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Utilizing road kill is a tricky subject. We've seen recycled squirrel decanters before, and even had discussions on whether eating roadkill is vegan or veganish.

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Back when I was a kid growing up in England, for a brief while it seemed like every cool kid in school had a "soda stream"—a home carbonation unit that would make soda at home using nothing but tap water and concentrated syrups. My wife tells me she doesn't remember that being a big thing over here.

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Dear Pablo: When asked if I prefer beer or wine I am neutral.

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With a business model that combines sex, drugs and rock n roll with, quote, "cool shit", you'd expect a talk by branding pioneer Steven Grasse to be provocative.

Maybe not as radical as square watermelons, but still quite progressive is Andrew Kim's square Coke bottle design. It definitely raised the question whether or not all bottles and containers should be square from an environmental point of view.

Expo West spread out over 1 million square feet. Photos by R.Cruger

On entering the Natural Products Expo at Anaheim's immense convention center, one was bombarded with the overwhelming magnitude of displays - more than 3,000 booths with vendors hawking their wares, offering sips and bites.

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As a rule, I am not one of these greenies that gets overly excited about new reusable bottles. I have an old reusable bottle somewhere, and it occasionally gets used when I venture out of the house—but I've always been a little confused by the amount of attention paid to fancy reusable bottles and their cousins, the reusable tote.

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Amsterdam may have its bike-powered pub, but in general it's accepted wisdom that bikes and booze don't mix.

A new sustainability certification will make it easier for consumers to choose eco-friendly and ethically produced California wines.