US Consumers Rank Last In World Survey of Green Habits


	US Consumers Rank Last In World Survey of Green Habits

papananook

5-8-2008 5:58 PM

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papananook says:

No big surprise...To see how you score, take an abbreviated version of the survey. It’s at nationalgeographic.com/greendex

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