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So you’re bummed because just found out your favorite all-natural brand was bought by a large corporation. Whether it’s Burt’s Bees you’re mourning or Honest Tea you’re upset about, the question still remains, am I doing the right thing by still buying this brand? Will the company’s ethics and core values still stay the same? […]
While aquisitions like Burt’s Bees to Clorox make us cringe and make huge headlines, some of your favorite organic and natural brands could have been bought up before you were paying attention or right beneath your nose. One of my favorite magazines, GOOD, put together one of their well known infographs on the ownership of […]
Bear Naked, the people who bring us some of the most delicious granola cereals I’ve ever tried, just donated $1 to carbonfund.org on account of me. They’ll do the same for you too.
In an effort of offset carbon emissions, Bear Naked will donate $1 for every eligible entry they receive. What’s an eligible entry? […]
The other morning, I authored a post on here about diverting our consumerism to more natural products, more organic products, greening our buys, etc. etc., but according to a recent Washington Post article, my musings seem at first seem misguided or bad advice. However, after reading the whole article, I can say it wasn’t bad […]
Native Americans had a great respect for wildlife and when they killed an animal for food, they used every part of it. These days animals don’t seem to have such a profound effect on our psyches, but in the case of cows, at least we use a lot of the animal for different products, meat, […]
Per the old Japanese tradition of filling cracks in pottery with gold, Netherlands-based designer Joana Meroz is re-glazing cracks and chips in dishes and transforming them to what she calls ‘Crackery Tableware.’ She is doing so stylishly by utilizing gold luster and painting the ends of the crack with flowers and roots.
Most of us […]
There are companies that promise organic fabrics and eco-friendly dyes, along with eco-friendly printing and labels, and then there are companies like Truly Organic Apparel. They take the concept of organic and natural fabric and garment production to the next level with truly organic cotton and chemical-free and completely natural dying process. In fact, the […]
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What’s so great about the stuff? That’s exactly what Core77 asked. They uncover some interesting facts about the stuff like when bamboo is harvested, it isn’t cut down, it’s harvested from higher up so the plant can recover and keep growing. And it creates 35% more oxygen than a […]
Many shirt companies out there have chosen to start using organic cottons or bamboo for their materials and make themselves more green, but not these guys. TONIC donates on average 40% of their profits to those who need it most. They carry a line of 4 different shirts, each dedicated to a different cause. Clean […]
Not only are these iPod cases from 45 iPod Cases freakin awesome, they’re made from reclaimed 7″ records and cassette tapes. An ingenious idea that begs the question, “why the hell didn’t I think of that first!” I can’t even imagine how many old tapes and records are ending up in the landfill (at least […]
