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Trust Me, We’re Not As Green As You Think We Are.

It’s easy for some of us to sit up on a throne and dictate all things green, but make no mistake about it – most of us are not so green as to think we are better than anyone else who is trying their best. (Save for No Impact Man, who may actually be the [...]

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The Environmental Impact Of The Fashion Industry.

Dear EarthTalk: Can you enlighten on the environmental impact of the fashion industry? As I understand it, the industry overall is no friend to the environment.
According to the non-profit Earth Pledge, today some 8,000 synthetic chemicals are used throughout the world to turn raw materials into textiles. Domestically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports [...]

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Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 144.

Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions “The carbon offset has become this magic pill, a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card,” Justin Francis, the managing director of Responsible Travel, one of the world’s largest green travel companies to embrace environmental sustainability, said in an interview. “It’s seductive to the consumer who says, ‘It’s $4 and [...]

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Book Review & Giveaway: Alicia Silverstone’s “The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide To Feeling Great, Losing Weight, And Saving The Planet”.

This giveaway has ended.
Let me just say right up front that I am not a vegetarian; not even close. But I do my best to eat as well as I can, and the meat I do consume is almost always organic and from sustainable sources. That all being said, when I was offered a chance [...]

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