 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a new online contest: Faces of the Grassroots. The competition invites amateur and professional filmmakers to create videos that raise awareness on issues of environmental justice around the country. Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, announced this week that it plans to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the lifecycle of its products by 2015. That’s about the size of the company’s current carbon footprint, and according to Walmart’s CEO, equivalent to taking 3.8 million cars off the road. [...] OK, usually I try to take a more positive angle on environmental awareness — choose sustainable fish! Five ways to green your office! – but these images from the Mother Nature Network’s 15 most toxic places to live were too arresting to not share with you. If this doesn’t encourage you to waste less, I don’t [...] The average woman throws away 200 to 300 pounds of pads, applicators, and tampons in her lifetime. Who knew your monthly bill had such a toll on the planet? Look in our March issue, on newsstands now, for “Brave New Period”—our roundup of the best earth-friendly feminine care products on the market. We know, we know. [...] There’s great news for anyone who’s ever worried about the chemically smell of supposed “green” cleaners or questioned the possible toxicity of bright-orange “all-natural” laundry detergents. The Natural Products Association (NPA), a national non-profit committed to advancing the standards and safety of the natural products industry, announced today that it is launching the first natural [...] Sure, Valentine’s Day can be sugary, pre-packaged, overly hyped. Still, it feels pretty darn good when your sweetie remembers to buy you flowers. So we say embrace the holiday! Not only is it a good reminder to take stock of your love life, but it’s also a great excuse to get busy in the bedroom [...] There’s a debate raging in my home. Okay, that’s an absurdly exaggerated way of saying my boyfriend and I have hashed out a few pros and cons of a particular topic while I pore over a crossword puzzle and he thumbs through the Home Depot ad. Our breakfast-table bandy? Daily newspaper delivery: Time-old tradition/harmless indulgence [...] Since Nintendo first debuted its video-game console designed for physical fitness in 2006, the Wii Fit has caused quite a stir as a possible tool for easy at-home exercise and weight loss. But a new study submitted by the University of Mississippi this past Christmas, when thousands of people were gifting or receiving Wiis, has [...] Target announced today that it will stop selling farmed salmon at its stores nationwide. By the end of 2010, Target says that its private label brands, including Archer Farms and Market Pantry, will all be sourced from wild caught salmon. The retail giant is working in conjunction with Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, which [...] The FDA has finally changed its stance on bisphenol-A (BPA), a controversial industrial chemical present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage cans. In 2008 the agency declared BPA safe, but in a January 15 announcement it joined the National Institute of Health, several states, and Natural Solutions in raising “concern about the potential [...] |
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