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Some of them turn up in unlikely places. In Manhattan's Times Square, the 48-story headquarters of the Conde Nast publishing company produces nearly 10% of its electricity with photovoltaics and hydrogen-powered fuel cells. In what was once the derelict B&O railroad site on the riverfront in Pittsburgh, Pa., you now find the PNC Firstside Center, with many of the standard green features plus eight electric-car recharging stations to encourage the use of energy-efficient cars...
...pushing to close the loop and get the wedding business too. The best evidence is that Sandals, the fast-food king of island weddings, now markets the term weddingmoons. A decade ago, only 3% of couples wed abroad, but that number is 8% and rising, according to the Conde Nast Bridal Group. What's the draw? The weddings are memorable without being huge drains on money and time. That's because the weddings tend to be small: only really close friends will fly that far for you; your least favorite relatives will probably stay away. The average number of guests...
When German farms were hit last year by outbreaks of foot-and-mouth and "mad cow" disease, Renate Künast - Germany's newly appointed Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture - had a ready response: increase the country's organic, nature-friendly agriculture from 2% of farms to around 20% in what she called a drive for "class instead of mass." But German consumers discovered last week that buying pricey organic products is no protection against tainted food. Officials reported that large amounts of organic animal feed used by 120 organic farms in Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North...
...celebrity worship at the nation's leading 'upscale supermarket tabloid' bears a distinct resemblance to shooting fish in a barrel; nonetheless, Young's language is energetic and engaging, making one wish (along with his father, apparently) that he'd find a worthier subject. Enjoyably bitchy specifics of Cond? Nast culture, buried beneath tedious social analysis and self-deprecation...
...crowded wedding party, Elle's Ultimate Weddings and a newly relaunched Elegant Bride. Both promise a more intelligent, stylish take on the nuptial rites than the phone book-size old faithfuls. Almost any approach seems to work, however. Even in an ad recession, the bridal mags are thriving; Conde Nast just bought one, Modern Bride, for $52 million. Below, a guide for the bedazzled bride...