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Environmental Implications Of The Food We Throw Away.

Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental implications of all the food we throw away here in the United States?
Food waste is a huge issue in America, especially in light of the growing divide between the profligate rich and the hungry poor. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Loss Project, we [...]

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EcoSnoop: Environmental Activism With Your iPhone.

Got an iPhone? Care about the environment? Well, a new social networking app for us environmentalists will allow us to post environmental concerns as we see them and to find green businesses in our area – one picture at a time. The app is called EcoSnoop and it blends environmental activism and responsibility [...]

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Should We Bring Back The Bidet For The Sake Of The Environment?

Dear EarthTalk: Wouldn’t a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home go a long way toward cutting disposable tissue use and saving forests?
Besides being more sanitary than toilet tissue, bidets—those squirty accessories so popular in Europe, Japan and elsewhere that clean [...]

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