Go Green On Black Friday
November 27, 2009 by pam · 3 Comments
Welcome back!
Today is Black Friday, the beginning of the holiday shopping season. For some, it is the best time to shop for gifts. Not a bad idea at all. But it’s also best if you start giving eco-friendly presents. You’re not only saving money, you’re also helping preserve the environment.
Thank You, Farmers!
November 26, 2009 by pam · 3 Comments
While we gather with our loved ones around the Thanksgiving table and give thanks for the bountiful harvest, which is the source of the healthy foods that we are eating, let’s also thank the farmers who are responsible for growing these healthy produce.
Climate Change is 4 real
October 15, 2009 by Carolin · Leave a Comment
How long before polar bears only exist in the zoo?
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise is just ending a 3-month long expedition to the North Pole. The purpose was to examine how climate change is effecting the arctic environment.
The result is bad. The ice is melting faster than the calculations from the most pessimistic climate change models show. Does that concern you?
Why We Should Stop Drinking Bottled Water
September 15, 2009 by pam · 3 Comments
Many people are made to think that it is safe and healthy to drink bottled water. But the truth is, many of those packaged drinking water is only purified tap water. If you think it is pure, you may be mistaken. According to Natural Resources Defense Council, 22 percent of the brands of bottled water they tested contained, in at least one sample, chemical contaminants at levels above strict state health limits.
Beauty Secrets From The Kitchen
August 27, 2009 by pam · 3 Comments
Today, it is easier to find skin and hair care products with improved formulations using natural ingredients with less chemical residue. However, for price-conscious consumers, there is still a cheaper alternative without compromising their beauty regimen.
Greenwashing, Are You Being Mislead?
May 17, 2009 by Carolin · 3 Comments
More and more of us value organic products or green products. We will choose them over other products whenever we can. But of course the manufacturers have caught on to this and they are now trying to trick us into thinking that their product is organic or green while it is not. I have talked about the cosmetics industry several times and how a skin care products can be labeled “organic” but when you turn the bottle around and read the small print you find out that the product contains less than 10% organic ingredients and the rest is just as toxic as an other product. The choices of really good natural and organic skin care products is very limited.
In ONEgourps latest organic newsletter they talk about green washing. The act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.
