Reusable Bags Create Health Hazzards? Plastic Bags Create WORLD HAZZARDS!
No commentsThere comes a time when we all need to look at what is coming about with plastic bags and decide to put our foot down. As a blogger and business owner i am kept aware of the reusable bag world and news within it daily by daily Google alerts. Until recently, they were looking surprisingly [...]
Reuse This Bag Supports Assembly Bill 68!
No commentsCalifornia state assemblymember Julia Brownley is on a mission to reduce the amount of disposable shopping bags being wasted and littered across the landscape every day in California, and she has a plan: Assembly Bill 68, a bill which would assign a 25-cent fee to plastic, paper, and compostable grocery bags in an effort to [...]
Tags: AB 68, Assembly Bill 68, California, conservation, environmental policy, Julia Brownley, paper bags, plastic bags, pollution, reusable bags
This Will Be Our Year: Gore Dubs 2009 “Gettysburg For the Environment”
No commentsU.S. Vice-President turned eco-activist Al Gore has been a major player in the fight against global warming in the past few years, and according to him the tides are about to turn in our favor. At a speech last Monday at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, Gore indicated that this year will be monumental [...]
Tags: activism, Al Gore, celebrities, celebrity, conservation, environmental policy
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/17/09
No commentsReusable bags: more popular than ever! [Albany Times-Union] Eva Longoria-Parker and H-E-B promote reusable bags for Earth Day! [Houston Chronicle] Reusable bag sales raise money and awareness for students in Lakeside, MN. [Chisago County Press] Plastic bag pollution in Tanzania referred to as “alarming.” [IPP Media] Reusable bags an appealing choice in the Silicon Valley. [...]
Tags: Africa, California, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, Minnesota, New York, Ozarks, plastic bags, pollution, reusable bags
Staying Green For The Kids
No commentsEco-awareness: for most people, it’s not something that happens overnight. It usually takes a long process of cultivation and understanding, and just growing up in a green household isn’t always enough. As with most things, it takes real meaningful interaction with your children to help them understand why and how you live the way you [...]
Earth Day Lights Up Twitter
No commentsThe blogosphere is still eagerly awaiting the coming of Earth Day (April 22!), and it’s interesting to see how hotly the topic is being covered on Twitter as thousands of eco-conscious and tech-savvy microbloggers sound off on their thoughts and suggestions for the holiday and surrounding month. Some of the tweets hold some real interest, [...]
The Earth Day Cavalcade Continues!
No commentsEarth Day — it’s still coming! The eco-awareness world is abuzz with excitement, but one big question remains: why limit yourself to just one day? With the sheer amount of help this world needs, shouldn’t every day be Earth Day? This is the question that New York’s Star Gazette asks us today. As we are [...]
Tags: activism, conservation, Earth Day, facts, plastic, plastics, reusable bags, reusables, tips
A Sustainable Lunch is a Happy Lunch: Seven Tips For Success
No commentsA simple and unfortunate fact is: lunch is one of the most wasteful times of the day. Between fast food cartons, microwave meals in loads of pre-packaging, and a proliferation of disposable brown paper sacks, mountains of garbage collect across the country between noon and 1PM. We’ve touched on this topic before, but every new [...]
Recycle Your Cell Phone For Earth Day!
No commentsDo you know what you’re doing to contribute your part for Earth Day? The Environmental Protection Agency has an idea! Even though Earth Day is a couple of weeks away, EPA is teaming up with several telecom conglomerates to promote Earth Week from today through the 12th, an event designed to raise awareness of e-waste [...]
Tags: activism, cell phones, conservation, e-cycling, e-waste, environmental policy, EPA, recycling
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/03/09
No commentsBeing eco-friendly is wildly fashionable, as demonstrated by Pittsburgh teens. [Pittsburgh Live] Speaking of fashion, ever-fashionable Corey Feldman is producing an event for global greenitude! [Ecorazzi] Disposable bag waste is an ecological problem, not a class problem. [Washington Post] Who loves reusable bags? Eva Longoria Parker loves reusable bags! [Earth 911] Massachusetts suburbs get a [...]
Tags: activism, Canada, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, fashion, fun, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, profit, recycling, reusable bags
