Whoo-hoo! The first town-wide ban of bottled water is in a tiny little town called Bundanoon, Australia. With only about 2,000 residents it will only have a small impact locally, but it could have big repercussions around the rest of the world. Cities like San Francisco and NY have passed ordinances banning their governments [...]
I wrote about FIJI water back in November 2008 (see my article “Greenwash Of The Week: Fiji Bottled Water“), but this long, in-depth article over at Mother Jones made my head spin. While my article focused mainly on the greenwashing aspect of FIJI water, this article talks about an even darker side of the company [...]
This week’s Do One Thing comes courtesy of my friends who just visited and have small children. I never really thought about it before, but they do not wash their kids’ plastic cups in the dishwasher, as the heat could make the plastic leech toxic chemicals. I don’t have a dishwasher (well, not one that [...]
This week’s Do One Thing comes courtesy of a The Good Human reader, who wants you to start bringing your own set of utensils to work every day instead of using and tossing the plastic ones provided in the office kitchen. And while you are at it, see if you can convince a few other [...]
