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Twenty-First Century Fish Tale

Risa Shoup | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polybe and Seats, Sigg, A Thousand Thousand Slimy Things, North Central Pacific Gyre, Sigg Bottles, Katya Schapiro, New York News
Risa Shoup

A Thousand, Thousand Slimy Things is a play the raises awareness about marine conservation wrapped in fantasia. It is at once an engaging fiction and a harrowing tale of the dangers of pollution.

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The Newest Old Business Trend

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outdoor, Website, Craig Mathews, Sales, Charity, Songwriter, Brushfire Records, Patagonia, Million, Dollars, Perception, Business, Amen, Membership, Cause, Believers, Income, Executives, Countries, Products, Philanthropy, 1% for the Planet, 1% FTP, Clif Bar, Apparel, Percentage, Albums, Sigg, Marketing, Volcom, Sierra Club, Positive, Old Testament, Brands, Earth, Church, Blue Ribbon Flies, Recruit, Nonprofits, Supplier, Organization, Religion, Corporations, Companies, Bible, Nature, Image, Tithing, Environment, Jack Johnson, Logo, Members, Singer, Fishing, Mba, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Yvon Chouinard, Business News
Avital Binshtock

Tithing -- offering a percentage of income for a cause -- dates back to the Old Testament. And lately its popularity is surging in the business world.

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The Best Reusable Water Bottles (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Water Bottles, Klean-Kanteen, Water, Reuse, Bpa, Eco-Friendly, Sigg, Green Living, Nalgene, Green News

Worldwide, 2.7 million tons of plastic are used each year to make disposable drinking bottles. Manufacturing these bottles requires an estimated 47 mi...

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Eco Etiquette: How Do I Avoid The Sneakiest Sources Of BPA?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Green Living Advice, Bpa, Industrial Chemicals, Canned Foods, Food Politics, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bisphenol A, Sigg, FDA and BPA, Nalgene, Eden Organic, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. My daughter opened up my ...

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Sigg Says Sorry, Patagonia Dumps Sigg

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Coca-Cola, Del Monte, Chicago, Takepart, Patagonia, Bpa, Sigg, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California

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Sigg Zigs, Zags and Sags

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Patagonia, Sigg, Bisphenol A, Ewg, Steve Wasik, Green News
Ken Cook

Patagonia has dumped its co-branding program with SIGG over the bottle maker's blatant conning of eco-conscious consumers regarding BPA.

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SIGG CEO: I'm Sorry

Steve Wasik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Environment, Sigg, Water Bottles, Bpa Water Bottles, Green News
Steve Wasik

I am writing to apologize. As Chief Executive Officer of SIGG, a leading maker of reusable water bottles, I made a mistake when I decided not to announce that our old bottle liner contained trace amounts of bisphenol A.

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SIGG: It's Not Easy Not Being Green

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Sigg, Bisphenol A, Green Celebrities, Tobey Maguire, Zac Efron, Jessica Alba, Sigg Bottles, Lucy Liu, Scarlett Johansson, Heidi Klum, Cindy Crawford, Cameron Diaz, Green News
Elaine Shannon

SIGG slogans like "Eco Logical" and "Friends don't let friends drink from plastic" are ringing hollow in the wake of the admission that the company coated its bottles' insides with BPA-based epoxy resin until August 2008.

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SIGG Should Apologize, Offer Refunds to Consumers

Ken Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Sigg, Corporate Ethics, Bisphenol A, Children's Health and BPA, Environment, Water Bottles, Chemicals, Epa, Green News
Ken Cook

Nothing SIGG CEO Steve Wasik has said changed my view about their discredited efforts to mislead consumers and retailers about its products.

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Hot Water: How SIGG Lost My Trust (And Kind of Broke My Heart)

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green News, Simran Sethi, Bpa, Sigg, Green Living, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, Bisphenol A, Green News
Simran Sethi

At no point did SIGG ever correct the public's misperception that their bottles were BPA-free. In fact, they profited from it.

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Sneaky Sigg Sold BPA

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Kleen Kanteen, Polycarbonate Plastic, Chicago, Fda, Sigg Bottles, Takepart, Bpa, Nalgene, Sigg, Environmental Working Group, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

Millions of others joined the Sigg bandwagon after learning about the horrors of many reusable plastic bottles that contain BPA or polycarbonate. However, it seems like we were duped.

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This Week In Green: Water Scandals, Whole Foods Anger, KFC's "Double Down" And More

Katherine Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Slidepoll, Green Stories, Epa Water, This Week in Green, Kfc Double Down, Sigg Waterbottles, Kfc, Sigg, Green News
Katherine Goldstein

We had another interesting week in green news: everything from several alarming stories about tap water (and water bottles), to perhaps the most outra...

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Can SIGG Salvage Its Brand After BPA?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Wasik, Bpa, Sigg, Bisphenol A, Water Bottles, Sigg Bottles, Plastic Bottles, Sigg and BPA, Green News
Elaine Shannon

Steve Wasik, chief executive officer of SIGG, has made an astonishing admission: the company's aluminum water bottles manufactured before August 2008, were made with epoxy resin that contains bisphenol A (BPA).

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Why I'll Swig From My Sigg No More

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Bottles, Cdc, Polycarbonate Plastic, Sigg Bottles, Steve Wasik, Sigg, Fda, Klean Kanteen, Bpa Bisphenol A, Bpa Bans, Green News
Nena Baker

Good-bye Sigg. Hello Klean Kanteen.

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Pessimism: I'll Drink to That!

Steve Wasik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsweek, Mood Swings, Economy, Panic, Usweekly, News, The Daily Show, Sigg, Green News
Steve Wasik

The Conference Board, which has tracked Americans mood swings since 1967, released figures showing that consumer confidence has reached an all time low. Sobering, but in light of the latest media coverage, hardly surprising news.

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