It isn’t always easy to be an eco consumer in every area of your life but switching to a green beauty routine is a quite pleasant experience for many. With ultra gentle plant-based formulations that are kind on sensitive skin and beautiful scents of essential oils, organic skin care is the perfect way to look [...]
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Virtually every industry has made efforts to go green, but higher education has made some major changes to help reduce its carbon footprint and present a more environmentally sustainable model. As green issues such as pollution and climate change continue to make headlines, many higher education institutions to instill green values and habits into their [...]
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This week’s photo gallery features the best photographs of endangered species sourced from Flickr Check out the full gallery below. Click any image to enlarge it and to find out the animal’s name, and visit WWF to find out how you can help protect these beautiful endangered animals. Do you have a photo you would like included [...]
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For many years, the hockey stick graph was the main indicator that global warming was actually happening. But recently the accumulation of more and more clues that climate change is not only real, but increasingly relevant, has scientists alarmed. Joining troubling signs like the disappearance of permafrost and melting glaciers is the seemingly harmless shift [...]
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Living a green lifestyle can be accomplished in college, and is actually very easy to do. Colleges are promoters of environmentally friendly living and support efforts to be green beyond recycling and reusing. Below is advice on living a low cost green lifestyle in college, and tips in specific areas such as housing, transportation, books, [...]
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Composting toilets are a unique, eco-friendly way to handle waste without the need for plumbing, septic, or sewer connections. They save water, money, and contribute toward an overall green lifestyle. And did I mention that they are completely odorless? From my standpoint, what’s not to love about such a unique and eco-friendly fixture? However, in [...]
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When you think about ‘going organic,’ you probably first think about your food, second about your clothes, and third about your toiletries. But how often do you consider your bedding – or more importantly, your pillow? It may not be the first object that comes to mind when you think about living a green lifestyle, [...]
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In much of the developed world, there is a growing interest among the general public in “going green,” or, at the very least, considering the environmental consequences of their actions and lifestyle choices. With issues like global warming, water pollution, and unsustainable farming practices becoming increasingly prominent in the public eye, concern about the environment [...]
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Daniel Turp, law professor and former Bloc Quebecois MP, along with Julius Grey, a Montreal based lawyer, are suing the Federal Government on its decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol Treaty that was given Royal Assent in 2007. Both men are suing the government because having withdrawn from Kyoto “contravenes the principles of [...]
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A conversation about energy efficient lighting usually revolves around switching light bulbs to CFLs and LEDs – not installing a few dimmers. However, dimmers and other types of lighting controls represent the essence of sustainable lighting: Avoiding wasting electricity. With dimmers, you set the lighting levels to the exact brightness that you desire. It’s the [...]
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