By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief
Buying toilet paper isn’t anyone’s favorite task…there’s something slightly embarrassing about leaving the grocery store with all those rolls under your arm. But picking the right toilet paper is important—and if you’d rather avoid clogging up the toilet paper aisle while you check labels for recycled content and bleaching information, Greenpeace has an application for you.…
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By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief
At Natural Home, we saw this one coming.
Americans want smaller, more affordable homes, according to a 2008 survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). In fact, 60 percent of American said they prefer smaller houses with more amenities to houses with more square footage.
Since the 1950s, housing in America has reflected the idea that bigger is better. The average home has grown from 1,600 square feet in the 1970s to more than 2,500 squ…
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By Susan Melgren
Meat doesn’t rate high on my list of favorite foods, but I make an exception for barbecue. There’s something pleasant and a little nostalgic about gathering together good friends on a humid summer evening and lighting up the grill. Barbecuing is a staple of summer, but like many of our favorite activities, it could stand to be greened.
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by Samantha Schwartz
College has consumed my brain this past week as my family and I drove up and down the East Coast in search of my dream liberal arts school. Our last stop was Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. On the tour, an outspoken girl grilled our tour guide about how the college is going green.
Our guide told us the college is getting greener. Though average Wesleyan students enter with 4.0s on their report cards, Wesleyan’s green report card sports a B+ average. Wesleya…
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By Kim Wallace, Assistant Editor
Yes To Tomatoes Tempting Tomato Volumizing Shampoo has a big challenge with my medium-length, baby fine, oily hair. Shampoos (natural shampoo and conventional shampoo) loaded with heavy conditioning oils and thick proteins weigh my hair down, but without some kind of moisture, my hair gets unruly.
Yes To Tomatoes Tempting Tomato Volumizing Shampoo strikes the perfect balance. Laced with ginkgo biloba for light moisture and Dead Sea mud and mineral natural clean…
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Our contest ends tomorrow, June 30 so hurry and enter for your chance to
win our sustainable household products!
The perfect blend of style and sustainability, our newest line of Natural Home kitchen products are manufactured responsibly using sustainable or recycled materials. Made in accordance with the high standards we demand of any products Natural Home recommends, our current kit…
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win these stylish, sustainable products, featured in the “Fresh Finds” section of Natural Home.
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By Kristin Standley
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was...gone.
While this might not be the day the music died, one levee along the Ouachita River in Louisiana will soon find itself facing destruction—and it’s actually a good thing.
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By Susan Melgren
Looking to add some spice to your life – or at least your meals? Dress up dinner with Curry Love curries. The founder, Mike Bueschi, created curries for all sorts of people, from the adventurous veteran to the first time taster. Curry Love offers three different flavors of curry, ranging from mild to medium.
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By Samantha Schwartz
On June 26, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Lieberman-Warner Cap and Trade Bill.
The House’s bill caps greenhouse gas emission s and creates a market to buy and sell emissions allowances. The Cap and Trade bill sets carbon emission allowances for the next 41 years. It demands a decrease in carbon emissions by 17 percent in 2020, by 42 percent in 2030 and by 83 percent in 2050.…
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By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief
This is a cool first. This year, alternative energy companies received more investment money worldwide than fossil fuels. Last year global investors funneled $140 billion—56 percent of their total investment dollars—into green power sources such as
wind and solar.
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By Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief
About a third of the world’s population depends on rice for sustenance or livelihood, but production is falling short. To meet growing demand, rice production must increase by 30 to 40 percent in the next 25 years. We recently learned of a smart new agricultural innovation that could alleviate the planetary damage that growing vast amounts of the water-intensive crop could cause.
The…
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By John Ivanko
During the last 50 years in the United States—and in much of the world—transnational corporations have treated humans as
consumers rather than individuals. The growth of the global free-market system demands a consumer culture that amounts to a never-ending shopping experience. Today, nearly 70 percent of our gross domestic product is based on consumer spending. Though some of tha…
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By Kim Wallace
Known for her roles in blockbuster movies such as Kill Bill and Splash, actress
Daryl Hannah is also an environmental activist and the founder of dhlovelife, a website filled with environmental news, tips and products. Hannah also hosts the video blog series lovelife, in which she explores global sustainability and demonstrates fun ways to go green. In 2006, Hannah made news by chaini…
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By Kim Wallace
Try these eco-things for more fun in the sun.
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By Laurel Kallenbach
This spring, when Chicago interior designer Nicky Olesky and her fiancé, Chris Morris, take the
vow to love, honor, and cherish, they’re doing it with a ceremony that celebrates both their union and the earth. Like many couples today, they want their wedding day to reflect their environmentally conscious lifestyle. “Once you learn to conserve and be eco-conscious, that attitude becom…
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By Kirsten Hudson
The
FruitGuys deliver fresh fruit, purchased from local farmers when available, to offices and schools nationwide.
The perfectly ripe fruit comes packaged in eco-friendly boxes made from 75 to 100 percent post-consumer recycled cardboard (cardboard that has already been used and returned through a recycling program.) The FruitGuys use soy-based inks to label the boxes. The company only picks u…
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By Joe Lamp'l
By eliminating products and plants that pollute our environment and require large amounts of water, gardeners have a tremendous opportunity to protect and
preserve our planet’s health.
Gardeners have witnessed the impact of climate change in recent years. Higher-than-average temperatures cause plants to leaf earlier, birds and butterflies to breed and migrate earlier…
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By Stephanie Nelson
The quest to have the first
green lawn after a long cold winter coupled with the desire to maintain the vibrant color has become a $12 billion industry. The national average for professional lawn care is $1,000 annually for mowing, weeding and watering services. Resource-intensive pesticides, fertilizers, seeds and extensive watering negatively affect the planet and your wallet.
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By Kristin Standley
The problem with
hazardous waste storage in the United States may be worse than anyone thought. Senator Barbara Boxer, the chairwoman of the Environmental and Public Works Committee, is trying to build a system to regulate the sites of hazardous coal ash that are sprinkled across the country. The problem is, she can’t say where they are. The Departm…
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