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Food Choices
Buy Local, Buy Organic When you choose organically grown local foods, you avoid the pesticides that can cause health issues. Organic produce is also high in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. By choosing wild-caught and free-range fish and grass-fed beef and lamb, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Collaboration, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),, Environment, Green, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainability, Waste Minimization
Tagged Cooperative, Farmers Market, Food cooperative, Grocery store, Local food, Local purchasing, National Cooperative Grocers Association
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Tree Facts
1 tree makes on average 16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333 sheets The average U.S. office worker prints 10,000 pages per year In 2004 the United States used 8 million tons of office paper (3.2 billion reams). That’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sustainability, Waste Minimization
Tagged Carbon dioxide, Deforestation
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Plastic water bottles are not entirely at fault
Now I did it! I can just hear the computer keyboards start clicking away beneath the pounding of flying fingers, busily typing thoughts as they pass down the arms from the brain, furious at the very thought of someone giving … Continue reading
Greening Your Home or Office Greening Your Home and Office
Whether you work at home or in an office away from home, you can find simple ways to save energy, resources, money and the planet all at the same time. Greener homes are in the spotlight these days, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Green, Green Energy, Sustainability, Waste Minimization
Tagged Energy Star, lights, Office Depot, Recycling, Sierra Club
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Warning: Back-to-School supplies can be unhealthy
Time for mom and dad to do a little reading. Even though the temperature shows no indication of change, fall will soon be here. And for many of you that means back-to-school. This morning I was listening to NBC’s Today … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Green, Public Interest, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Waste Minimization
Tagged Back to School, Chemicals, Plastic, Polyvinyl Chloride
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Ten Commandments of Reusable Bag Use at the grocery store and elsewhere.
How many reusable bags to you have in your car or home? Do you use them when you shop? Who would have thought that reusable bags, thought to be the solution to plastic bag pollution, would become a problem? Reusable … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability, Waste Minimization
Tagged Paper bag, Plastic bag, Reusable shopping bag, Shopping bag
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Health Risks of Plastics
Plastic products are everywhere. More and more we are discovering there are health risks that make these convenient products not so desirable. Plastics are releasing harmful chemicals into our air, foods, and drinks. While studies are showing the health risks of plastics, they … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning the Green Way
When you’re organizing your spring cleaning keep in mind that switching to green cleaning products will improve your health, lessen adverse environmental impacts and save money. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), of the 2,863 most commonly used chemicals … Continue reading
Pharmaceuticals
Do not flush your leftover/expired medications down the sink or toilet. The old recommendation that leftover and expired medications be flushed down the toilet is one of the worst things we could be doing. Researchers have found traces of pharmaceuticals and … Continue reading
Posted in Green, LEED, Sustainability, Waste Minimization
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