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Rice Wine a la Endangered Species - Eco-Fail
Saturday, 27 Feb, 2010 – 11:20 | No Comment
Rice Wine a la Endangered Species -  Eco-Fail

I am soon to go to Hanoi and was reading about the city in preparation. Why is rice wine so popular in Hanoi you might ask? And why do mostly men drink it? Because the …

Recycling Lies Eco-Fail
Monday, 8 Feb, 2010 – 19:39 | No Comment
Recycling Lies Eco-Fail

My friend has a girlfriend that he desperately wants to impress. One day when she was over at his house she asked where the recycling was so she could toss out her soda can; he …

Good Kitchen Shopping Choices - Eco-Win!
Saturday, 6 Feb, 2010 – 9:33 | No Comment
Good Kitchen Shopping Choices - Eco-Win!

I am currently in the process of furnishing a new apartment and get to buy my own kitchen utensils for the first time after years of trying (with little success) to get my parents to …

Tenacious Teflon Eco-Fail
Friday, 8 Jan, 2010 – 21:10 | No Comment
Tenacious Teflon Eco-Fail

Off to buy a good saute pan, I was in Home Goods today, and while browsing around I was astonished and completely dismayed to see that 95 percent of the cookware had Teflon coating! What …

40% of Food Goes to Waste - Eco-Fail
Sunday, 29 Nov, 2009 – 21:19 | No Comment
40% of Food Goes to Waste - Eco-Fail

Nearly 40% of the food supply in the United States goes to waste, according to a new study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in Bethesda, Maryland. Eco-Fail!

Lead and Cig Smoke = ADHD Eco-Fail
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 9:03 | No Comment
Lead and Cig Smoke = ADHD Eco-Fail

Study links ADHD to smoking, lead. Exposure to both tobacco smoke before birth and lead during childhood increases a child’s risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder more than eight-fold, according to new research from …

Executives Have it Wrong about Green - Eco-Win
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 18:06 | No Comment
Executives Have it Wrong about Green - Eco-Win

According to Harvard Business Publishing, a recent McKinsey & Co. survey of executives shows that “the environment is perceived as being less critical to the public than it was a year ago (49% of respondents …

UK Women Wear 515 Chemicals A Day! - Eco-Fail
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 – 10:05 | No Comment
UK Women Wear 515 Chemicals A Day! - Eco-Fail

The average British woman “hosts” 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study of 2,016 women by deodorant maker Bionsen. OMG! You put on some lipstick, wash your hair, moisturize your …

A Landscape Rating System - Eco-Win
Monday, 16 Nov, 2009 – 9:47 | No Comment
A Landscape Rating System - Eco-Win

Now there can be a coherent rating system for sustainable landscape design, thanks to a consortium of experts. The Sustainable Sites Initiative has developed the United States’ first rating system for the design, construction, and …

BPA in the Trash Vortex - Eco-Fail
Tuesday, 10 Nov, 2009 – 8:48 | No Comment
BPA in the Trash Vortex - Eco-Fail

The trash vortex in the Pacific ocean is bad enough without imagining all the endocrine disrupting chemicals from the plastics, such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phthlates! I don’t know why Nicholas Krostof’s …