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JULY

17

2008

Introducing Los Olivos Roots Organic Farm

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Getting in Touch with Your Roots, Organically

Organic is hip. Locally grown organic is even hipper, and, minus the bling and attitude, local organic farmers are the new, off-the-grid rock stars. Read story.

JUNE

24

2008

UCSB’s Student-Run Ad Agency Largest in State

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AAF Chapter Was Founded Less than a Year Ago

Less than a year old, its professionalism has seen nothing but growth. Read story.

JUNE

8

2008

Will Lakeview Estates Preserve Ag or Destroy It?

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Controversial New Service District in the Santa Rita Hills Approved Amidst Farm Fields

Controversy swirls around the new service district amidst farm fields in the Santa Rita Hills. Read story.

MAY

24

2008

Legislators Try to Keep People in Their Homes

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Capps Praises Bills to Refinance Mortgages, Preserve Neighborhood Real Estate Values

Capps praises bills to refinance mortgages, preserve neighborhood real estate values. Read story.

MAY

15

2008

2008 Blue & Green Guide Listings

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Adventure for Hire

Adventure for Hire. Read story.

APRIL

30

2008

Retirement Home Says It’s Easy Being Green

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Award-Winning Valle Verde a California Leader

Santa Barbara's Valle Verde retirement home is a leader. Read story.

APRIL

10

2008

Candidates for 3rd District Talk Bacara, Naples

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Coastal Access a Hot Issue for Santa Barbara County

Coastal access is a hot issue for this Santa Barbara County race and for the county at large as well. Read story.

APRIL

3

2008

Goleta-based Bargain Network to Close Call Center

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Exodus Part of Company-Wide Consolidation Effort

Love it or hate it, Bargain Network has been employing hundreds at its Goleta call center since it opened up shop more than a decade ago. Read story.

MARCH

20

2008

Execs, Politicos, Journos, Enviros Talk Eco-Trends at Bacara

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How to Make Billions by Going Green

The world’s most powerful multinational executives converged on the outer edges of Goleta last week to discuss how to go green and still make lots of green while doing so. Read story.

MARCH

14

2008

Governator Pushes Green at ECO:nomics on Friday

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Bacara Conference Comes to a Close with Talk of Ethanol, Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Philanthropy, and Oil

Bacara conference comes to a close with talk of ethanol, solar, wind, nuclear, philanthropy, and oil. Read story.

MARCH

13

2008

Presidential Candidates’ Reps Talk Green at ECO:nomics

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Energy Policy Wonks for Obama, Clinton, and McCain Share Their Visions

Energy policy wonks for Obama, Clinton, and McCain share their visions at Bacara conference. Read story.

MARCH

13

2008

Activists Infiltrate ECO:nomics, Briefly

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Rainforest Action Network Sneaks Into Conference, Confronts Archer Daniels Midland Exec

Rainforest Action Network sneaks into conference, confronts Archer Daniels Midland exec. Read story.

MARCH

13

2008

ECO:nomics Begins at Bacara

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Multinational Execs Consider the Business of Going Green in Landmark Conference

Multinational execs consider the business of going green in landmark conference. Read story.

MARCH

6

2008

Barfoot Snowboards Turns 30

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Dropping In

A look back on the history of snowboarding and its lesser known origins in our neck of the woods. Read story.

FEBRUARY

21

2008

The Future of Biofuels Takes Root in S.B.

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Growing Gold

Jatropha looks like a weed , but its seeds could be used to power your car. Read how this bean may be the biofuel of the future. Read story.

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