1. Cork tease

    Attention oenophiles: Korks 4 Kids wants your cork. Big corks, little corks — size doesn’t matter. Your cork will go places you never imagined, until you get that all-over warm feeling that you get from … helping children. Why, what were you thinking?

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  2. On our soapbox

    A Brit film fest asking for quickies on the topic “Overheated” might expect submissions like steamy shower scenes or global-warming debates. But us? We’ll be sending shots of us debating global warming while in the shower. Just like every day at the office.

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  3. Mother nature

    Eco-moms the world over are in a frenzy to make each other feel bad for not being as organic, local, and fair-trade as the next gal. But we’re pretty sure no one will out-local this family.

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  4. Backstage driver

    The greenest car on the road today? The Honda Symphony: It requires neither gas nor electricity and emits only melodic harmonies. Plus, it’s got a rockin’ stereo system.

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  5. Clothes encounters of the sustainable kind

    This season, up-to-date fashion plates will go wild for animal prints (rowr), talk trash about Nike’s new shoe, and tie on an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny green palm-leaf-print bikini. Or for the brave, there’s always the dissolvable dress — just don’t get caught in the rain.