When we fumigate fruit flies and mosquitoes, are we poisoning ourselves? Learn about a massive joint eradication program, which has been described as “low intensity chemical warfare.'”
August 21, 2017
February 6, 2017
Dangerously High Pesticide Levels In Celestial Seasonings Teas
A scathing new investigation on one of the most well-known tea companies in the U.S. finds 91 percent of its products overflowing with obscene and illegal levels of pesticides.
June 13, 2016
Shea Butter: A Quiet Revolution in Northern Ghana
Females in Northern Ghana harvest shea butter nuts in order to gain financial independence in a country that treats them as second-class citizens.
February 23, 2016
3 Environmentally Friendly Ways To Deal With Human Feces
Discussing human feces may be off-putting to some, but did you know that our excrement can help our planet? Using “black gold” as a resource may very well prevent environmental catastrophe. Our preference to keeping human excrement at arm’s length has led to municipal waste water treatment systems and loads of diapers
June 18, 2015
5 Modern-Day Benefits of Using A Bidet For Your Bottom
The modern-day bidet is a cost-effective way to increase cleanliness, conserve waste and create a gentler, more efficient bathroom experience.
May 15, 2015
Tree Jenny And Rainforest Conservation In Costa Rica
By conserving and empowering the rainforests, we can create healthy and sustainable environments for all organisms. Check out this Tree Activist.
Tags: africanized bees, Bees, big agriculture, biodiversity, carbon dioxide emission, carbon footprint, clean air, clean water, community garden, connection to land, costa rica, deforestation, destruction, empowerment, environment, equatorial forest, farmer, forest, forest communities, foresting, fruits, global warming, healthy forests, industrialization, local farms, natural system, planet health, planting trees, pollination, productivity, protest, rainforest, rainwater, reforestation, renewable resources, seasons change, small farms, sustainability, treetop, vanishing of the bees, wilderness
March 5, 2015
Art of Defecation: 2 Solutions For Health & Sustainability
They say you haven’t really traveled until you have five poop-related stories to share. Here are two solutions to completely revolutionize defecation around the world.
January 13, 2014
‘Green’ Cleaning Products To Avoid
Buyer Beware: Many of these new “green” cleaning products are green in name only.
Tags: ammonia, anemia, baking soda, birth defects, butyl cellosolve, Cancer, chemicals, chlorine, cleaning products, dr. joseph mercola, essential oils, ethanolamines, formaldehyde, glycol ethers, household cleaners, laundry, npes, perfumes, petroleum, phosphates, phthalates, sanitize, soap, sodium sulfate, sustainability, vinegar, vocs
October 10, 2013
Hospital Teams With Beekeepers
To Produce Honey
New Jersey beekeepers are finding clever ways to help the honeybee. The fruits of their labor: lots of honey on the rooftop of a local area hospital.
Tags: Bees, healthy foods, hive, honey, organic, sustainability
July 31, 2013
Natural Pet Food: What You Need to Know
Many conventional pet food brands feature animal byproducts and low-grade meats unsuited for humans but considered good enough for pet chow.
Tags: 4-d, animals, bha, bht, bone meal, cats, conventional brands, dog, doug mazeffa, environment, ethoxyquin, greenopia, humane production, meat meal, organic, packaging, pesticides, pets, preservatives, sustainability, USDA, vitamins
July 28, 2013
Say No To Plastic Cutlery And Containers
Americans throw away enough toxic plastic cutlery and containers annually to circle the globe 300 times. Let’s put plastic companies out of business!
Tags: bisphenol a, BPA, camping, containers, cutlery, dining out, eco lunchbox, eco-friendly, EcoLunchbox Oval, EcoLunchbox Oval Ecolunchpod EcoTravel Fork and Knife Set HoneyColony phthalates plastic, Ecolunchpod, EcoTravel Fork and Knife Set, Food, food dining out, HoneyColony, jamie weiss, maryam henein, moms, phthalates, plastic cutlery, Sandra Ann Harris, sustainability
July 20, 2013
Got Food Scraps? Hail A ‘Compost Cab’
Jeremy Brosowsky was inside a greenhouse when he had an epiphany about how to turn garbage into food.
Tags: agriculture, az valley, baltimore, bootstrap compost, coffee grounds, common good city farm, compost, eco city farm, elizabeth daigneau, farms, fertilizer, food waste, fruit, garbage, garden, governing, grist, growing power, jeremy brosowsky, joel finkelstein, landfills, marketing, mcarthur genius, melody wilson, nycompost, qualia coffee, restaurants, sustainability, urban agriculture, urban compost, urban worm girl, vegetables, walker jones, washington dc, will allen