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Soy is Not a Health Food

November 19, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

The mainstream media has got news for you these days: Overweight? Try soy! Hot-flashes? Eat soy! Blotchy skin? Rub on some soy! Lactose intolerant? Soy! With all the ads on TV and all the products popping up everywhere, you’d think soy foods were the answer to everything that ails you. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from [...]

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 [...]

Eco-Tip Tuesday: Plant a Tree or Two

October 20, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

It is autumn, which in most parts of the country is an optimal time to plant trees. As we learned in 3rd grade biology, trees are essential to life. They create the very air we breathe and filter air pollution. What you may not know is that they build soil and help soak up stormwater [...]

Grassfed Beef Can SOLVE Global Warming

October 14, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

This post is part of the Blog Action Day for Climate Change and Fight Back Friday hosted by FoodRenegade! 150 years ago, much of the Great Midwest was still covered with prairie grassland, providing valuable grazing land and habitat for thousands of plant and animal species, including millions of elk, bison and deer. These lands [...]

Environmental News Highlights – 10/8/2009

October 8, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

This week’s GreenLinks are about inspiration. Each of the following stories inspired me to believe that we can solve the economic and environmental crises the world is now facing, and they also powerfully prodded me to do what I can to make a difference in my home and community. I hope they inspire you too…

The Future of Food…

October 1, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living

An estimated 80% of all food on grocery store shelves contains genetically engineered soy, corn or Canola—even foods you wouldn’t expect to contain them, like spaghetti sauce. If you haven’t yet seen “The Future of Food,” please take the time to watch this feature-length documentary investigating the disturbing truth behind the genetically engineered foods that [...]

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