Category: Responsible

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My New Patagonia Fleece Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles.

I was a little hesitant when I saw that these fleeces were made out of recycled plastic bottles and old fabrics, but I could not be happier with my purchase. I had a gift card so I figured what better use for it than a fleece! The fleece is called the “Synchilla Marsupial“, and is [...]

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10% Discount Code On SIMPLE Shoes For Good Human Readers

It’s no secret that I am a fan of Simple Shoes. I have written about my “Toe Jam” and “Loaf” sneakers before, and I have a few more pairs as well that I have not written about. Well, it seems that Simple has taken notice and has been kind enough to provide a discount code [...]

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I Hate Washing Dishes By Hand Because It Wastes So Much Water. What Can I Do?

This is a legitimate concern of many people, including myself. Because we live in an apartment, we do not have the option of installing a dishwasher and have to wash all of our dishes by hand. It kills me how much water goes down the drain each evening as I stand there for 15 minutes [...]

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Bag Tax In Ireland Has Eliminated The Plastic Grocery Bag.

Thanks to a few eagle-eyed Irish Good Human readers (Thanks Guinness & Greengo – and I’m Irish, and I missed the story!), I was pointed to an article in the NY Times about a plastic bag tax in Ireland that has basically eliminated the bags from the country. The tax was instituted in 2002, so [...]

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It Was Time For New Reusable Coffee Mugs – What Do You Think?

We had been using our older plastic coffee mugs for years and they were starting to make us nervous. Although we have aluminum and stainless steel containers for water, we were still using the same old gross plastic ones for coffee. That changed the other day when I went out and bought these new fancy-schmancy [...]

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My Wife Just Bought Vegan Fair-Trade Boots.

My wife was looking for new boots to replace her worn out and irreparable pair that she has had forever, and after seeing a ton of different ones that she thought she liked, she came across a pair of vegan, fair-trade boots at MooShoes. Although we are not vegan (or vegetarian, even – although we [...]

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Thank You ZipCar For Removing The Cars From All Over Los Angeles.

I only just recently joined Flexcar and had pretty good experiences with them, but ZipCar took them over and just set up shop here in Santa Monica. I got my ZipCar card the other day in the mail and they told me to activate it and pick a plan, which I did, effectively canceling my [...]