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The Good Human Turns 7; Let’s Give Away A Water Bottle

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Environmental Education: Google Earth Engine

As a teacher, it can be challenging to have children really grasp the effects of humans on the planet.   Thankfully, there is a powerful tool by Google that makes it really easy to visualize and...

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5 simple steps to make homemade fruit leather from leftover juice pulp

I am trying to juice more. It’s a great way to use up fruit and vegetables in the refrigerator that have passed their prime for fresh eating.  This week I made a delicious blend of apple, kiwi,...

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Recycling: Kinda’ Like Punching Hitler in the Nose

Can appealing to patriotism get more conservatives recycling? Perhaps... there's evidence it's worked before.

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A Green 4th of July

A Green 4th of July Independence Day is a holiday that celebrates our existence as a country. This is an important day for any of us proud to be American. It is also a fun summer holiday that...

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Green News For The Weekend Volume 312

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TEDx: Ann Cooper Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children [video]

Via: Food Tank TEDx: Ann Cooper Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children [video] is a post from: Eco Child's PlayTEDx: Ann Cooper Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children...

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Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food [video]

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Harvesting Justice 14: A Penny a Pound, Plus Power – the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Changes History

For most tomato pickers in the US, a bucket brings in 50 cents, a piece rate that has remained virtually unchanged for more than 30 years. Because the rate is set so low, a worker has to pick more...

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5 Ways to Replace Single Use Plastic

Single use plastic is a scourge on our environment, yet we continue to produce and use plastic products that are designed to head straight to the landfill after we use them just one time. Products...

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What’s the Return on Investment (ROI) for Sustainability?

As the cost of unsustainable products like plastic, oil, gas, and coal continue to rise, projects with positive environmental effects are now having better and better ROIs... and that's true for...

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If you eat eggs, choose cage-free [infographic]

‘Cheaper by the dozen’ comes at a price Caged egg production is one of the cruelest practices in modern farming. The vast majority of eggs consumed in North America are produced by hens that live...

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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon

As in the rest of the developed world, bike share programs now offer a clean, healthy transportation alternative in many major US cities.

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The poisoned children of China [video]

In the last four months, pollution levels in China have climbed to levels never before recorded in the history of our planet. More than 1.2 million Chinese per year are dying early due to pollution...

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Buy Once, Buy For Life: American Made Sunglasses

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Solar Lights & Water Pumps: Simple Tech for Alleviating Poverty

Can solar power help eradicate extreme poverty in the developing world? Many social entrepreneurs think so, and are investing their time and money in a variety of technologies. Here are a few more...

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Hand-Blown Glass Straws from Moxie Glass

Moxie Glass makes hand-blown glass straws that are reusable, dishwasher safe, and so cute!

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Monsanto Wins Again; Supreme Court Rules On Soybean Lawsuit

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Your Best Choices for Green Transportation [Infographic]

Looking for ways to lower your carbon footprint? Making smarter transportation choices can make a big difference.

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Raw Vegan Desserts: Superfood Chia Seed, Almond Milk, Date, Coconut Pudding Recipe

One of the benefits of having friends on cleanse, but not actually be on a cleanse yourself, is they share new healthy recipes. I just learned how to and made chia seed pudding. It is super easy!...

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Beer Brewers Banding Together to Support the Clean Water Act

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Vermont House Votes Yes on GMO Labeling Bill

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Green News For The Weekend Volume 311

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Tesla Model S EV Receives 99/100 Score From Consumer Reports

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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth

Throughout most of human existence, population growth has been so slow as to be imperceptible within a single generation. Reaching a global population of 1 billion in 1804 required the entire time...

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US maternity practices: routine vs. evidence-based

Via: ImprovingBirth.org References Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, Osterman MJ, Kirmeyer S, Mathews TJ, Wilson EC. Births: Final data for 2009. National vital statistics reports : from the...

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5 Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day is just 3 little days away! If you haven't made anything yet for mom, we've got some DIY last-minute Mother's Day gift ideas to help save the day.

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Glyphosate (key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup) linked to human health problems like Autism and Alzheimer’s

The cause of many human health problems remains a mystery, yet such diseases, like Autism, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s, are on the rise.  We don’t have to look far to find causal (critics will...

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Animal-Free Fashions: Five Reasons to Choose Alternatives to Summer Leather

“Summer leather” is one trend that has me scratching my head in confusion. Besides the obvious reason of leather sticking to you in very uncomfortable ways as it gets warmer, I’ll give you five...

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Harvesting Justice 13: We Have a Dream – Farm Workers Organize for Justice

For decades, farmworkers – the more than one million men and women who work in fields and orchards around the country – have been leading a struggle for justice in our food system. They have been...

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