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Shift Your Spending to Protect the Environment

We launched the “One in a Million” challenge to encourage consumers to shift $1,000 of their usual household budget to products and services that offer

Is the Chevy Volt Good for the Environment?

General Motors has started manufacturing an electric vehicle called the Chevy Volt. It claims the car will drive up to 40 miles on its lithium-ion

Did Swag Pollute BlogHer09?

“Junk.” “Trash.” “Stuff.” These are just a few of the words I have heard used to describe the “swag” handed out at BlogHer09, a conference that

Lunch Boxes Should be Safe & Environmentally Friendly

As if we parents didn’t have enough to worry about! Not even the kids’ lunch boxes are safe!! What do you need to know —

Environmental In-Box: Feelgoodz Flip-Flops

“Mai Pehn Rai” is Thai for “It’s cool, no worries, or take it easy.” What a spot-on mantra for a company that makes flip-flops. Meet Feelgoodz,

Environmental In-Box: Softlips Pure Organic Lip Conditioner

Are you paying attention to your lips? Considering how many times you lick them each day, maybe you should. Many conventional lip products are made

Get an (Environmental) Move On!

Moving from one home to another is not a low-impact activity. If you're relocating from one coast to the other, you could use as much as 120

Environmental In-Box: Barely Native Soap

“Invigorate the way nature intended.” That’s the motto of Barely Native soaps and after trying the soap myself, I have to say, I feel pretty

Can Pepsi Learn From 7-11?

The Pepsi company has an impressive sustainability effort underway. It’s working on improving the packaging of its snack brands like FritoLay so the bags can biodegrade quickly once they’re

Bottled Water is Not as Safe as Tap Water, says GAO

Bottled water is not as safe as tap water because water bottled in plastic is allowed to be contaminated by chemicals that cause “reproductive difficulties, liver

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