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How to Make Bodycare Products

9 January, 2011

Photo credit: yearofthegurl In my last post about giving green gifts, I suggested homemade bodycare products as a great gift. As an update to that, here are some recipes and suggestions to help get you started! The wonderful thing about … Continue reading

Green Gift Guide 2010

18 November, 2010

Photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? I think not. If you plan early and do a little research, green alternatives aren’t hard to find; there’s something eco-friendly out there for everyone on your list. … Continue reading

A Year Without Plastic: Interview with Taina from Plastic Manners Blog

29 April, 2010

Photo credit: woodleywonderworks Taina, a Vancouver-based environmentalist and blogger, has taken on a challenge most of us would find daunting: living for a year without any plastics. She started in January, so May marks the fifth month into the project. … Continue reading

BPA Update: Examining the Plastic Debate 1 Year Later

31 August, 2009

Photo credit: How can I recycle this By now, most people have now heard of BPA (or bisphenol-A), the chemical found in polycarbonate plastics. BPA is most often founds in clear, hard plastic water bottles, food containers and baby bottles … Continue reading

“Corn” Plastic: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

30 June, 2009

Photo credit: Darwin Bell “Would you like a bag with that?”, asks the girl at the grocery store check-out. You glance at the couple of items purchased, and think of the walk home. She sees you hesitating and adds “It’s … Continue reading

Plastic water bottle advertising campaign from Brita

26 May, 2008

A currently running advertising campaign from Brita, a German company that specializes in water filtration products, says in its ad slogan that “last year 16 million gallons of oil were consumed to make plastic water bottles.”

A Picture is Worth… Albatross Carcass

4 April, 2008

This image shows the corpse of an albatross that has had his gut filled with different plastic objects. Many birds and animals often mistake plastics with food and then, as you might imagine, starve to death. I’ve seen this picture … Continue reading

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