Recently over at The Guardian, a story on Procter & Gamble facilities achieving “zero waste” was published with much fanfare. I say bollocks. Here’s why. Procter & Gamble manufacture many of the world’s most popular personal care and household products: Crest, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pantene, and Tampax, to name a few. They are [...]
Article by Luis Rosario If cleanliness is next to godliness, then we have a lot of work to do if we want to enter the pearly gates. From carbon emissions to plastic containers washing up on our beach shores, our waste production keeps on going up as our global population increases. It’s pretty obvious what [...]
Guest post from Tara Alley. Whether the thought of crafting up a ravishing display of turkey and sides for this year’s Thanksgiving meal leaves you beside yourself with excitement or trembling with a bit of trepidation (I am the latter), I’m finally realizing that much more important than what celebrity chef’s stuffing recipe I go [...]
This is a guest post from my friend Marcie Barnes which is cross-posted on her site, greenetarians.com. You’ve probably heard of the the concerns that come along with the destruction of rainforests and other ancient swaths of virgin ecosystems. Among these include: loss of biodiversity (there is a long list of the things that are [...]
Want to do your part but not sure where to start? One of the best ways to begin working towards a cleaner environment is to start reducing the amount of waste you create in your life. A reduction of the amount of things you throw away and/or recycle goes a long way towards helping to [...]
Last week when I was in Sedona, Arizona I came across a rather fancy looking trash can out behind the coffee shop I had just purchased a cup of java from. I spent a few minutes looking at it as I had never seen such a nice trash can, and then I realized what was [...]
