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Drink Recipes for a Green Saint Patrick’s Day

Drink Recipes for a Green Saint Patrick’s Day

Imagine if we picked sustainably-produced beer and whiskey over the conventional stuff? We’ve got some drink suggestions and a list of organic stouts to help you do just that!

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One Million Beer Bottles Later and it’s a Buddhist Temple

One Million Beer Bottles Later and it’s a Buddhist Temple

Thai monks from the Sisaket province have used over one million recycled glass bottle to construct their Buddhist temple. Mindfulness is at the center of the Buddhist discipline and the dedication and thoughtfulness required to build everything from the toilets to their crematorium from recycled bottles shows what creativity and elbow grease can accomplish.

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Drink, Water, Grow, Brew, Drink… Beer Bench?

Drink, Water, Grow, Brew, Drink… Beer Bench?

Ok, my Italian is a little rusty but from what I can tell here is the winner of the Nastro Assurro Design Award Competition held in Milan for the best reuse of a Nastro Azzurro bottle.  Essential it is a bench with a built in barley patch that you can sit and drink your [...]

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New Belgium Brewery: Sustainable Business Heroes

New Belgium Brewery: Sustainable Business Heroes

Besides brewing great beer and having fun doing it New Belgium Brewery is an eco-allstar showing that profitability and sustainability are a match made in heaven.  Husband and wife, Kim & Jeff Jordan started the brewery in their basement sixteen years ago following strict rules… have fun, brew world class beer and be environmental [...]

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