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The Local Food Movement Picks Up Momentum

The word local is one of America’s hot new buzz words. Although the idea of buying locally grown food is not at all new, the local food movement has certainly picked up momentum in recent years and has therefore thrust the word “local” into all kinds of headlines. Forty years ago it was mostly grown hippies and environmentalists who promoted local food. College towns had food co-ops and bigger cities hosted weekend farmer’s markets. Today, politicians, white collar workers, blue collar workers, housewives, retirees, college students and people from all parts of society are getting on the local food movement bandwagon... read more »

The Bottled Water Craze

There's been a huge surge in the bottled water industry. To the point where it seems the average person is drinking more water from bottles than from their home tap. The problem with this isn't just the proliferation of plastic waste into the environment, but the fact that in many cases bottled water may in fact be less healthy than tap water... read more »

Compact Fluorescent: Making the Switch

The future looks dim for incandescent light bulbs, the world-changing invention introduced by Thomas Edison in 1879.

Part of the blame goes to CFL bulbs, also known as compact fluorescents. Consumers have turned to CFL bulbs to save money and energy. Supporters say that the new CFLs last longer and can provide users with substantial savings on their electric bills over the lifetime of the bulbs... read more »

We're creating a world of plastic waste

The average grocery store goes through thousands of plastic bags everyday. At home, consumers use hundreds of zip lock and sandwich plastic bags to bag lunches, store food in the refrigerator, etc. All this adds up to an unbelievable amount of plastic waste... read more »

How much water is your toilet using?

Think about how many times during a day you go to pee. The average person pees about 9 times each day. That's 9 toilet flushes, not counting the occasional #2 What does that mean in terms of water used per person per day just for going to the bathroom? If you're using an old toilet you may be flushing as much as 63 (7 gallons per flush times 9 flushes per day) gallons of water per day! ... read more »