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Two green focused media companies—3rdWhale and GenGreenLife—are merging. GenGreenLife claims the largest database of green businesses in North America, while 3rdWhale’s flagship iPhone app provides a way for users to find green businesses near to them. 3rdWhale has also built mobile apps for a number of green NGOs, including Greenpeace. Together, the two firms plan on launching ‘GenGreen Local,’ a network of hyperlocal web sites, which will offer “communities a powerful new grassroots resource to share information and help build their local green economies. Full story...
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