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Steps to a Greener Home
Five Beginners’ Steps to a Greener Home
By JULIE SCELFO, Published: March 11, 2009
A RECENT Amazon.com search for “green home” pulled up more than 15,000 book titles. Who has time to read them all? So this week, The Green Home tracked down Eric Corey Freed, the author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,” and asked him to distill this growing cottage industry of green advice into five must-do steps.
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By JULIE SCELFO, Published: March 11, 2009
A RECENT Amazon.com search for “green home” pulled up more than 15,000 book titles. Who has time to read them all? So this week, The Green Home tracked down Eric Corey Freed, the author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,” and asked him to distill this growing cottage industry of green advice into five must-do steps.
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Oh-là là Organic
Have you ever rolled around in dew-kissed blades of grass in a haute couture ballgown made out of organic muslin with the prince, or princess, of your most intimate dreams? Well, I haven’t either- but I plan to, and when I do, I will be wearing a perfume by Honoré des Prés. Composed of five different scents, each one more evocative than the next, Honoré des Prés is the first 100% natural, organic French perfume to hit the American market.
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10 Simple Ways to Conserve Water
Sunday March 22, 2009 is World Water Day. With the world water crisis representing one of the most significant public health issues facing the world today, we need to find ways to conserve this precious resource now more than ever.
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Earth population 'exceeds limits'
There are already too many people living on Planet Earth, according to one of most influential science advisors in the US government.
Nina Fedoroff told the BBC One Planet programme that humans had exceeded the Earth's "limits of sustainability".
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Nina Fedoroff told the BBC One Planet programme that humans had exceeded the Earth's "limits of sustainability".
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EARTH HOUR IS TODAY!
Please don't forget that Earth Hour is today, Sat. March 28th from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM~ view link
Cadbury’s
Cadbury’s, the firm which makes Diary Milk, Britain’s highest-selling chocolate, has said that it wants the bar to be Fairtrade certified by the autumn of this year.
Grand stuff, and the Fairtrade certification definitely improves the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities for those who produce Fairtrade certified food.
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Grand stuff, and the Fairtrade certification definitely improves the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities for those who produce Fairtrade certified food.
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Burgers?
Warning: burgers may be harmful to the health of our environment.
Everyone who is at all conscious of the environment knows that an SUV is not eco friendly. But very few people know that eating a burger is also harmful to the health of our environment. If the average intake of burgers is one a week per person this would be approximately equivalent to the carbon footprint of 16 million SUV's, the current number that we now have in the USA. view link
Everyone who is at all conscious of the environment knows that an SUV is not eco friendly. But very few people know that eating a burger is also harmful to the health of our environment. If the average intake of burgers is one a week per person this would be approximately equivalent to the carbon footprint of 16 million SUV's, the current number that we now have in the USA. view link
Green Fashion More Style?
Can Ecouture Give Green Fashion More Style?
If ecouture has its way, your home — and your closet — will soon be a lot greener. The San Francisco-based startup believes that consumers would buy far more eco-friendly clothing, gifts, baby products and décor if they could only find enough stylish and high-quality options.
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If ecouture has its way, your home — and your closet — will soon be a lot greener. The San Francisco-based startup believes that consumers would buy far more eco-friendly clothing, gifts, baby products and décor if they could only find enough stylish and high-quality options.
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Stop new coal and nuclear plants
We've got to halt all new coal and nuclear plants in the United States.
Coal is the dirtiest, most climate-polluting fossil fuel.
Nuclear power is far too dangerous and expensive to include in our energy production.
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Coal is the dirtiest, most climate-polluting fossil fuel.
Nuclear power is far too dangerous and expensive to include in our energy production.
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Tissue, Toilet Paper Guide
Greenpeace Publishes Tissue, Toilet Paper Guide
February 26, 2009
Greenpeace has released a "Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide," a credit card-sized shopping guide that helps consumers find the greenest household paper products. The group recommends Green Forest, Natural Value, and Seventh Generation brands, and tells shoppers to avoid products like Kleenex, Cottonelle, Charmin, and Angel Soft.
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February 26, 2009
Greenpeace has released a "Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide," a credit card-sized shopping guide that helps consumers find the greenest household paper products. The group recommends Green Forest, Natural Value, and Seventh Generation brands, and tells shoppers to avoid products like Kleenex, Cottonelle, Charmin, and Angel Soft.
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