Tag: Living
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How Buying Organic Improves the Planet
There’s so many reasons to buy organic. Organic products taste great, reduce health risks and are higher quality because they meet stringent standards. Organic farmers respect water resources, build healthy soil and work in harmony with nature. Can choosing just one organic product out of every 10 items you buy make a difference? The Organic Center…
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How to Make Your Own Natural Cleaning Products
By Annie B. Bond Most synthetic cleaning products are based on age-old formulas that used natural ingredients and were passed down through the generations because the chemistry was right. Going back to the original, naturally derived ingredients is a way to make your own cleaning products that are effective, don’t pollute your home and save money. Most of…
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U.S. Banks Financing Rainforest Destruction for Palm Oil Plantations
A new report names major U.S. and European banks that are financing land grabs in Indonesia for palm oil production—which is harming the rainforest and the lives of the people who live there—and the investors who are profiting from the business. Palm oil producers in Indonesia are clearing tropical rainforests to plant their oil palm trees, obliterating the…
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14 Ways to Green Your Thanksgiving
Take these small steps to make your Thanksgiving celebration more environmentally friendly: 1. Use the good dishes and cloth napkins. Disposable dishes and plastic utensils create a ton of waste. If reusable won’t work, choose disposable plates, cups, napkins and utensils made from 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled paper, sugarcane and corn—they are compostable, too. [caption…
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100,000 Americans Tell McDonald’s to Pass on Biotech Fries
Food & Water Watch (FWW) delivered a letter signed by more than 100,000 Americans telling fast-food giant McDonald’s not to buy a new genetically engineered organism (GMO)—a potato from one of its main suppliers that is up for approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Innate brand GMO potato that awaits regulatory approval was…