Fashion & Beauty

Make Your Own Lipstick Alternatives

Published on March 13th, 2012 | by Vivian Nelson Melle

Feel Good Style reports, lead is toxic enough to warrant candy makers to only allow .1 parts per million (ppm). However, it's now surfaced in the cosmetic world that popular companies like L’Oreal are putting out products with up to 7.19 (ppm). While lipstick does serve the fashionista purpose of coloring the lips, most of us simply like the soft way it leave s our lips so risking our health just isn't worth it. Finding a replacement is actually rather easy. Here are a few lipstick replacements easily found and created at home... Read More


Green Resources

Practically Green: Your Online Green Habits Planner

Published on March 12th, 2012 | by Karen Lee

Practically Green is an online tool that helps you to make smart, practical, and sustainable decisions. It offers “expert advice, scientifically accurate information, and real-world, friend-to-friend recommendations for hundreds of things you can do.” Its mission [&hellip... Read More


Conservation

15 Easy Ways to Conserve Water

Published on March 9th, 2012 | by Sonya Kanelstrand

Water, just like air is vitally important for human beings. While everybody needs water, the usage of water around the world varies greatly from country to country. On average, people living in Central Africa each use [&hellip... Read More


Activism

Is Zero-VOC Paint Really Non-Toxic?

Published on March 8th, 2012 | by The Green Divas

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Green Diva Lisa was out this week, so EcoKaren, captain of EcoEtsy and editor of this very blog, sat in as guest Green Diva. We had Green Dude Paul in the studio and we all had a pretty good time! [&hellip... Read More


Eco Home Living

The Case for Using a Bidet

Published on March 8th, 2012 | by Vivian Nelson Melle

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Back in 2007 blogger Josh Madison tracked his toilet paper usage and representative of just one person, Josh reportedly used 2.8 miles of toilet paper. That's 49 rolls annually. What if there was a way to cut toilet paper usage and what if that method was already used in most parts of the world outside the United States? Enter the bidet and the method for Americans to reduce their use of toilet paper... Read More


Organic

Judge Throws Out Organic Farmers’ Suit Against Monsanto

Published on March 7th, 2012 | by Lynn Fang

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Last week, U.S. Federal District Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed the lawsuit brought by thousands of organic farmers against agribusiness giant Monsanto. The suit was intended to protect organic farmers from infringing on Monsanto’s future crop patents, [&hellip... Read More


Children

The Return of Woodsy Owl

Published on March 6th, 2012 | by Vivian Nelson Melle

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In the 70's, Woodsy Owl spread the word of honoring the environment with his, "Give a hoot, don't pollute" message. 2011 marked his 40th anniversary and 2012 marks his return with an animated series. Learn about Woodsy Owl's new adventures and how his timeless message resonates even louder with a new generation of young eco-warriors... Read More


Conservation

Why You Need a Home Electricity Usage Audit

Published on March 5th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor

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The following guest post is by Your Energy Team, a energy audit company based in New Jersey. If you believe like I do, every dollar wasted needlessly or without any actual return, is not only requiring [&hellip... Read More


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