Michael dEstries

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Bio

Michael has been blogging since 2005 on issues such as sustainability, renewable energy, philanthropy, and healthy living. He regularly contributes to a slew of publications, as well as consulting with companies looking to make an impact using the web and social media. He lives in Ithaca, NY with his family on an apple farm.

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PETA Victory! POM Juice Backs Down On Testing Animals.

in Animals

It appears that Pamela Anderson’s and PETA’s efforts to pressure POM into discontinuing tests on animals were successful. The company released a note saying, “Neither POM Wonderful nor its related

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Keith Richards Preserves Body By Drinking Organic Vodka

in Music, People

The medical mystery that is Keith Richards continues to baffle the scientific community. For all intents and purposes, the guy should have ended up in an urn many, many years

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The Ultimate Green Room Enjoys Junior Year At Sundance

in Film/TV

Not to be confused with Project Greenhouse (though it’s real funny to see two eco hotspots competing with each other), the Ultimate Green Room enjoyed veteran status at the Sundance

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Everything’s Cool Documentary Heats Up Sundance

in Film/TV

We wrote about Steve Spielberg being interested in placing a more ‘up-lifting’ spin on Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and now it appears that some other filmmakers have the same

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Celebrities + Pomegranate = Organic Love At Sundance

in Lifestyle

I held off talking about this new organic pomegranate-based skin cream line at Sundance, because I wanted to see how celebrities reacted. Obviously, anything free induces giddy feelings, but reactions

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Steven Spielberg Interested In Making A Documentary About Green Builder

in Film/TV

Steven Spielberg loved ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, but apparently thought the entire ending was a bit of a downer. Spielberg, known for upbeat films such as ‘Schindler’s List, ‘War of the

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PETA Comes Through On JLo Perfume Event Sabotage

in Animals

PETA continues to impress me; not only are they on top of the game regarding the latest good and evil in animal rights, but they’re also pretty clever when it

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