For some, being in such tight quarters with the family can drive you to drink. Or maybe you just want a nice glass of pinot with your vegan roast. Either way, finding sustainable wines can be as important as finding sustainable eats. Full Article at Treehugger

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com. Full Article at Treehugger

You know it's better to eat local and vegetarian, you know it's better to reduce the amount of packaging you consume and to use public transportation to get around. Full Article at Planet Green

Climate change will not only endanger lives and undermine livelihoods, but it threatens to exacerbate the gaps between rich and poor and amplify the inequities between women and men. Full Article at Treehugger

World Toilet Day , which happens to be right now, is needed for good reason. Full Article at Treehugger

Sure, agriculture provides us with the food we all eat every day. But do you know how those agricultural practices impact global warming? Full Article at Treehugger

Buildings comprise 40% or more of our emissions in the U.S. , so I'm trying to create a personal living situation for myself that might be a model for how more of us could live in the future (at least in cities like New York). Full Article at Treehugger

Well, the battle over California adopting new TV efficiency standards has been fun to watch, what with the Consumer Electronics Industry stomping around and turning red in the face at the idea of not being able to have a handful of the most... Full Article at Treehugger

The goal of Pangreen is to have your phone be a one-stop-shop for everything, tracking your habits in addition to your stated preferences, and tell you what you need to know to get around, shop, eat, and enjoy being green, with basically no effort on... Full Article at Treehugger

New Zealand's Yealand Estates says its Full Circle sauvignon blanc bottles are 89% lighter than 750ml glass bottles, which means they generate 54% less greenhouse gas emissions and use nearly 20% less energy to produce than glass. Full Article at Treehugger

The concept of "political peak oil" has been floating around under that name or as "geopolitical peak" (even more pretentious sounding) for years. Full Article at Treehugger

Next to turkey and pumpkin pie, nothing says "Thanksgiving" like homemade stuffing; that's why I'm always shocked when people buy stove-top stuffing. Okay, it may be easier to throw the pre-made stuffing in a pot and add ... water? Full Article at Planet Green

Autodesk says it is "committed to sustainable design" and they certainly tried to show it in their booth, which is made entirely of recycled cardboard, sustainably harvested BC fir, recycled cardboard sonotubes, all treated with a 100% biodegradable... Full Article at Treehugger

When you show up at GreenBuild you are overwhelmed by the new, the high-tech, the inevitable "LEEDING the way" slogans, and you see and hear very little about the old and the existing; it isn't shiny. Full Article at Treehugger

Image from the Times: In with the New With all the interest focussed on Kraft's thwarted (so far) attempts to take over Cadbury, a little noticed but shocking announcement has been made elsewhere. Full Article at Treehugger