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April 22nd, 2011

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 209

Today is Earth Day. If you plan on celebrating or participating in any events, please do so responsibly. Forget the swag they give out, avoid the plastic bags & plastic cups, and please watch out for marketers trying to turn Earth Day into Black Friday. It’s the only planet we have and will ever have; treat it well. On to the Reads…

Since clean laundry is pretty much a necessity, we pay high prices for laundry detergents, fabric softeners and stain removers. Many people don’t realize that simple, reasonable ingredients can be purchased to make your own laundry products.

Plastic pollution: it’s everywhere, from the gigantic garbage patch swirling in the Pacific Ocean to the cells of our bodies, a point EWG’s President, Ken Cook, makes so well in this recent TEDx talk. For a fresh – and fun – look at plastic, watch Bag It, an award-winning new documentary airing across the nation this month.

Washington Post stunner: “The GOP’s climate-change denial may be its most harmful delusion.” It is not a surprise for a major publication to point out how Republicans have become dangerously deluded in their denial of climate science. One might even say it is a dog bites man story.

Have a great weekend everyone, and don’t forget the sunblock.