Many people love their indoor carpeting and look forward to having brand new wall to wall carpeting installed. Did you realize however, that no matter how clean you keep your rug, even if you steam clean it weekly, it is still highly toxic to you, your family and your pets?
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Is Your Carpet Toxic?
Is Ethanol the Solution or a Bigger Problem?
It might be acceptable if the amber waves of pesticides are feeding thousands of starving people, but now it seems that massive government subsidies are in place to promote ethanol which takes more fuel to create than it produces in the end. Is ethanol an environmental nightmare?
Why Eco Parenting is Best
If you are a parent or would like to be one, going green should be a major priority for your family. You may ask why. Dozens of cleaning and personal care products purchased at local grocery stores contain harmful chemical ingredients. Unprecedented exposure to chemicals contaminants, pollution, toxic products and stress increase unhealthy conditions, from arthritis and cancer to heart disease and even symptoms of aging.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/emeraldcity/2008/03/filterforgood-f.html
Ditched the bottled water habit? Then you'll want a water filter -- and a to-go bottle. And those in the water biz are a step ahead of you: Brita and Nalgene have combined their forces to create the FilterForGood campaign, encouraging people to drink filtered tap water in to-go reusable bottles instead of continuously buying bottled water.
Eco Friendly and Stylish Diaper Bags
Even parents who are "in the know" and forego diapers entirely by using elimination communication, still need to carry items for thier little one from time to time. What better way than in a stylish, trendy Fleurville Re-run diaper bag, crafted from recycled water bottles!
A Floating, Plastic Garbage Dump
This great, floating garbage patch also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex is composed almost entirely of plastic. This is no tiny garbage patch either. It is the size of Africa. Ten million square miles. It is literally a continent of garbage.
What Are Downer Cows?
Eating supermarket beef is not only supporting blatant cruelty to animals, but the stuff you are putting in your mouth cannot be called food. It is disgusting. The easiest way that you can do your part to end this needless suffering is to go vegan or vegetarian>. If that is not an option at this time for you or your family, then please seek out grass fed beef for both the well being of the livestock and for the well being of your family.