Featured Article #1
Organic Is Just Another Word For “Old-Fashioned”.
Using the term “organic” to market everything from food to personal products to clothing is a relatively new use of the word. According to Wikipedia, “In 1939, Lord Northbourne coined the term organic farming in his book Look to the Land (written in 1939, but published in 1940), out of his conception of “the [...]
Featured Article #2
Two Non-Hybrid 50+MPG Cars We Cannot Buy In America.
The most fuel efficient cars in America available for sale to most of us are the Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid. Sure, there is the Tesla electric car and the Aptera, but neither of those are available (or affordable) to everyone. The Toyota Prius gets 48 MPG city and 45 MPG [...]
Featured Article #3
12 Reasons To Stop Drinking Bottled Water.
It is a common misconception for many people that bottled water is safer than tap, plastic bottles get recycled, and no harm is being done to the environment in the bottling process. Unfortunately, that could not be further from the truth! So in case you either needed more reasons to stop drinking bottled [...]
Featured Article #4
Even If It Didn’t Matter, Why Would Anyone Choose To Litter?
Not much irks me more than watching someone driving down the street in their car throwing trash out the window. We have kind of come to expect cigarette butts to be thrown out of the window, even though they contain mercury and arsenic and take up to 10 years to degrade, but I am talking about the people who throw soda cans, napkins, and fast food bags right out their window onto the street. Just the other day, someone was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot ahead of me and threw a beer can out that almost hit my car.
Featured Article #5
Which Fruits & Vegetables You Should Be Buying Organic.
If you are on a budget or just plain refuse to pay the extra for organic fruits and vegetables, there really are some good reasons to buy at least a few of those items in the organic version if you can. We buy as much organic produce as we can, and of course sometimes [...]
Featured Article #6
Redefining Need In The Age Of Conservation.
What exactly do we all need to live? Is it 4 TV’s, 3 cars, a 4,000 square foot house? Multiple yearly vacations to far away lands? Piles of cheap plastic doo-dads from China? As the earth slowly heats up because of our emissions and our the stops coming out of the ground, people are starting to think about what they actually need rather than what they just want, and I think it is great that we will be able to participate in this life-changing redefinition of need vs. want.
Featured Article #7
The Little Things DO Matter, So Don’t Think Otherwise.
Oftentimes we hear reports about how changing a light bulb will not make a bit of a difference in the fight against climate change and that everyone must make huge sacrifices in order to have any effect. However, you should do what you can and what you feel comfortable with; if you feel fine moving into an earthship and living off the grid, then by all means please do! But if you only feel like you can change a light bulb and maybe buy organic bananas, then please…do that as well and do not feel guilty about it.
Featured Article #8
How To Choose A Safe Reusable Water Bottle.
Aside from staying home and drinking tap water out of a washable glass, the best way to be “green” while on the go is choosing your water bottle wisely. From the lowly single-use-only plastic water bottle you can buy at your local gas station to the stainless steel and aluminum options, making the right [...]
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Rio Grande, Taos, NM
The Good Human was born out of my idea for a website that can encourage people to be better humans..whether through working to clean up the environment, being active in political issues that mean a lot to you or just being more aware of your life and surroundings. Started back in [...]
just wanted to comment about disposing of water...
In my statistics class we learned that the water someone drinks in ...
Solio Hybrid Solar Charger looks pretty cool.Congrats to the winner. 
Looking back, I was being rude, and for that I apologize. 
In years to come, we will look back in horror at how we used to generate energy. Many people are ...
Chase - no need to be rude about it, a helpful correction would have been OK; that line came from ...
Y'know, exposing one's self to a multitude of bacteria actually helps to create a powerful immune system, whereas a sterile ...
A perfectly timed post as I was thinking about this yesterday as I put out my trash. Three small bags ...
I find that many people think of themselves as environmentalists because they put an enviro license plate on their car ...
