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Earthology Records is the record label of Cloud Cult's Craig Minowa and Connie Minowa formed in 1997 on their organic farm [1] The label's buildings are powered by geothermal energy and were partially constructed with reclaimed wood and recycled plastic. It is also a non-profit label that only uses recycled materials for its CDs and donates all its profits to charity. [2]

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References

  1. "Two Companies Make It Easy Being Green". PBS NewsHour. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. www.canarypromo.com(PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20071011084938/http://www.canarypromo.com/user-images/pdf/cloud_cult-1sheet.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 11, 2007.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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