“Improving the lives of children living in high-risk, urbanized neighborhoods by helping to create a sense of positive self-regard and self-reliance, a strong work ethic, and hope.” Seriously, what could be more noble than that? I just found out about The Urban Farm here in Denver, which happens to be only 4 miles from [...]
Did you know that depending on where you live, your electricity costs might be cheaper at night and on weekends? Yep, it’s true. Here in Denver they don’t differentiate, but in most areas they do. I randomly picked the state of South Dakota and looked up their chart from Xcel Energy, and this is what [...]
I never saw this one coming, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen – the “green” and “eco-friendly” cigarette. Green Smoke, based in Florida, is selling electronic cigarettes with disposable cartridges that are supposedly healthier than regular cigarettes. “Green Smoke aspires to create a greener planet. Green Smokers inhale nicotine through a vapor similar to [...]
While there are all sorts of ways to clean up the germs around the house, most of them are terrible for both you and the environment. Just last week I wrote about how the most common version of “cleaning” is anything but! It is pure insanity that we use the chemicals in these products [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I always thought cotton was eco-friendly, but I recently heard otherwise. What’s so bad about cotton? And where can I find organic cotton clothing?
There’s a lot “bad” about conventionally grown cotton – cotton grown with the aid of synthetic chemicals, that is. The Organic Trade Association (OTA), a nonprofit trade group representing [...]
This first story/link is going to really bother you. I mean, really bother you. Especially if you eat fast food. And it should, as it’s just plain disgusting. The hamburgers you are eating are made of fatty scrapings from the slaughterhouse floor. Never again, ever, will I eat a fast food “hamburger” that sells [...]
Sadly, the majority of people in the world still use toxic and potentially dangerous chemicals to “clean” their homes with. What I don’t understand, however, is why it’s called “cleaning” when it’s anything but? Toxic ingredients like Butyl Cellosolve, a neurotoxin which causes liver and kidney damage and is found in most cleaners; [...]
