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America Recycles Day 2010: 15 Eco-Friendly Events Around the U.S.
Today is America Recycles Day, a day dedicated by the EPA to educate communities about recycling and reducing waste. Events are taking place around the country today with the hopes of making people in your community more effective recyclers every day of the year. Chances are, there is a recycling drive happening today in your area. Check out these recycling events happening this week around the country.
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America Recycles Day 2010: 15 Eco-Friendly Events Around the U.S.
We’re Born to Laugh and Daydream All Day: Morning News Round-Up
Barely Awake — People daydream for about 30% of the day. (via BBC News)
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back — Using biofuels will cause a rise in carbon emissions. (via Organic Consumers)
Natural Instincts — Babies know how to laugh, but have to learn how to cry. (via The Daily Mail)
Nintendo Therapy — Playing Tetris could reduce traumatic flashbacks in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (via WebMD) … More »
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We’re Born to Laugh and Daydream All Day: Morning News Round-Up
Irritating Infographic: Why Your Morning Commute Sucks
Ever wonder what causes the inevitable rush hour traffic jam? Surprisingly, it’s not the mass amount of cars or crummy roads. Scientists have discovered the reason for congestion is sprawl. Check out this infographic to see how sprawl affects the commute in metropolitan areas across the country. … More »
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I’ve been saving and freezing my scraps for a week now, and I’ve already noticed that my kitchen trash can is much lighter – and less fragrant. I can’t lie: I’ve forgotten my lofty plan for eco-living a few times. (Must. Not. Scrape. Plates. Into. Trash. Can.) But soon I’ll be heading to the community composting pile, where I’ll get to commune with urban hippie-types and take home some of their nutrient-packed soil. Now, if only I had somewhere to use it.
– Blisstree Associate Editor Caroline Sloan on the challenges of eco-consciously trying to reduce, reuse, and recycle within the confines of a tiny city apartment, from her post: Composting Without a Yard? Eco-Friendly Living for Lazy Urbanites (Part 1)
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Composting Without a Yard? Eco-Friendly Living for Lazy Urbanites (Part 1)
I’ve always seen composting as the final frontier in environmentally sensitive living. Having enough outdoor space for a compost bin and a garden that could benefit from the nutrient-rich soil it yields would be great, but it’s an impossibility for someone like me who lives in a tiny urban apartment with no yard. Riding my bicycle, taking short showers, and hauling my groceries in reusable tote bags would have to do for now; composting would have to wait until I was living it up in a sprawling country estate.
So you can imagine what an ass I felt like when I discovered that several of my friends have been composting in their pint-size apartments for years. How had I missed the fact that I could compost easily and on the cheap, while lacking green space? … More »
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Composting Without a Yard? Eco-Friendly Living for Lazy Urbanites (Part 1)
Green Turkey Gallery: 10 Ways to Make Thanksgiving More Eco-Friendly
Thanksgiving, traditionally a holiday for being grateful for intangible blessings, is actually a day of mass consumption on every level. We eat a lot; we drink a lot; and the next day, we shop a lot. These behaviors easily can have a negative effect on the planet, thanks to the waste, carbon emissions, and energy use our traditions yield. This makes us feel guilty. (We also sleep a lot over Thanksgiving; this does not make us feel guilty.) So this year, we’re going to turn down the gobble-gobble and make our Thanksgiving as eco-friendly as possible. In that holiday spirit, we’ve got ten easy ways you can reduce your carbon emissions and waste this turkey day. … More »
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Green Turkey Gallery: 10 Ways to Make Thanksgiving More Eco-Friendly
Eco-Friendly Fail: 8 Ways We Emit Carbon Every Day
You buy local. You avoid using plastic. You ride your bike. You’re basically doing your best to reduce your carbon footprint. But Fast Company found eight surprising ways we emit carbon every day, without even realizing it. Check out this list and see if you’re guilty:
1. Eating. Including food production, transportation, and toilet paper use, humans emit two tons of CO2 a year just form eating.
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The Secret Life of Beef Video: Your Happy Meal Makes the Environment Sad
At Blisstree, we like to think that we know just how tough livestock production is on the environment (we yak about the topic a lot), but this 6:45 video by environmental nonprofit INFORM reaffirms several shocking facts on the subject that are well worth repeating and sharing. Namely, livestock production creates a massively negative effect on the environment (extensive water usage, destruction of trees for pasture, responsible for 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions around the world, etc.). Also, cows are not supposed to eat corn or grain. These make them sick, which is why many of them are shot up with so many antibiotics. (Did you know that 70% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are for livestock, not humans?) … More »
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The Secret Life of Beef Video: Your Happy Meal Makes the Environment Sad
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