Chef Farms, Green Take-Out, the Decade's Highlights and More!

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The Most Outrageous Green Activism of the Decade (View and Vote)

We've rounded up some truly jaw-dropping environmental activism events from the last 10 years, and it's your job to tell us which is the best - or craziest - stunt that turned eyes towards saving the planet.

Farm Camp Teaches NYC Chefs Where Their Food Comes From

It's kind of like a slow-food boot camp that takes chefs out into the field and teaches them what farm fresh really means.

Help Save Pasta in Italy from Becoming Another Climate Change Casualty

Will Italy be forced to import the basic ingredient for its national food? Climate change could mean disaster for locally made pasta.

25 Take-Out Treats You Really Can Make at Home

Green up fast food by making it at home. Here are recipes for favorite take out foods that you can cook for yourself with organic, healthy ingredients.

94 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2009

Proving that there's "still plenty of places to explore and things to discover on Earth," the researchers of the California Academy of Sciences traversed four continents and two oceans to uncover nearly 100 new species in 2009.

Readers' Rescue Animal Photos (Slideshow)

From a female Eastern Grey Kangaroo trapped in a sediment pond saved by a reader in Australia to a giraffe adopted at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, readers sent in photos of their rescue animals.

View & Vote: Worst Holiday Light Displays

Take a look at some of the most extreme holiday lighting displays and cast your vote on which is the most outlandish - and energy wasteful.

Stimulus Bill On Track to Create at Least 900,000 Clean Energy Jobs

900,000 green jobs are en route to being created by the stimulus bill. And that's a conservative estimate. Check out some encouraging statistics about the future of a clean energy economy in the US.

Fair Wage Guide Boosts Income for Women in Developing Nations

How a simple online tool from World of Good is changing women's lives.

Readers, Send Us Your Green Holiday Photos!

Are you dreaming of a green holiday this year? Giving only green gifts sans wrapping paper? Planning to partake in outdoor fun like sledding, skiing, or hiking? From green traditions and green decorations to mouth-watering spreads of locally sourced food, we want to your photos!

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Planet Green Planet Green is the media destination devoted to helping people understand how humans impact the planet and how to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle. Jaymi Heimbuch writes green highlights for Planet Green and TreeHugger to share with Tonic each week.

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