People Tree Gives Laura Ashley Prints a Modern Twist for Spring 2011 (Photos)
February 27, 2011 No Comment
Laura Ashley for People Tree, Spring/Summer 2011. Photo: People Tree We’ve just finished our on site coverage of the best green fashion to emerge from New York Fashion Week for Fall 2011 — all the excitement and yet we have to wait all summer for it to hit stores — here’s a little something you can get your hands on sooner. Enter People Tree ‘s collaboration with
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Photo: paparutzi Breastfeeding is easier on the planet because formula takes energy to produce, transport, and it wastes space in landfills. Not to mention that breastfeeding is the most natural means of giving your baby the best possible start. Michelle Obama even promoted breastfeeding as a means of reducing childhood obes… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: ECHA Guidance This week Europe proposed to add seven more chemicals to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC). The addition of a chemical to the SVHC list enables European regulators to ban the chemical from the market unless it is proven that the risks are adequately controlled, or there is not a feasible substitute and the socio-economic benefits justify the risk. The pr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Wisconsin, Home Of The "Sewer Socialists," Redefining Future Of Environmental Regulation?
February 27, 2011 No Comment
“UV lamp from Radium, a Siemens company, treats 20 liters of water in about 15 minutes. Its powerful UV radiation destroys all pathogenic bacteria in the process.” Caption & image credit: Siemens . Looking over comments on my recent post Are Wisconsin Voters Willing To Take Their Chances At The Tap? , it dawned on me that topic: proposed legislation to forbid a … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo Courtesy of Virginia Krakowiak Just outside of Portland, Oregon, on a small local certified organic workers´ farm collective (that´s a mouthful), a small cabin is being built. Measuring just 16´x 20´ ( small is the new big ), it will house farmers during the harvest season. But what´s remarkable about the cabin is not what it´s for, but what it´s made of, and how it´s being made. As opposed to a lot of buildings that talk a big green game and don´… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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When Glenn Beck began his attacks on Van Jones and then the Apollo Alliance , many progressives remained silent as his theories began to be accepted by some, resulting in Jones eventually leaving the White House. Now Beck has turned his fire to some progressive groups that have lent their support to the Wisconsin protestors, including 350.org , whom he labeled as a communist organization on his Thursday and Friday Fox show. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Buyer Beware: ‘Local’ Food In Britain Comes From As Far Away As New Zealand, Study Shows
February 26, 2011 No Comment
Borough Market in Southwark, London. Photo: Herry Lawford / Creative Commons . Shoppers in England and Wales who have been carefully seeking out locally produced foods while making their market rounds came in for a shock this week when a government body announced that foods labeled “local” actually came from other European countries, and even from as far away as New Zealand…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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