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5 Ways to Celebrate National Yoga Month
September is National Yoga Month, and whether you’re a daily practitioner, hot yoga addict or simply just in it for the Savansana, greening your routine takes less effort than any pose you’ll be twisting yourself into. 1. Switch to a recycled mat Yoga mats are typically made from plastic #4 PVC, but there are several [...]
EPA Announces College Football Challenge
The University of Georgia’s 2009 home opener against South Carolina resulted in more than 70 tons of trash. And as one study by Michigan State points out, most trash at these types of events could have been recycled or composted. This football season, colleges around the country can capitalize on their waste. As part of [...]
A Few Reasons to Show Some Love for Bugs
Do a typical search on “insects” on an environmental website and you’ll mostly get results about green options to keep the buggers away. But there are reasons why we should have a little more compassion for our tiny fellow earth-dwellers (even if you are a New Yorker fighting the bed bug plague!). Believe it or [...]
How to Recycle a Metal Water Bottle
Did you switch to a metal water bottle to cut back on plastic waste or because of the potential health effects of a reusable plastic bottle? No matter how durable the bottle is, you’ll eventually need to dispose of it, and recycling is a possibility. Unlike disposable plastic bottles, most curbside recycling programs will not [...]
A Car So Clean You Could Drink the Exhaust
Mercedes Benz displayed its “car of tomorrow” this week at the US Open in Queens, N.Y. Set to be released in California this November, the new B-Class F-CELL is the first zero-emission vehicle from the luxury dealer. Sascha Sim, head of advanced product planning for Mercedes, compares the car’s water vapor output to hot breath [...]
Friendly Gossip Saves One Community $6.5 Million
It’s probably safe to assume that most of the people living on Molokai, a 260-square-mile isle in the state of Hawaii, know one another — at least that’s what Francois Rogers of the Blue Planet Foundation was counting on. As Greentech Media reports, it was the chatter among friends that made the Go Green & Carbon Clean program a [...]
California Senate Rejects Plastic Bag Ban Bill
California Bill AB 1998 (commonly referred to as the Plastic Bag Ban Bill) was rejected by the California Senate on Tuesday after it failed to receive the two-third majority vote. It would have been the first state-wide plastic bag ban in the U.S. AB 1998 would have prohibited any grocery store or other large retailer [...]
The Revival of the Cardboard Chair
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a cardboard chair that is both comfortable and sturdy! If you’re a devoted Earth911.com reader, doubtless you’ve seen our snarky remarks about our own cardboard chair misadventures last year. But incredibly, our faith in this fantastic and recyclable material-cum-furniture has been restored. A while back, Earth911 met up [...]
Newspapers Go Digital, Print Goes…On Your Wall?
Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Brasil announced that it will become the first in the country to become 100 percent digital. While it’s a trend American print has already seen – thanks to the iPad and the continued success of online publishing – it got us to thinking about how much newsprint will actually be saved. [...]
The Week-long ‘No Impact’ Challenge Is On
In November of 2006, self described “guilty liberal,” Colin Beavan, snapped and decided to swear off plastic, go organic, become a bicycle nut, compost, turn off his power and “generally become a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter [...]
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