Archive for March, 2009

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Product Review: Aroha Organics Natural, Handmade Soap.

The people at Aroha Organics were nice enough to send me a bar of their Rosemary Mint organic soap to try out, and I have to say that I liked it a lot. A few weeks ago I wrote a “Do One Thing” post about buying local, handmade soaps, and if you happen to [...]

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Do One Thing: Buy Checks Made From Recycled Paper & Printed With Soy-Based Ink.

This weeks Do One Thing is about the checks that you write. If you are anything like me, you don’t write many checks at all – I think I write about 2 or 3 a month at most with everything else being paid automatically online (the greenest way to go). But because we ran [...]

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Greenwash Of The Week: “Even Our Store Bags Are Disposable”.

Um yea, that’s because everything in this world is disposable. I think the words you are looking for are either “biodegradable”, “recyclable”, or “reusable” not “disposable”. Anyway, there is a store in Santa Fe, NM called Zoe & Guido’s Pet Boutique that sells pet supplies, and they ran this ad in the Santa Fe [...]

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We Should All Want To Be Called “Environmentalists”.

Contrary to what some may believe, “environmentalist” is not necessarily a bad word. Let’s take a look at what the dictionary says it means:
*Any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects.
Is that so bad? I mean, who wouldn’t want [...]

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Way Basics New Kraft Series And A Giveaway!

As some of you may remember, I wrote about Way Basics products back in August, and our shelving unit I featured is still going strong! Well, now they have unveiled the new Kraft series which exposes the bear bones of the technology used to create the zBoard, which their products are made out of. [...]

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On Electric Or Plug-In Cars Getting Charged From Polluting Plants.

Dear EarthTalk: If you have an electric or plug-in hybrid car, you’re paying for electricity rather than gasoline all or most of the time. How does that cost compare to a gas-powered car’s cost-per-mile? And since the electricity may be generated from some other polluting source, does it really work out to be better for [...]

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Ship Of Fools – Saturday Morning Cartoon.