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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Message in a Bottle

February 1, 2010 Eco-Friendly Living

I guess I thought that using a reusable bottle was as common as recycling at this point, but as I watched dozens of people roll out of Target with discounted cases of bottled water this past weekend, I discovered that perhaps the message has clearly not reached everyone.
Did you know that approximately 1.5 million barrels [...]

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Get Caught Holding the Bag

January 25, 2010 Eco-Friendly Living

I just got back from visiting my hometown of Washington, D.C., which recently passed a bag tax wherein retailers citywide charge $.05 for each plastic or paper shopping bag you require. More and more cities are passing similar legislation against disposable shopping bags, particularly because it is increasingly common for U.S. seashores and riverbanks to [...]

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Small Footprint Holidays

December 22, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans throw away a million extra tons of garbage each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging, according to Robert Lilienfeld. Lilienfield is co-author of the book Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are. Here are eight ways to reduce your environmental footprint this holiday season.

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Waste Not, Want Not

December 1, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

There are consequences to our national habit of sending food to landfills. American food waste has significant environmental, economic, and cultural ramifications.
On average, Americans waste 40 percent of our food supply, which is more than 1400 calories of food per person per day, reports a new study by a team of National Institute of Health [...]

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Recipes for a Green Clean

November 2, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

Approximately 85,000 chemicals are in use today. According to the Breast Cancer Fund, complete toxicological screening data is available for only 7% of these chemicals, and more than 90% have never been tested for their effects on human health. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, household cleaning products rank among the most toxic everyday substances to [...]

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Change Your Commute

October 26, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

Nothing would protect the environment and reduce our dependence on oil more than reducing our transportation footprint. Transportation accounts for more than 30 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. In big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, and Washington, D.C., car pollution causes the grey smog that leads to hotter summers and those horrible [...]

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