Go Green

admin on April 22nd, 2010

Today is Earth Day! How are you celebrating? I plan to actually put my recycling bin out to the curb for the first time in months. Yes, I know I’m a horrible environmentalist, but I’m working on it. In honor of Earth Day here’s 17 great ideas for how to recycle, reuse and reduce the [...]

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admin on December 5th, 2009

I’m sure when you recycle your bottled water, you assume that the top goes with it.  Not true, according to Earth 911.com, the plastic from which water bottles are made is not the same as the plastic the tops are made of. To help out with this, Aveda has stated that they will accept these [...]

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admin on November 21st, 2009

In today’s world of complex supply chains, international supermarkets, and big agribusiness, it has become more and more difficult for small farms to sell their produce directly to local consumers at a reasonable price. But one farm in Germany, Peter-und-Paul-Hof, thinks it may have found a solution: Set up vending machines which distribute produce instead [...]

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admin on November 1st, 2009

We all know the name and we have all had their coffee, but do we know what to do with those leakage free infamous cups the coffee comes in? Starbucks is being, yet another, pioneer to recycle their own products. Usually the cups go to the trash. I has been often hard to recycle the [...]

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