The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water by Madeline Ostrander, senior editor of YES! Magazine. Worried about what’s in your tap? That’s exactly what the water bottling industry hoped when it developed brands like Dasani, Perrier, and Poland Springs, which promise to be “natural,” “pure,” “clean,” even “sexy” alternatives to tap water. But the very companies that market those [...]

Who’s To Blame For The Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Look In The Mirror.

The slowly moving, perpetually undulating mass of pastel and primary colored plastic trash that bobs up and down in the middle of the ocean is perhaps one of the biggest man made eyesores of its … Posted using ShareThis     The slowly moving, perpetually undulating mass of pastel and primary colored plastic trash that [...]

Red, White, Blue and…Green?

Red, White, Blue and…Green? Posted using ShareThis by Rebecca Lacko, LA Parenting Examiner Put a little green in your red, white and blue celebration This Fourth of July weekend, Americans will light up more than 60 million barbecues and will roast about 150 million hot dogs and 890 million pounds of chicken and red meat. A yummy [...]

Am I GREEN? – What is “being green”?

I grew up in Germany, where “being green” wasn’t really an option. I remember helping my mom as a 6 year old, bundling up newspapers, carrying them to the cellar and storing them, until twice a year a truck came by and picked them all up. Back then there wasn’t really much paper trash, except the [...]

Recycle in Georgia

I Recycle in Georgia supports a statewide campaign to change misperceptions about recycling – and to get the 45 percent of Georgians who don’t recycle to get started. You Gotta Be Kidding Home Shared via AddThis

The Story of Stuff

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between [...]