Archive for June, 2009

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Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 120.

As many of you heard, yesterday marked my first day of writing over at EcoTech Daily. Thanks to everyone who wished me good luck, and I look forward to seeing you visit over there as well as here on The Good Human! On to the roundup…
Last year, the Odwalla Plant a Tree program [...]

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Ecosocialism – Going Green For The Common Good.

Said it before, say it again – we are all in this together, so let’s start acting like it. Just about everything we choose to do in our own lives impacts everyone else on the planet in some way, so it’s very important to choose wisely. However, this also holds true for all [...]

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Starting Soon, I Will Also Be Writing At EcoTechDaily.com.

Just wanted to let you guys all know that I was just hired as the lead writer over at EcoTech Daily, a site dedicated to Green Technology, Gadgets & News. Don’t worry, nothing here at The Good Human will change at all and I will continue to post here every day. But be [...]

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Greenpeace Investigation Implicates Top brands Nike, Adidas, & Others In “Slaughtering the Amazon”.

Wow. Check out this video:

Tropical deforestation accounts for one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the transportation sector worldwide. The biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon is Brazil’s cattle sector, and one of this sector’s biggest businesses is the leather industry. Not only is the cattle industry the main driver of deforestation [...]

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Do One Thing: Forego The Produce Bags.

This week’s Do One Thing takes place in the grocery store and it involves those little plastic produce bags. While many folks have begun buying reusable produce bags, most of the time you don’t even need a bag at all. I mean, who cares if your bananas touch the peppers? For some produce, [...]

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Greenwash Of The Week: “Green” Vending Machines.

Oh boy, where to even begin with this one. Pepsi-Cola unveiled a new “green” vending machine to peddle sell their HFCS sugar water in plastic bottles. Greenwash, anyone? The machines are said to release a whopping 12% less greenhouse gasses than the previous models…but no one bothered to actually look at the product [...]

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Diva Cup Review: Going Green On A Personal Level.

The following is a guest post from my friend Mrs Micah, who writes about “Finance for a Freelance Life”. If you are squirmish about female anatomy, or have the maturity of a 7 year old, you should consider skipping over this post.
According to the Women’s Environmental Network (PDF), as an average woman I [...]