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21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle
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) Instead of throwing everything in the trash, take a second look at items and see if there is another use for them.
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Sustainable Pet: 6 Ways to Green Your Cat or Dog
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) Here are Green America’s top five high-impact ways to green your dog or cat.
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How to Start a Bike Co-op
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) A great example of taking old objects and making them new again.
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Cook One Meal, Eat for a Week
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) Three women who bring their families together through a brilliant idea.
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Caring for Children and Elders, Cooperatively
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) An ingenious way to join as a community.
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7 DIY Cooperatives at Home
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) Bring your community together and aid elders, children, and pets.
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Why Bottled Water Isn’t Better
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) Bottled water comes with hefty social and environmental costs. Here’s why bottled water isn’t worth the price many pay for it.
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The Facts About Water Filters
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) If you choose the right filter, you can minimize or eliminate the contaminants of highest concern. Here’s what you need to know about water filters.
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Are Your Candles Toxic?
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) A toxic candle can affect your personal health as well as home appliances. To protect yourself and your home, make sure your candles are safe.
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Global Sugar Workers
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) My colleagues Martha van Gelder and Tracy Fernandez Rysavy have been sharing their experience with kicking the sugar habit on this blog for the past week or so.
We’ve all been delving deeply into sugar issues recently, working to prepare “…
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The Bangladesh Tragedy and Our Clothing Choices
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A small bit of light came out of Bangladesh today in the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse that has to date killed at least 244 people—most of them garment factory workers making clothes for US retailers. The CBC reports that 40…
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Human Trafficking in Thailand
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Last Friday, the US State Department released its 2014 Global Trafficking in Persons Report—an annual report that documents human trafficking around the world and each country’s efforts to combat the issue. In this report, State downgraded…
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FAQs about Smartphone Sweatshops
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) What is the problem with smartphone manufacturing? We answer your most frequent questions on smartphone sweatshops.
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Introduction to Sustainable Clothing
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) When you shop for new clothes, a number of factors can affect the social and environmental impacts of your purchases. For example, about 14.2 million workers worldwide are trapped in forced and exploitative working conditions, including those in…
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Make Do and Mend (GAM)
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) During WWII, the British Ministry of Information released a pamphlet titled “Make Do and Mend.” It provided tips on how to be both frugal and stylish in times of harsh rationing. Readers were advised to create pretty “decorative patches” to cover…
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Victory: Eliminating Chemicals in Apple products
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This spring, Green America’s End Smartphone Sweatshops campaign, in partnership with China Labor Watch (CLW), called on Apple to remove toxic chemicals including benzene and n-hexane from its supplier factories in China. Only five months into the…
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Apple Undercover Report
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) Green America and China Labor Watch released the findings of an undercover investigation we conducted at one of Apple’s supplier factories.
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Samsung Scorecard
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) Recently, Dan Watch and Electronics Watch released Winds of Change, a report which details the harsh working conditions of the electronics manufacturing sector, particularly the problems caused by occupational exposure to dangerous chemicals.
The…
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Where to Buy Fair Trade
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Finding Fair Trade products has never been easier. Not only has the steady growth of the Fair Trade market brought more and more products into supermarkets and local retail stores, but the internet has brought almost every possible Fair Trade…
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What Is Fair Trade and Fair Labor?
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) Learn why fair trade and fair labor are important for the next time you buy chocolate, clothes, or any number of products.
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