January 31, 2008
Environment, Issues
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Campaign to Get All Plastic Grocery Store Bags Eliminated From U.S. Super Markets
Note to all visitors, especially those returning — for the link to sign the petition, scroll to the end of the article or until you see the “VOTE” image. For updates on the campaign, scroll to the very end of the posting.
Details of the Campaign Here:
Plastic bags consumed this year:
On January 22, 2008, Whole Foods Market, the global leader in the natural and organic foods market space, formally announced that it will permanently end the use of all disposable plastic grocery store bags. This decision affects all of its 270 stores, and is set to be completed by Earth Day, or April 22, 2008. We at Green Eggs and Planet, are fully behind this small but significant step forward in terms of global consciousness and environmental awareness. (Read our take on the original story here). And this got us to thinking.
What about the rest of the super markets and grocery stores out there across the land? What are they waiting for? Read the rest…
January 25, 2008
Environment, Green Building, Issues
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Energy Star Certification Symbol
taken from EnergyStar.gov
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
January 24, 2008
Cars and Transport, Environment, Issues, Making Money Being Green
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Making Green the Diesel Machine
Mike Marino
In this automotive age of gastronomical gas guzzling internal combustion carnivores there is one question that comes up time after time. Is it truly possible that a vehicle can change its ways and become a big bad bodacious heavy metal bio-diesel vegetarian that is eco-friendly to the consumer and to the environment? Can these predators of petroleum persuasion turn over a more environmentally sound new leaf?
The answer is a resounding yes and today that new leaf is Read the rest…
January 20, 2008
Environment, Issues
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Recycling Symbol
taken from Ecocycle.org
The three arrows symbol is not an indication that an item can be recycled. The recycling symbol is unregulated, meaning that no authority controls who places the symbol on what product, be it recyclable or not.
January 17, 2008
Stuff
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Mr. Bacon vs. Monsieur Tofu: Who Wins?
According to the ad copy at the website Archie McPhee, “Mr. Bacon and Monsieur Tofu ($9.95 each) are fired up and ready to rumble, but only one can remain at the top of the food chain! Mr. Bacon stands 5-5/8″ tall and fights for everything salty, greasy and meaty. Monsieur Tofu is 3-3/8″ tall and represents all things made of coagulated soy milk. The winner gets eaten for dinner! Each vinyl figure has bendable arms and legs.” That’s pretty much all anyone needs to know.
If you’re into vinyl figurines and you’re a vegetarian, hey — why not indulge a little bit.
January 16, 2008
Green Blogs
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Not bad, friends — Green Eggs and Planet has gone up in the ranks more than half a dozen pages in just a week or so. Excellent work. As content continues to fill out the site and we deliver more and more quality information on green living, health and wellness, exercise and political issues, there is no doubt in my mind we’ll move even further up the ranks.
The green blog Green Eggs and Planet, at the time of this screen shot, was number 242 out of a total of more than thirty million search results for the keyword phrase “green blog.”
Stay tuned for more progress….
January 15, 2008
Environment, Film and Tele, Health, Issues, People
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Speaks About Environment, Health and Democracy
Running Time: 58 min 47 sec
From: March 3, 2005
Location: UC Berkeley, California
Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses the impact that changes in the environment can have on health, in the Seventh Annual Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Lecture in Health Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: “Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.”
January 15, 2008
Apparel, Body Care, Cars and Transport, Environment, Home, Stores, Stuff
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Shopping Green Made Easy!
Finally, something like an online mall of highly evaluated, all green products for the savvy and eco-conscious shopper. According to EVO, the new website dedicated to providing shoppers with green-rated products ready for consumption, they “only feature products that have a minimum of one Green Attribute.” Intended as a guide for shopping, the Green Attributes might include things like solar options, sweatshop- or cruelty-free manufacturing processes, bamboo materials, ecologically friendly packaging, energy-star rating or biodiesel fuel inclusion.
The inherent greenness of a product is judged by how it’s made, the materials that it consists of, the travel distance from manufacturing to consumer or marketplace and the quality of the energy that is used to power it. From these factors, then, EVO has generated a rating system — next to each item they feature on the site, Read the rest…
January 14, 2008
Stuff
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SIGG: The Original Swiss Bottle
If you haven’t heard of it yet, then take a second and check it out: SIGG, “The Original Swiss Bottle” (average price is around $24-), is known the world over for uncompromising quality and the highest level of craftsmanship that comes with “nearly 100 years of heritage and experience.” The secret? the proprietary component (there’s only one!) that goes into the manufacture of these bottles is seamless and without weak points — thus the durability factor. Just you try to break one of them. Can’t do it. Relentlessly field tested by those in the field determined to find the most rock-solid of all water bottles, the SIGG has risen to the top time and time again.
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