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Organic, shade-grown, Bird-Friendly, Rainforest Alliance... What do all these labels mean, and how do you go about choosing the most eco-friendly coffee? This article sums it up, and gives links to a lot of further information.

Organic, "shade grown," fairly traded, eco-friendly... so many claims on coffee bags. How does a consumer choose sustainable coffee? Here are five of the best indicators.

As strange as it may sound, the process that brings you your morning cup of coffee has the potential to increase the actual energy value of biomass, netting up to a 20% increase.

Reeling from a depressed stock, the coffee icon is trying to reposition itself by going greener, listening to customers via web 2.0, retraining and more. But will it work? A lot of people love to hate Starbucks...

Did you know that the average American consumes about 3 cups of coffee a day? That’s a lot of used coffee grinds going into the trash. There are actually many ways you can recycle and reuse your old coffee grinds to help preserve the environment and maintain your health.

Unlike certain fad diets, low-carbon food plans like eating less meat and buying local produce actually promote healthy lifestyle changes that result in long-term benefits for you and the planet. And when life calls for convenience foods or a little indulgence, there are these yummy foods, below. From companies that are offsetting all or almost all of the greenhouse gases involved in producing them, these foods don't contribute to climate change.

Costa Coffee plans to convert its entire coffee supply to sustainably grown beans sourced from Rainforest Alliance certified farms by 2010. 

Using the conventional 2lt.kettles just for one cup of coffee creates approximately 80% energy loss just for boiling water. pH7 enables user to have hot water in a very short time and with a less amount of energy.

Our national addiction to coffee has major impacts on our environment. Over 120 million Americans drink coffee, and the average drinker has 3.1 cups of coffee each day.  Over 25% of us drink coffee from stores outside our home– we consume over 15 BILLION cups of coffee at Starbuck’s, Coffee Bean and the like each year. That’s enough paper cups to ring the Earth 55 times! Learn how to become an eco-conscious coffee drinker.

Should I stay or should I go?  Or could I at least have a cup of coffee without throwing millions of paper cups in the trash?  This is maybe why I've never met any environmentalists at Starbucks.

I contacted a local coffee shop when I found out that they were using styrofoam cups. Little did I know, I was embarking on a journey chock full o' green knowledge...

Every student has his or her own unique addiction, but one thing that I realized was that probably 4 out of 5 people I knew did share one common dependency: caffeine.

Caffeine increases women’s risk of osteoporosis, a disease that affects the bone density and makes the bones brittle and prone to fracture.

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For those who are morbidly obese, and cannot live a normal life, Bariatric surgery seems to be the only option they have, to lose weight and gain control over their lives.

Caffeine Awareness Alliance is urging concerned citizens to write the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in support of our campaign to provide consumers with quantitative information about the caffeine content of foods and beverages.