Archive for July, 2011

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Giveaway: Three Bamboo Reusable Water Bottles Up For Grabs!

It’s time for another great giveaway! This time, it’s the opportunity to win one of three 17 oz bamboo and glass refillable bottles kindly offered up by the Bamboo Bottle Company for readers of The Good Human. These bottles retail for $25 and are made from renewable and sustainably-harvested bamboo, dishwasher-safe, 60 percent recycled [...]

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How To Find A Green Job

Dear EarthTalk: I’m looking for the best places to search for green jobs but am having trouble locating them on traditional job search sites. Where should I look?
With the environment now high atop the public agenda, green jobs are more popular than ever. Defined by eco.org (a leading green jobs website) as any job in [...]

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Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 218

THIS is sheer brilliance and I encourage all of you to do the same. My Response to The Nature Conservancy When They Asked Me for Money Why, you ask? This is why you shouldn’t give a dime to The Nature Conservancy.
Please read this article. The establishment press’ version of political news exploits the personal lives [...]

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On Choosing Organic, Food-Based Vitamins

The other day I received the following question from Rachel M., a long-time reader of The Good Human:
“Do you take any daily vitamins? If you do, are there any you can recommend that are organic and safer than the cheap ones found at the drugstore? Thanks!”
Since I figured that there may be other people out [...]

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How To Eat Local

You’ve probably heard all of the reasons to go local: it helps the environment and local economy, etc. But how can you go local in your meal planning? Here are some easy tips to help you get started.
Take a Trip
Take the whole family to visit a nearby farm. You can purchase local food while [...]

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Why You Should Avoid Spray-On Sunscreens

Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose than on the kid at the beach next to me?
Spray cans of sunscreen may no longer contain chlorofluorocarbons (also known as CFCs, which were phased out in the 1990s for causing [...]

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Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 217

On Monday, July 4, at its annual Fourth of July Pignic, Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, will celebrate a nation’s nobler principles and demonstrate how their extension to farmed animals— the largest group of abused animals on Earth— is in keeping with the true spirit of America.
Climate skeptic Willie Soon [...]