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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, Décor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News
Simran Sethi

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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How to Green Your Art Collection

Avital Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Artisans, Sculpture, Green, Earth, Conservation, Artists, Painting, Paper, Soy, Recycling, Art, Diy, Environment, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Global Warming, National Parks, Ink, Green News
Avital Andrews

If you're an art collector, aficionado, or appreciator, these four tips should help you shift your collection (or simply the way you see art) into a more earth-minded endeavor.

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The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Anemia, US Military, Military, Newborns, Health, Screening, Food Additives, Racism, Food, Genetics, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Soy, g6pd, Malaria, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Randall Amster

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

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Go Green With Your Bikini Wax

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bikini Wax, Pine Sap, Bikini, Organix Wax, Summer, Wax, Soy, Green News

Instead of succumbing to painful, environmentally-taxing waxing treatments, we've got a couple of tricks to make your coiffing experience green and pa...

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Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes

Josh Tickell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Orangutan, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Future of Fuel, Sugarcane, Logging, Conservation, Malaysia, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Deforestation, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News
Josh Tickell

The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.

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It's Time to Enjoy More Soy: April is National Soy Foods Month

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Eggs, American Institute for Cancer Research, Breast Cancer, Osteoporosis, Dairy, Tofu, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, John Robbins, Vegetarianism, Meat, Soy, Healthy Living News
Bruce Friedrich

Soy foods are not only nutritious, they're delicious and versatile. Soy products can be used in everything from stir fries and smoothies to cheeseburgers and cheesecakes.

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Brazilian Coffee, Soybeans Threatened By Climate Change

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Climate Change, Environment, Brazil, Coffee, Soybeans, Soy, Food, Food Crisis, Effects of Climate Change, Green News

BRASILIA, Brazil — The future for Brazil's mighty farm sector could be grim, with hotter temperatures pushing crops past its borders, uphill int...

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Colorado Company Takes Algae-Based Fuel to the Next Level

Green Inc. | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Co2, Automobiles, Biofuels, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green News, Solix, Algae, Climate Change, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News

A Colorado company will break ground early next year on an algae farm that is intended to produce thousands of gallons of substitutes for gasoline and...

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