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London’s Unpackaged Grocery Store Eliminates Wasteful Packaging

Steve on 01 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

London's Unpackaged Grocery Store Eliminates Wasteful Packaging

Unpackaged, a small grocery store in London England, is operating with a unique concept; sell products without any wasteful packaging. Beginning it's life as a small market stall in 2006 before so

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5 Beautiful Rain Barrel Designs

Steve on 07 31, 2009 | No Comments

5 Beautiful Rain Barrel Designs

Collecting rainwater is a great way to be eco friendly and to reduce your water consumption, but many people turn up their noses at the thought of having a big ugly plastic barrel on their porch..

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Amazon’s ‘Kindle’ is next step towards paperless culture

Steve on 11 25, 2007 | No Comments

Amazon's 'Kindle' is next step towards paperless culture

Earlier this week online giant Amazon.com released a digital reader called the Kindle, a device that has great potential to revolutionize the way we read. While ebook readers aren't new, Amazon's

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Pesticides in Produce

Steve on 08 22, 2006 | No Comments

Pesticides in Produce

A simulation done by the Environmental Working Group shows that people can lower their pesticide exposure by 90 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eatin

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Eco-friendly textile made from cellulose

Steve on 07 17, 2006 | No Comments

Eco-friendly textile made from cellulose

Tencel is a natural, man-made fiber. It has many of the qualities of synthetics, but is made of natural cellulose found in wood pulp making it fully biodegradable. The pulp used to produce Tence

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