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Eco Etiquette: Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Dealing With Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs, Toxic Chemicals, Mattress, Mattress Recycling, Green Advice, Natural Latex, Pest Management, Landfill Waste, Organic Mattress, Reuse, Green Living, Craigslist, Biodegradable, Zero Waste, Healthier Greener Home, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. We need a new mattress fo...

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You're Either Part of the Solution or You're Part of the Problem

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Recycling, Epa, C-Span, Clean Air, Ecology, Environmental Responsibility, Eldridge Cleaver, Moms Clean Air Force, Environment, Clean Water, Green, Organic, Biodegradable, Mcaf, Green News

After my son was born and I brought him home from the hospital, I looked at my surroundings with new eyes. Everything seemed dirty and dangerous. All I could see was a world that held out potential harm.

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Bananas Considered For Greener Car-Building Material

Slashfood | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Plastics, Cars, Bananas, Green Cars, Car Production, Biodegradable, Nanocellulose Plastics, Biodegradable Plastic, Food News

Proving nature is, in fact, often better than anything coming off a conveyor belt, we may soon have cars made from pineapples, bananas and coconuts. A...

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How to Love Mother Earth on Valentine's Day

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rubber, Latex, Valentines Day, Green, Eco, Seas, Landfill, Planet, Offset, Carbon Footprint, Contraceptives, Monogamy, Polyurethane, Sex, Overpopulation, Tips, Environment, Oceans, Condoms, Biodegradable, Love, Green News

Monogamy seems greener than the alternative -- think of all that rubber saved from the landfill. If you're not there yet, buy contraceptives from a company that offsets its carbon footprint.

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SunChips Bags Are Too Noisy: Yet Another Reason We Suck

Jessica Olien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunchips, Noisy Sunchips, Libraries, Packaging, Eco-Friendly, Biodegradable, Sun Chips, Frito-Lay, Green News

With all of the country's problems, not to mention the world's legitimate packaging problems, this is the one issue that consumers decide take into their own hands?

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The Death of the Biodegradable Bag

Patrick Vergara | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Sun Chips, Invisible Hand, Environmentalism, Green Packaging, Biodegradable, Frito-Lay, Noise, Green News

I was stunned to hear that Frito-Lay was discontinuing use of biodegradable Sun Chips bags due to consumer complaints related to the new material's particularly noisy crinkling.

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High-Grade Goods: Take Back-to-School Shopping Back to the Earth

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laptop, Water Bottles, Charity, Thrift Store, Paper Mate, Green, Caffeine, Postconsumer Waste, Eco, Banana, Recycled, Lunch Box, Mugs, Dvds, Vaio, Donate, Boxes, Plastic, Ebay, Leftovers, Shopping, Bisphenol A, Plastic Bottles, Hanging Organizer, Packaging, Cds, Dorm, Reusable, Cafeteria, Facebook, Sugar, Back to School, Costa Rica, Containers, Sony, Responsible, Plants, Stainless Steel, Vintage, Nature, Environment, Led, Notebooks, Bpa, Biodegradable, Emoticons, Pens, Earthlust, Lunchbots, Green News

These pens and mechanical pencils from Paper Mate look and feel like regular plastic but are made of biodegradable sugar-plant parts. Their packaging is plastic-free and 100 percent recyclable.

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Grow a Conscience: How to Garden Green

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manual, Soil, Pets, Fungi, Weeds, Packets, Appliances, Children, Grow, Agriculture, Green, Flowers, Million, Lawn, Emissions, Hand Fork, Animals, Products, Front Yard, Dill, Cilantro, Trowel, Grass, Ecosmart Technologies, Weeder, Flax, Farm, Salad, Plastic, Insects, Materials, Gardening, Olive Barn, Gas, Leed, Cultivator, Motor, Bugs, Local, Garden, Antibacterial, U.S. Green Building Council, Planet, Paper, Home, Organic Herb Garden Trio Kit, Plants, Nontoxic, Gloves, Chives, Certified, Green Thumb, Exercise, Tips, Gizmos, Fibers, Batteries, Wildlife, Fuel, Pesticides, Produce, MCR Safety, Basil, Electric, Hands, Natural, Acres, Seeds, Earth, Eco, Recycled, Pollution, Organic, Backyard, Exxon Valdez, Concentrations, Herb Garden, Kids, Killer, Hand-Powered, Vegetables, Devices, Spill, Fitness, Grip, Sierra Club Radio, Push, Herbs, Human Power, Gallons, Cordless, Energy Star, Window, Toxic, Essential Oils, Cotton, Packaging, Multipurpose, Memphis Green, Homeowners, Pots, Offset, Implements, Carbon Footprint, Fertilizer, Made in the U.S., Refueling, Yard, Fruit, Hoe, Mower, Rugged, Farmers, Oil, Environment, Bamboo, Pulp, Biodegradable, Items, Dibble, Razorcut, Ecomowers, Brill, Cobrahead, Green News

Whether your farm fits in a window box or spans several acres, ensure a truly green thumb with these Earth-friendly gardening gizmos.

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Natural Burial Is a Gentler Way to Leave

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Organic Shrouds, Natural Burial Grounds, Casket, Pine Casket, San Jose, Cemetery, Seminars, Eco-Friendly, Nitrogen Oxide, Dioxin, Embalming, Green Burial Council, Funeral, Willow Casket, Embalming Fluid, Environmental, Environmentally-Friendly Caskets Final Footprint, Coffin, Philip Donald Batchelder, Environmentally Friendly Coffins, Mercury Pollution, Batchelder, Urn, Crematory Mercury, Climate Change, Sulphur Dioxide, Environmental Law, Natural Burial, Funeral Rule, Cremation, Eco-Friendly Coffins, Denver, Hospice, Green Burial, Funeral Consumer Alliance, Funeral Industry, Biodegradable Coffins, Bloomington, Carbon Dioxide, Half Moon Bay, Pre-Posthumous Society, Fair Wage, Land Trusts, Death, Green America, Sustainable, Mary Woodson, Biodegradable Caskets, FTC Funeral Rule, Palliative Care, Caffe Lucca, Environmentally-Friendly, Burial Vaults, Willow, Acid Rain, Montara, Jane Hillhouse, Continuing Education, Eco-Friendly Caskets, Ecoffins, Biodegradable, Fair Trade, Raleigh, Healthy Living News

Commercial funeral practices put gallons of embalming fluid, and tons of metal and exotic hardwoods into the ground. And I was surprised to learn that cremation is equally polluting and energy-intensive.

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Natural Burial Expo 2010: Learn How to "Green" Your Farewell

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Shrouds, Casket, Green Burial, Cemetery, Bury Me Naturally, Joseph Smolenski, Julie Mullin, Renaissance Funeral Home, Eco-Friendly, Carol Motley, Biodegradable Coffins, Sustainable, Funeral, Environmental, Biodegradable Caskets, Coffin, Environmentally-Friendly, Natural Burial Expo, Jane Hillhouse, Fiberactive, Urn, Natural Burial, Eco-Friendly Caskets, Ecoffins, Biodegradable, Final Footprint, Fair Trade, Eco-Friendly Coffins, Green News

The Natural Burial Expo 2010 is being held on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday April 25, 2010 at St. Paul's Christian Church in Raleigh, NC. Organizers r...

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Go, Dog, Go: Next Vacation, Bring Your Pup

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Onesta Organics, Rescued, Pets, Green, Eco-Friendly, Travel, Eco Friendly Pet Tote, Accessories, Poodle, Plastic, Meatless, Air Travel, John Steinbeck, Airplane, Toy, Recyclable, Sustainable, Nontoxic, Polkadog Bakery, Neutered, Vacation, Bed, Planet Dog, Bowl, Collar, Recycled, Organic, Cats, Clif Bar, Companion, Quinoa, Carry-On, Pack, Poop, Packaging, Trip, Bags, Biodegradable, Dogs, Bpa-Free, Veggie-Hide, Charley, Gmo-Free, Packabowls, Mountainsmith, Recycleball, Snoozer, Orbeeball, Green News

When it comes time to hit the road with your furry companion, consider packing these green, portable accessories as well.

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Ford Awarded the First "Don't Give Up the Ship!" Award by Washington Hot Spot

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United vs. FEC, Bryant Park Grill, Alan Mulally, Ark Restaurants, Ford, Michael Weinstein, George Lois, Washington Post, Walletpop, Sequoia, Biodegradable, Potomac, Andrea Chalupa, Business News

Around the same time Michael Weinstein, the C.E.O. of Ark Restaurants, was wading through the horrors of our health care system trying to help a frien...

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Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant, A Smelly and Unique Stop-Off In Greenpoint During Open House New York

Katharine Jose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trash, New York Trash, Urban Waste, Enviromental Technology, Brooklyn, Conservation, New York Waste, Green Living, Green Energy, New York, New York City, City Waste, Greenpoint, Water Treatment, Toxic Waste, Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Biodegradable, Waste, New York News

By 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, all the free tours of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant were full. The tall chain-link fence gate was o...

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The Material of Public Art

Mark Mennin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artists, Artworld, New York City, Plastics, Plastic Art, Green Architecture, Green Art, Sculpture, Architecture, Biodegradable, Organic Art Materials, Corten Steel, Green News

The production of plastics, a synthetic, may be greener than the overall impact from fashioning art out of wood, what would seem to be the most organic material.

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Life Cycle: Styrofoam: Mark of the Plastic Beast

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Devil, Non-Biodegradable, Green, Earth, Landfill, Chinese Takeout, Pollution, Green Living, 6, Plastics, Recycling, Containers, Recycle, Styrofoam, Waste, Environment, Trash, Food, Eating, Sarah Smarsh, 666, Cups, Biodegradable, Brangelina, Simran Sethi, Green News

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Your Styrofoam lunch container of Mooshu pork is labeled with...

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How Green is Your Gum?

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Chewing Gum, Compost, Going Green, Green Festival, Green News, Gum, Food, Biodegradable, Green News

Gum, as it turns out, is not yet biodegradable, no matter how earth friendly the ingredients are.

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America Recycles Day

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Fabri, Scrap Metal, Liberty Bell, Up-Cyclying, Landfills, Environment, Aluminum, Plastic Bags, Biodegradable, Environmental Protection Agency, Paper, Glass, Green News

If you read anything in print you should know that the act of recycling paper decreases the demand for virgin pulp thereby reducing the devastation of forests.

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