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Environmental Footprint

How Heavy is Your Fitness Footprint?

Carole Carson | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Lifestyle, Longevity, Environmental Footprint, Fitness, Green, Green Living, Fitness Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Nutrition, Exercise, Childhood Nutrition, Physical Exercise, Outdoor Exercise, Childhood Obesity, Exercise Tips, Titanic, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthcare Debate, Obesity Crisis, Obesity Epidemic, Food-Production, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Carole Carson

We need to figure out how to reduce lifestyle-related diseases that trigger the need for expensive medical care in the first place. We need to lighten our fitness footprint.

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3 Steps To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint By Half

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Reduce Carbon Footprint, Airplane Travel, Environmental Footprint, Carbon-Footprint, Green Power, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Vegetarianism, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green News

While every person's footprint is a bit different, one thing is true for everyone: You can reduce your carbon footprint by half (or more!) with these ...

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Water, Water Everywhere

Michael DeJong | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Footprint, Epa, Efficient Sewage Systems, Natural Spring Water, www.stopnestlewaters.org, Potable Tap Water, 100% Recyclable, Recycled Plastic Bottles, Michael Braungart, Environmental Impact, Nestlé Waters, La Vie, Landfills, US Environmental Protection Agency, H2o, 2008 Corporate Citizenship Report, William McDonough, Nestlé Purelife, Perrier, Carbon Footprint, Speaking Truth to Power, At-Home Water Filtering, Water, Cradle-to-Cradle, Every Brand Has a Story to Tell, Green-Washing, Poland Springs, Good Food-Good Life, San Pellegrino, Bottled Water, Vittel, Panna, Contrex, Green Living, Aquarel, Green News
Michael DeJong

When a company like Nestlé pipes-up about its unfounded environmental credentials with an attempt to address ecological concerns and to self-promote as a green steward, it's "super-greenwashing."

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Conspiring Against Consumerism at Christmas

Tri Robinson | Posted 01.21.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Sustainable Living, Consumerism, Environmental Footprint, American Consumerism, Christmas, Environment, Advent Conspiracy, Simplicity, Green News
Tri Robinson

In the midst of these tumultuous economic times in our world, it's curious how our culture perceives increased consumption as the answer to this problem.

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Living The Teenage Life; Peer Pressure and Carnivores

Chloe Spencer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Vegetarian, Green Living, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Go Green, Vegetarianism, Teen Peer Pressure, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Peer Pressure, Prop 2, Animal Slaughter, Slaughterhouses, Green Eating, Social Pressure, Packaged Meats, Environmental Footprint, Green News
Chloe Spencer

Even though you buy your nicely plastic-wrapped meat at the grocery store, it doesn't mean that what's in that package didn't suffer to get there.

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Europeans Happier than Americans yet Half the Footprint

Graham Hill | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Waste, Environmental Footprint, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Happiness, Green News
Graham Hill

It seems that Europeans can live with smaller homes, less space, fewer and smaller cars, and less waste, yet still face the world grinning.

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Quiz: What's Your Environmental Footprint?

LiveScience.com | Heather Whipps | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Environmental Footprint, The Giving Life, Living News

Going "Green" is red-hot these days, but are you really in the know? How big is the human footprint we stamp on the planet, with the little steps we t...

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Biofuels Deemed A Greenhouse Threat

New York Post | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Science, Fuel, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ecosystems, Environmental Cost, Environmental Footprint, Green Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Biofuels, Business News

Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuel...

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