environment

The Hard Facts About Bottled Water

The Hard Facts About Bottled Water Have you ever thought about that bottle of water you’re drinking? Most of us consume bottled water in massive quantities without giving it a second thought. We buy it by the case, burn through the bottles, and then toss them in the trash. And we do all this without considering the cost of making bottled water. It’s understandable. There are times when clean water simply isn’t available and you have to drink prepackaged water. But before making decisions ...[READ MORE]

Hawaii First State To Ban Plastic Bags

Plastic bags are the modern environmental scourge — piling up in landfills, polluting the oceans and choking wildlife. Now, Hawaii has taken a stand by becoming the first U.S. state to ban plastic bags at checkout counters. Hawaii has always valued the land, or "Aina," so the step isn't too surprising. Four of the state's five counties have passed plastic bag bans (Hawaii's Kalawao County, the only outlier, is hardly populated), the Huffington Post reported. "Being a marine state, perhaps, we ...[READ MORE]

Unacceptable Levels – A film about chemicals in our bodies and how they got there

Over 80,000 chemicals flow through our system of commerce, and many are going straight into our bodies. Even our unborn children are affected. Due to this constant exposure, we have approximately 200 synthetic industrial chemicals interacting with our cells every single day. Until recently, modern science really didn’t understand what that could mean for all of us in the long run, but that is changing. Globally, disease rates are on the rise. Theories about the causes abound, yet the issues ...[READ MORE]

Information You Should Know About Water Conservation Products

Water conservation products provide many benefits in terms of reducing energy and resource consumption, cost effectiveness and overall environmental friendliness. That is why so many people have already installed these products in their faucets, shower heads and toilets. High-efficiency shower heads, toilets and aerators can reduce monthly bills while minimizing a home’s impact on the environment and reducing the amount of water the residents consume. Some people fear that they will not get the ...[READ MORE]

5 Convincing Reasons To Go Solar

5 Convincing Reasons to Go Solar By Derek Smith If you are reading this you probably have already decided to look into getting a solar panel set up. Perhaps you haven’t ‘pulled the trigger’ as it were; because you are not quite convinced it’s worth it. My hope is that the following information will help you make the right decision and get that home solar power system up and running. Here are the 5 top reasons you should go solar. #5. It’s good for the planet I know, many of you cannot believe ...[READ MORE]

Blue Marbles Project: Share Random Acts of Gratitude!

Born from the wildly popular, absurdly simple, neuroscience-based initiative of marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols, the Blue Marbles Project is an environmental/social outreach campaign that seeks to reconnect people to our water planet through the science of gratitude. The project began on Jacques Cousteau’s 100th birthday, nearly three years ago and has expanded rapidly around the world. To date, Blue Marbles have been shared globally with millions of people in celebration of our beautiful, ...[READ MORE]

Earth Day – April 22, 2013

Earth Day - April 22, 2013 Today is Earth Day! Over one billion people in 192 countries are participating from London to Sao Paolo, Seoul to Babylon City, New Delhi to New York, Rome to Cairo; people everywhere are taking action in their communities and helping depict The Face of Climate Change. How can you get involved? Attend an Earth Day event in your community, start doing something to lower your carbon footprint, and take a photo of yourself being part of the solution and upload it to The ...[READ MORE]

California Attorney General Sues Companies Over False Biodegradable Claims

LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general's office on Wednesday sued three companies over allegations they misled consumers by marketing plastic water bottles as biodegradable. The lawsuit – said to be the first government action to enforce the state's environmental marketing law – accuses ENSO Plastics of Mesa, Ariz., of falsely claiming their bottles would biodegrade in less than five years, leaving behind no harmful materials. It is illegal in California to label a plastic food or drink ...[READ MORE]

Food & Water Watch – Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118

Help Clean Up Florida Waterways Bottled water does serious damage to our environment, and it should pay its fair share of the cleanup. Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118, a bill that will use a surcharge on bottled water to fund a new program to clean up bottled water trash from the environment. Support bottled water trash cleanup! You see it everywhere. Trash from bottled water shows up in our neighborhoods and parks, polluting the environment. On top of that, bottled water costs ...[READ MORE]

Plastic – A Cancer In Our Environment

Plastic – A Cancer In Our Environment- Florida Keys Wildlife Rescue Silently spreading, leaching toxins, maiming and killing, plastics, the darling of modern society because of their versatility and heretofore low cost, are beginning to show their true colors. Derived from chemically-altered petroleum and often combined with toxic additives, plastics are no longer inexpensive to produce, due to increasing oil prices, nor are they inert products; they release toxins into the environment. People ...[READ MORE]