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Henna For Your Hair

8. September 2009

If you’ve ever dyed your hair at home, you’re all too familiar with the burning chemical aroma that fills up your bathroom, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that many of the chemicals in hair dye are not the best thing for you or your hair. Ingredients in common home hair-dying kits are very [...]

Cool Eco Gadgets

8. September 2009

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Check out some cool ways to alternatively power gadgets you probably use everyday. By using wind, solar, and hand power instead of batteries and electricity, these devices make up for their life cycle’s carbon footprint with regular use. This $16 clock from Bedol requires nothing but tap water and a splash of lemon juice to [...]

Will Climate Change Cost You on Vacation?

8. September 2009

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Will Climate Change Cost You on Vacation?

The President of Maldives – a large group of islands southwest of India – announced a new initiative to raise money by imposing a new tax on tourists. If passed by Parliament, the proposal will cost tourists about $3 per day they spend on the island, netting nearly $6.3 million annually, according to Reuters. The [...]

Everyday Chemicals You Should Avoid

4. September 2009

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A lot of people these days have the impression that dangerous chemicals have for the most part been removed from household products in America. But unlike the European Union, where a chemical must be proven safe before it is allowed to be used, we still cling to the big business endorsed concept that a chemical [...]

LEED Updates Certification Process

4. September 2009

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The National Resources Defense Council’s Santa Monica Headquarters is certified by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design at the highest level of certification, platinum, scoring 56 points out of 69. Home to the David Family Environmental Action Center and the DiCaprio e-Activism Zone as well as the NRDC, it is [...]

E-Books Could Green Up Publishing Industry

3. September 2009

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Given their recent popularity among book readers, electronic books (especially Amazon’s Kindle) could make a significant improvement to the environmental impact of the publishing industry someday soon. According to a new report by The Cleantech Group, Kindles make up for the carbon emitted during their life cycle after one year of use. The publishing industry [...]

What is your Carbon Footprint?

3. September 2009

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Chances are you’ve heard the buzzwords “carbon footprint” and “carbon offsetting,” but what are they? Your carbon footprint is a calculation of your impact on the environment measured by the amount of carbon you produce by your activities. This includes everything from energy use at home to transportation (referred to as your primary footprint since [...]

Before And After Glacier Gallery

2. September 2009

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We hear on the news almost weekly now how glaciers are melting at an ever increasing rate, and that if action isn’t taken soon, many of the worlds glaciers will vanish in the next few decades. Sadly this falls on deaf ears for a large portion of society, who brush it off as not that [...]

The 6 Signs of Greenwashing

1. September 2009

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Pick up almost any aerosol bottle on a store shelf today and you will most likely find a little little round symbol saying “No CFCs.” This refers to chlorofluorocarbons, compounds that were once used in aerosol spray cans but were found to deplete the ozone layer. Seeing as CFCs were legally banned in the United [...]

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Henna For Your Hair

Cool Eco Gadgets

Will Climate Change Cost You on Vacation?

Everyday Chemicals You Should Avoid

LEED Updates Certification Process

E-Books Could Green Up Publishing Industry

What is your Carbon Footprint?

Before And After Glacier Gallery

The 6 Signs of Greenwashing

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