Green Grocery Shopping on a Budget
Want to green your grocery cart, but think organic foods
are out of your price range? Think again. If you pick and choose
your spots and know how to shop smart, you can make healthy purchases
that are good for you and your wallet. (more)
How to be Greener: Cleaning Your Clothes
We know how fast that laundry basket can fill up. Enormous
amounts of water and power are used daily to clean our dirty clothes
(not to mention bed linens and towels). And for the garments you
drop off at the dry cleaner-do
you know how harmful the chemicals are? Luckily, there are simple
steps you can take to clean your clothes so that they're better for you
and the environment.(more)
Transportation By The Numbers
Transportation facts underscore the need for reform. Transportation
is one of the biggest causes of global warming pollution in the U.S.
Our inefficient use of roadways and public transportation are only
part of the problem.Check out our list of startling facts and figures.
(more)
Making choices that are good for you and
the oceans
We keep hearing about the health benefits of eating fish,
but at the same time, we're warned that eating too much fish could
expose us to unsafe levels of mercury and PCBs. There's also
overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction to consider.
So what's a responsible consumer to do? (more)
5 Natural Products that Get the Job Done
Your intentions are good. But did you know that the
very cleaning products you use to rid your home of germs and bacteria
could actually be leaving behind harmful toxins with every swipe?
(more)
Energy Watch:
Using
energy more efficiently and moving to renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal,
and bioenergy) would significantly reduce our emissions of heat-trapping
gases.
The United States currently produces 70 percent of its electricity from
fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil, but only two percent from
renewable sources. Since the burning of fossil fuels releases
large amounts of carbon dioxide—the leading cause  of global warming—but
renewable energy does not, increasing the share of our electricity generated
from renewable resources is one of the most effective ways to reduce global
warming emissions.
Cars and trucks are another significant source (25 percent) of U.S. carbon
dioxide emissions. A serious effort to address global warming must therefore
reduce emissions from cars and trucks. Many technologies already exist that
can do this, while also creating new jobs in the U.S. automotive sector
and other industries throughout the country. In addition, American consumers
would save billions of dollars on gasoline, and we would reduce our dependence
on foreign oil.
By putting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and vehicle
technology solutions in place at the federal level, we can reduce
our contribution to global warming while creating a stronger, healthier,
and more secure nation. (more)
Waste management
 Outdoor-gear
label Patagonia is collecting used clothing (regardless of brand)
made from Polartec and Capilene to melt and make into new fabric
and clothes. (Some of that fleece is especially virtuous, starting
out as fabric made from recycled plastic.) The company estimates
that making polyester fiber out of recycled garments, compared
with using new polyester, will result in a 76% energy savings and
reduce greenhouse gases 71%. To shear your own fleece, visit (more)
Deforestation
An acre of forest is cut every second world wide. Every
continent is being deforested except for Antarctica .
In Europe the forest were cut back so long ago that scientists
that look at paintings to see what kind of trees grew there. Only
1/5 of the world's frontier forests remain intact. (more) | 
