Tag: Featured Living
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How Food With Palm Oil is Wiping Out Orangutans and Enslaving Workers
By Piper Hoffman “Adam,” a poor 19-year-old Indonesian, found a job driving trucks for a palm oil plantation that paid $6 a day. The foreman picked him up for a three-week, two-thousand mile journey to the worksite in Borneo. Along the way the terms of employment changed: Adam wouldn’t be paid for two years, and in…
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10 Urban Farming Projects in New York City
Who would think that one of the world’s largest cities, New York City, would be a major hub for urban agriculture? Well, it is. Food Tank has compiled a list of 10 urban farming projects providing New Yorkers fresh, local produce. 1. Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, 44 Eagle St., New York, NY A 6,000-square-foot organic vegetable…
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Film Exposes Dangers of Flame Retardant Chemicals
Chemical flame retardants are everywhere. They are in everything from our curtains and carpet to our couches, toys and kid’s pajamas. Unfortunately, these chemicals don’t stop fires. They do, however, get into our bodies and make us sick. These chemicals are linked to lower IQ in children, thyroid disease, infertility, cancer and other health problems. But under…
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Make Your Own Exfoliating Scrubs Instead of Using Products With Plastic Microbeads
If you like to have soft, glowing skin but don’t want to pollute our oceans and lakes with plastic microbeads, try these recipes and make your own exfoliating scrub with ingredients from your kitchen. Avocado Foot Softener from Healthy Child Healthy World 2 tablespoons cornmeal 2 tablespoons mashed avocado or avocado oil [caption id=”attachment_311398″ align=”alignnone”…
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Colbert Lampoons Opponents of Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
Last night, The Colbert Report did a piece on I-522, the apparently defeated Washington state initiative that would have required foods containing genetically modified organisms to be labeled. This must-watch video features Max Goldberg of livingmaxwell.com, with Colbert’s usual tongue-in-cheek humor.