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On the homepage of the Container Recycling Institute is a counter clocking how many beverage containers have been landfilled, littered and incinerated in the United States. This year alone the counter has tallied over 125 billion bottles and cans. Amazingly, the average American drinks around 60 gallons of soda each year, sadly, only 33-45 percent [...]

If you haven’t heard of SPUN yet, don’t worry.  You will.  The lovely and talented founder of the company, Sara Seumae is riding a wave of popularity as her sustainable, chic designs continue to gain a reputation among fashionistas.  I had the opportunity to “meet” Sara online and asked her if she’d let [...]

 
There are certain cultural traditions that are hard to let go of, especially when it comes to weddings and event planning, and the invitation is one of them. No matter how much of an eco-chick you are, sending out wedding invites via email might just not cut it for you. Fortunately, more and more, [...]

One With Nature has teamed up with Susan G. Komen for the Cure for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October). For every Rose Petal Soap sold from their Dead Sea Mineral Soap collection, 10% of the sales will be donated to the cause. Wrapped in biodegradable artisinanally designed packaging, this 100% vegetable based, mild exfoliating bar [...]

If you’re like me, you love getting mail. The holiday cards, the thank you notes, etc. There is little more exciting than the sound of opening an envelope and reading a real piece of mail. But what I hate is the junk mail. Specifically the catalogs that clog my mailbox and pile up day after [...]

Last month I attended a green expo in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It was fun and there were a lot of interesting people to share stories, peddle eco-wares, and wax prolific on everything organic, local, and carbon neutral. One of the booths at the event was We Add Up.
We Add Up has a sharp design [...]

Last night I was reading my favorite magazine, Orion. Bill McKibben was discussing the campaign 350. From the website:
350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts [...]

Many people think that when you live in the suburbs you are only surrounded by tiny plots of land with mowed lawns and white picket fences. That’s not the case for me. I am very fortunate to live within a half mile of a forest reserve of more than 2,000 acres of undeveloped land. Twice [...]

I was really bummed when I was planning on featuring some of Nau’s new summer fashions on this site and I got to their homepage and learned they were closing shop. But then…..
……they confounded us all by throwing a HUGE summer sale which had ridiculously good deals as part of their liquidation. It just [...]

A green woodland burial site in the UK where the ‘headstones’ are saplings
Today, there are many environmentally responsible decisions that one can make regarding the ‘eternal rest.’ Mortality is not the most popular topic at the water cooler, but talking green lightens things up. Why not choose a departure that honors not only an [...]