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Posts Tagged ‘products’
Health, Videos & Documentaries, Oct 3rd, 2010,
Toxics in, toxics out. Once again, Annie Leonard asks important questions about things that most people may not even consider, but are nonetheless important to the safety and wellbeing of every single one of us. Leonard, who brought us the informative films The Story of Stuff, The Story of Bottled Water and The Story of Cap and Trade, also explores the issue of toxic chemicals present in many common personal care products in her latest work, entitled The Story of Cosmetics. If you’ve ever wondered what those chemicals with long names in your shampoo, lipstick or deodorant, are and what…
Tags: Annie, chemicals, cosmetics, Leonard, personal care, products, story of stuff, TOXIC
Conservation, Politics, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 21st, 2010,
To Canadian disappointment, a ban on the importation of seal products into the European Union was enacted yesterday. However, the European Commission stated that the ban does not apply to groups that have already filed court appeals, including 16 Inuit groups from Canada. According to a report by the Associated Press, indigenous peoples of Greenland and Canada have argued that the European Union seal import ban disproportionately affects their traditional way of life, yet the same reports cite EU data stating that only one percent of Canadian seal imports into the EU were from Inuit sources. Canadian hunters killed an…
Tags: ban, Canada, Canadian, EU, European, exceptions, harp, hunt, ice, import, indigenous, Inuit, products, seal, seals, Union
Green living, Health, Jul 26th, 2010,
By now many of you have probably heard of ‘greenwashing’, the practice by which businesses or organizations present an environmentally friendly image without backing it up with concrete green credentials. BP’s green flower logo and ‘Beyond Petroleum’ slogan are blatant examples of greenwashing. Perhaps even more bewildering and maddening is the fact that the production of certain types of so-called biofuels can result in more greenhouse gas emissions and environmental destruction than that of fossil fuels. But what about actual green washing – as in cleaning our homes, clothes and bodies in environmentally friendly ways? According to a piece in…
Tags: cleaner, cleaning, ecological, Ecover, environmental, friendly, Green, greenwashing, home, products, vinegar
Green living, Recycling, Apr 19th, 2010,
Recycling is a great thing to do. It’s also a very simple thing to do. Most people will separate their glass, plastic, paper, aluminum, and other materials accordingly and simply be done with it. Others will take those recyclable items and create works of art, products or even buildings out of them. While recycling is great for the environment, some still need an incentive to do it at all. What if you could recycle and earn money at the same time? Believe it or not it can be done and TerraCycle is the place to go to for it. TerraCycle…
Tags: brigades, charity, collect, earn money, products, recycle, Recycling, TerraCycle, wrappers
Green living, Recycling, Weird Stuff, Apr 17th, 2010,
When it comes to plastic, many people are divided on the issue. Some absolutely refuse to buy or use any plastic products. Others have no problem with plastic, as long as it’s disposed of properly (reused or recycled). Given issues such as the Pacific Garbage Patch and the more recent Atlantic Garbage Patch, I don’t blame people for being upset about plastics. However, whether people approve of plastic or not, it’s still a major part of our lives. It can be found in toys, storage containers, luggage, medical equipment, construction supplies, vehicle parts, furniture, and even clothing. There have been…
Tags: art, design, garbage, innovative, plastics, products, projects, recycle, Recycling
Green living, Health, Videos & Documentaries, Feb 9th, 2010,
According to a CNN Eco Solutions report bioplastics are booming. Even the 215,000 square foot (20,000 sq meter) carpet that politicians, activists and scientists trounced upon at the Copenhagen climate summit was made from corn. Carpets are ‘reusable’ however. Disposable packaging – containers, shopping bags, bottles and plastic wrap – is not reusable and in many cases, unnecessary. When these products eventually end up in landfills, the middle of the ocean or even in recycling centers, they are a problem that needs to be dealt with. Packaging made from bioplastics shows promise in being a good alternative to traditional plastic…
Tags: bioplastics, Larry David, Lush, package, packaged, packaging, plastic, products, Recycling, unpackaged, waste
