100 percent of the eggs they serve come from cage-free hens by 2010, the company says.
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Tags: · battery cage eggs, battery cages, Ben & Jerry's, Burger King, cage-free chickens, cage-free eggs, Denny's, factory farms, gestational crates, group housing, Hardee's Carl's Jr., Humane Society of the United States, McDonalds, Quiznos, Red Robin, Trader Joe's, veal crates, Walmart, Wendy's, Whole Foods, Wolfgang Puck
Lighting the way: Daylight ‘harvesting systems’ are a bright idea
By Shermakaye Bass
Green Right Now
Harvesting daylight is an ancient trick – as old as the first man-made structure, as old as life on our planet, actually. Using the sunlight provided by nature is the most basic and simple way to illuminate one’s world. But when it comes to modern, sustainable architecture, the idea is relatively young.
 Only in recent times has “daylighting,” as it’s sometimes called, made a blip on the broader green movement’s radar, with industry experts speculating that fewer than 1 percent of all U.S. buildings use natural light in a substantive manner (going beyond windows). The 21st century approach is waaaay more technologically involved than, say, a prehistoric clan setting up its fire pit next to the cave entrance.
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Tags: · Daylighting, Lighting Control & Design, Natural Lighting Company, Phoenix, Solar lighting, Target, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods
Don’t run afoul on Thanksgiving, buy humanely raised, veg-fed turkeys
By Barbara Kessler
If you’re planning a traditional Thanksgiving, you’ll be needing a bird. This year, organic and pastured turkeys are more available than ever. Check your local grocery now, and get on a list if need be.
Here are some places to look for a turkey that’s been raised on organic feed, and allowed a more humane existence.
- Local Harvest — If you’re into local heirloom turkeys or other pedigree varieties you may already be too late! But don’t beat yourself up over it, local farmers in Texas have told us that many connoisseurs place their orders months ahead of time. Still, there’s a flock of healthier birds waiting.
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Tags: · free-range, hormone-free, Local Harvest, Mary's Turkeys, organic, Organic turkeys, Thanksgiving, turkey, vegetarian fed, Whole Foods
Whole Foods Goes Plastic-Free, Nearly
By John DeFore
Whole Foods announced today that it will stop making plastic bags available at checkout lines — aiming to use up existing stock quickly enough to be completely plastic-free by Earth Day, April 22.
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Tags: · plastic bags, Whole Foods
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