What does it take to manufacture, sell, and dispose of clothing? You might be surprised. The clothing industry is one of the most environmentally intensive in the world. If it’s made from cotton, it’s been doused with as much as 22.5% of the pesticides applied to agricultural crops worldwide. If it’s made from a synthetic fiber, […]
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Bamboo Clothing: Green, or Greenwashed?
If you’re looking for more eco-friendly clothing, should you choose bamboo? Bamboo has been touted for the last several years as being one of the most environmentally-responsible fabrics on the market. A hardy grass, it grows like a proverbial weed, sometimes sprouting 4 feet in a single day – and that’s without the assistance of […]
Spoil Your Pup and Protect the Environment
Whether you’ve recently added a new four-legged member to your family, or just want to treat your existing pet right, there are plenty of affordable products and supplies for your furry friend that will make everyone happy, including Mother Nature. Start with the fun stuff: toys! Don’t spend a fortune on plush new chew toys your dog’s […]
Green Baby Shower Gift Ideas
Babies deserve the best when it comes to the food they eat, the toys they play with, the soaps and shampoos they use, and the clothing they wear. Their immature organs and immune systems make them more susceptible to the impacts chemicals can have on development, learning, and overall health, so child safety should be […]
Salmonella-poisoned eggs make a strong argument for local, organic, family farms.
I love eggs, but I hate food poisoning more. I’m betting so do the more than 2,000 people who have been sickened by eating tainted eggs produced by factory chicken farms in Iowa. After all, no one I know enjoys the impact salmonella has on their digestive tract, since it induces vomiting, dizziness, diahrrea, fever, abdominal cramps, blood […]
It’s Time for BlogHer to be Green – Inside and Out.
BlogHer is the world’s largest network of women bloggers. As such, it commands substantial financial sponsorships from multi-national conglomerates, many of whom jump at the chance to peddle their wares to the thousands of attendees who throng BlogHer’s annual conferences. After all, these women are bloggers: their online presence functions like a giant megaphone to the rest of […]
Students Start Food Fight For Reusable School Lunch Trays.
1.6kviews Kids are going green, and not just at home. A cadre of student activists at Piney Branch elementary school in Takoma Park, MD, are agitating to replace the throw-away polystyrene lunch trays used in their public school cafeteria with reusable, washable ones. They’ve raised over $10,000 towards the purchase of a dishwasher to clean […]
Want to Change What Stores Stock on Their Shelves? Go Meet With Them. These Women Did.
Big Green Purse urges consumers to shift their spending to greener products and services as a faster way to protect people and the planet. But that can be tough if you can’t find environmentally-friendly products at the stores where you commonly shop. After all, currently, only 3.5% of the produce in most grocery stores is organic. Most of the paper […]