Tag Archives: Environment

Green Gift Ideas

The holidays are here and the days are ticking away to Christmas. As you shop and frantically search for the perfect gift, keep the environment in mind this year with eco-friendly gifts. Or maybe you just have a environmentally conscious family member or relative … Continue reading

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Watch Food, Inc.

In Food, Inc., (now playing) filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our … Continue reading

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No Bags For Florida

You hear the question almost every time you go to the market: Paper or plastic? But both of those options might soon be against the law in Florida. A new report from Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection calls for retail … Continue reading

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Vegan Fashion: A Cruelty-Free Closet

Being vegan doesn’t mean you have to be unfashionable- only more selective. If an animal was harmed to make a material that goes into clothing, that material is off limits. So leather, wool, and silk, which requires destroying the worm to … Continue reading

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Is McDonald’s Green?

McDonald’s is a fast food chain with contradictions. The restaurant ships in food from all over the world on carbon-intensive planes and trucks, while simultaneously installing electric vehicle plug-in stations at a “green” branch of the chain. PETA accuses McDonald’s … Continue reading

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