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With the ever-increasing consumer demand for environmentally responsible materials in the product and packaging industries, many new substrates and processes have been brought to market in recent years. Using buzzwords like sustainable, eco-friendly and recyclable, there is no shortage of companies trying to jump on the green bandwagon.

Committed to eco-social projects and endeavors, Be Green is the first food fiber packaging company to achieve the coveted Cradle to Cradle CertificationCM. Crad… Continue

I’ve heard people say that adopting a pet is a little like recycling.

Actually, I don’t like that analogy. It’s not at all like recycling. It’s more like upcycling.

Recycling implies that something has outlived its usefulness and needs to be re-invented into something else.

I don’t believe that’s any truer of pets than it is of old folks or cast iron cookware. We don’t change pets, they change us. We’re the ones who get recycled in this scenario. Pets transform us into the people we were mean… Continue

Here is the link to the 60 Minutes segment (on CBS) about the fact that gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is funding one of the most horrifying wars in history.

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO!

“When there are spikes in violence, it has something to do with contestation over the mineral resources…gold and the rest of them.”

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Al Gore has put his money where his, uh, urine is. The former VEEP and current environmental leader has invested in waterless urinals as a way to save energy and fresh water. I’ve used them, and I assume that Al tested them before investing as well. It’s something we have in common. These flushless, odor free urinals are a seemingly small step, but a significant one.

A recent article in Christian Science Monitor lays out the benefits of passing water without passing it through water. We all kno… Continue