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GreenWashing: Seven Sins of Eco Friendly Labeling

GreenWashing: Seven Sins of Eco Friendly Labeling Take a walk through any store and you will see labels proclaiming to be free of something harmful, nature friendly, biodegradable or eco-degradable. Claims like these can be attention grabbing, sure, but are they truly beneficial? Is it Greenwashing? Are these companies committing one of the Seven Sins […]

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Tough Stuff: Bringing Light & Enterprise to the world

Working to break the cycle of poverty in some of the poorest parts of the world has been something many people are working to achieve. Andrew Tanswell and Adriaan Mol realized believe that just supplying aid wouldn’t solve the problem but providing a means for enterprise would. These business minded individuals put together a product

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Whole Foods Documentary tour

April is Earth Month, in celebration Whole Foods is broadcasting documentaries in more than 70 cities during the month of April.  What a wonderful idea for this grocer to run these films, many people aren’t able to watch them for various reasons.  I read about the project on my newest “bookmarked favorite” site called: TreeHugger.com.

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Cleaning with Water, it’s a good thing

Cleaning with Water, it’s a good thing Click the link below for more information.   In the U.S., every 30 seconds, a child goes thru poison control due to accidental poisoning from household chemicals.  Before you are born your body is home to over 200 chemicals, a number that continues to increase every day of

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Oh Crap! Your Grocer provides disinfectant wipes

Oh Crap! Your Grocer provides disinfectant wipes I have noticed that my local grocery store has started to provide disinfectant wipes. Initially I thought it was to kill off germs from the common cold or the flu, but that isn’t all that needs to be cleaned from your shopping cart.  According an article in USA

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3 ways you can make the new year more eco-friendly

3 ways you can make the new year more eco-friendly This was a very nice post, I really enjoyed reading this and wanted to share it with all of my readers.  We are evolving to be as green as possible and always looking for ways to improve. Going green: 15 ways you can make the

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Fish is a good food source but be sure to make the right choices.

(photo courtesy of: Monterey Bay Aquarium) We are trying to do the right thing by eating fish at least once a week and also making good sustainable fish choices.  The best way for us to do this is to keep informed and also keep a list with us when shopping so we know which fish

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