A download of our favorite stories and links from the past week…
1. AB32, California’s landmark 2006 Clean Air Act, faces repeal challenge now backed by big oil– from Texas
2. Compost pile mushroom farming, made to look easy enough and with tasty results
3. Think your lawn is safe? Common pesticide shown to chemically castrate frogs. What’s [...]
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Tags: climate, Composting, green lifestyle, IWC, Link Sunday, pesticides, plastic, shipping, whales
AT&T announced they plan to make their mobile phones, devices and packaging more eco-friendly.
Instead of utilizing the dreaded plastic clamshell (it’s so difficult to open), the telecommunications company will ship batteries in paper boxes.
The company anticipates a reduction of 30% in plastic packaging and a 60% reduction in paper packaging with their eco efforts.
They also plan [...]
Lately plastic is all the rage. Well, anti-plastic. Either way, the ridiculousness of creating a world filled with plastic, most of which was used only one time, is an idea that is gaining momentum.
From explorations of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to folks blogging about their quest to reduce their daily plastic use, here are [...]
Categories: green lifestyle Tags: FakePlasticFish, GarbageGirl, great pacific garbage patch, green lifestyle, plastic, plastic-less
Anyone strolling around a “gear” store (read: expensive clothing and equipment for outdoor activites… I admit I am an addict) will see an assortment of water bottles available for their nature excursions. “BPA Free!” read the plastic options. And in response to the growing number of consumers wishing avoid plastic altogether, popular metal brands like [...]
Categories: Uncategorized chemicals Tags: bpa, chemicals, green lifestyle, plastic, policy, toxicity
To satisfy consumer demand, manufacturers have created small, travel-size versions of our favorite products. At the same time, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles per hour! It’s an environmental scourge – harmful to wildlife, threatening our oceans and marine life, and scientists believe it will take hundreds of years to degrade.
Los Angeles-based Minimus recently [...]
Categories: green gifts Tags: biodegradable, eco-friendly, environmental, green, plastic, recyclable, sustainable, Wildlife
I was walking on the beach the other day and noticed how much plastic and broken down plastic washed up with the kelp and other ocean debris.
According to the Redwood Times, as of January 2010:
The Pacific Garbage Patch has grown to be twice the size of the state of Texas, according to latest information.
Churned slowly [...]
Categories: plastics Tags: environment, garbage, garbage patch, great pacific garbage patch, ocean, pacific ocean, plastic
This is a guest post by Danielle Brycz from Verde Lifestyles, an online eco-friendly home décor store.
When I think of green technology for the home, my mind jumps to energy saving devices and appliances. But there’s so much more!
Most of the products we use have eco-friendly alternatives. Take your daily routine. You wake up, hit [...]
Categories: Making a Difference Uncategorized Tags: eco-friendly, energy, green, LED, Natural, plastic, rechargeable, renewable, Solar, solar panel, sustainable, Technology
Kohl’s has long been recognized for providing quality and good prices. But did you know they’re green too?
Since 2008, Kohl’s has been making major strides in their green practices. They’ve:
recycled more than 95,000 tons of paper and cardboard – enough to make more than three billion Christmas cards.
recycled more than 100,000 tons of cardboard, plastic and [...]
The company that created a world-famous organic fertilizer from worm poop and has ”re-purposed” discarded product packaging is at it again.
TerraCycle created their Drink Brigade program two years ago, Since then, they’ve taken product packaging waste like candy and cookie wrappers and used drink pouches that would have ended up in landfills and given them a second life as lunchboxes, binders and portable [...]
