The crucial health care debate has center stage right now, but that hasn’t stopped Big Oil and special interests from escalating their assault on clean energy. In fact, they’re using it as cover while they spend hundreds of millions of dollars to distort the truth and position themselves to defeat our efforts. That’s why we need you to take action right now. If our movement slows down one bit, our opponents could gain an insurmountable advantage. And when our decisive moment comes, it would be too late. We don’t have the financial resources of Big Oil, but what we do have is committed members like you, who are paying attention right now and know that clean energy is the only way to set our economy and our planet back on a sustainable path. Americans everywhere are depending on you to take a leadership role, and keep the Repower America campaign growing.

If you can afford it, can you make a donation of $25 today? A fellow supporter has pledged to match your first contribution and double your impact. You can even exchange a note with them about why you support clean energy.

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Over the years I have tried a zillion different natural deodorants from different companies in a vain attempt to get away from the aluminum that is in most name-brand formulas. The best one I could find that “mostly” worked was one from Tom’s of Maine, but it still didn’t last all day long – but it was what I ended up using on a regular basis anyway because it was natural and didn’t contain aluminum. And by chance, right as I was running out, the people at Tom’s contacted me and asked if I wanted to try out their “new and improved” deodorant which supposedly was clinically proven to work for 24 hours. I doubted it to be true, but who am I to turn down a free stick of deodorant from the company I already use? So I accepted, and here is what I found out.

It actually works.

Their new deodorant is 100% vegetable-based, packaged in a 100% recyclable container that is made from 40% recycled plastic, and is free of aluminum, parabens and propylene-glycol – all biggies for me. I looked up the ingredients to see exactly how this stuff worked, and found that it provides odor protection through the “antimicrobial action of the botanical ingredient hops (Humulus lupulus) and zinc ricinoleate. The zinc source is from zinc oxide and ricinoleic acid is from castor seed oil”, whatever all that means. And whatever they did to make this stuff, it actually works way better than their previous deodorant that I have been using for a while, so that makes me pretty happy. My only bone to pick with Tom’s of Maine?

They are owned by Colgate-Palmolive.

I wasn’t too thrilled when they sold to them back in 2006, but so far so good – they have stayed true to their product quality. But then again, what small natural company these days isn’t owned by a huge conglomerate? Not many. However they want to make it happen, if Tom’s continues to make products like this one and nothing comes to the market that works better for me, I will continue to buy it. I can honestly recommend this new deodorant from them, as it actually works as well as the toxic stuff I used to use.

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Tom’s Of Maine Has A Natural Deodorant That Works.

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I am thinking that these would make great coffee cups at my house, and a curious conversation starter when people ask me why I have a collection of disposable coffee cups on my shelf. That would surely go against what we all talk about on this site on a daily basis, no?

Anyway, if you are looking for a reusable coffee mug, this Eco-Cup looks pretty cool compared to those crappy cheap ones sold at your favorite gas station. Once mine is no longer for this world, I might be replacing it with one of these.

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Reusable Coffee Cup Looks Like A Disposable.

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I believe that the reason so many people write off the environmental movement is because they don’t have any experience enjoying the outdoors. They don’t go hiking, or spend a weekend in the woods at a cabin or enjoy biking by the beach – they spend too much time cooped up either at home or at work. For those people, getting out of that comfort zone could be a life-changing experience. For example, have you ever been to a place where you can see the Milky Way because of the lack of light pollution? It’s amazing! Or how about to a town where the mountains are in full view and not shrouded in yellow pollution-fueled haze? It’s amazing what you can see when you take the time to actually see it! Littering, driving polluting cars, throwing recyclables in the landfill, and caring only about oneself could probably all be reduced if we could get people to see up close and person what they are doing to the planet. Too many do a “drive-by” of nature to even notice or stake tock of what their actions could be causing for the entire world around them.

So if you have friends or family who are not that into “going green” or being “eco-friendly”, try to get them outdoors. Take them hiking or biking. Get them spend some time enjoying the planet that we all inhabit, instead of being in a rush to turn the TV on at night. Help them see how even the smallest actions of a few can do a lot of damage for everyone else. Even just a few transformed souls can go a long way to improving the health of our world.

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Take Some Time To See The World Around You.

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