Category: Green news

It’s the final leg of the “Find Your Footprint” conservation contest, which runs until midnight, Wednesday, March 16! The contest sponsored by National Geographic with P&G; Future Friendly aims to raise awareness among young people of their environmental footprint. Six finalists are competing for the grand prize valued at $36,000. In case you haven’t voted…

From Credo: Republicans have launched an unprecedented budget assault on clean air and public health protections — and Senate Democrats have two weeks to stop it. The House Republicans’ Continuing Resolution spending bill slashes this year’s remaining EPA budget by almost 60%, and contains numerous amendments that hamstring the Clean Air Act, block the EPA…

P&G; Future Friendly and the National Geographic Society joined forces with their “Find Your Footprint” national school conservation education contest. The “Find Your Footprint” program aims to raise student awareness of their environmental footprint. Voting’s ongoing until March 16, 2011. So what’s in it for the winning school? The winner with the most votes gets…

I’ve known about this documentary “Tapped” for quite sometime now, but only had the chance to watch it lately. Boy, it made me suspicious of the bottled water industry now. It raises the question, “is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any…

From Doctor Oz: Get the insider secrets to saving big on your next organic purchase. From finding what’s free to steering clear of false organic claims, get some money-saving tips from Danny Seo.

Small LED bulbs that are promoted as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional light bulbs contain high levels of lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially hazardous substances that have been linked to various cancers, a new American study shows. Read more. Huh. So is there no way for consumers to win at all?

From Environment New York: With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the Hudson River is in desperate need of some love. Many of our cherished waterways are suffering from toxic pollution, sewage and industrial waste. Right now the Environmental Protection Agency is setting new rules for protecting waters across the country. Rollbacks to the Clean…

And you might have guessed that in this case, green means eco-friendly. As someone who loves nail polish, I’ve been wondering if nail polish could ever be green, and it looks like there really are companies thinking in this direction, like Ginger + Liz Colour Collection™. Established by model/author S. Liz Pickett and entrepreneur H….

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