You know that smell – that freshly painted room that looks great but gives you a headache. In fact, if I am gone all day long and it’s warm out, when I get home I can still smell the paint in my house from 4 months ago when the landlord repainted it prior to us [...]
We have not used antibacterial soaps in our house for years, yet no bugs have come along to kill us yet. The fact is is that the increased usage of antibacterial everything is actually going to make us sicker in the long run. From Mother Jones magazine (one of our favorites), I wanted to share [...]
I hate to do it, because so many people support them (Not us, however, and if you want to read why click here), but the Sierra Club is my Greenwash of the Week today. Just last week, even though I am no longer a member and have asked them repeatedly to stop sending me junk [...]
Using the term “organic” to market everything from food to personal products to clothing is a relatively new use of the word. According to Wikipedia, “In 1939, Lord Northbourne coined the term organic farming in his book Look to the Land (written in 1939, but published in 1940), out of his conception of “the farm [...]
I received a question from reader Nancy the other day that I thought I would try to answer here for everyone to read: “Which do you think is better for the environment, a service like Netflix or driving down to the video store here in my town?” Good question Nancy, thanks for sending it in. [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What is aerial wolf gunning and why does Alaska governor Sarah Palin endorse the practice? Aerial wolf gunning involves stalking and shooting wolves from low-flying planes and helicopters. The practice yields better results than traditional ground-based hunting since it allows hunters to cover lots of ground quickly and track prey from an unobstructed [...]
