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Bands That Go Green
Musicians have long been catalysts for social change. When it comes to the environment though, the music industry has lagged behind. However, many musicians today are climbing aboard the “green” tour bus.
Family Activity
1. Determine how much food waste you create each day for lunch-measure and track all the food you throw away from your lunch during one week on a chart at home.
2. Brainstorm ways to reduce how much food and trash you are throwing in the garbage by 50% using the tips above.
3. Measure and track your waste after implementing no waste lunch ideas.
4. If you've achieved your goal, pack special no waste treats in your lunch!
Green Up Youth Sports
Ten Things You can do to Green Up Your Youth Sports Experience
Green Building 101
Let's face it, green is hot. It describes everything from automobiles to energy sources. One area where the development of green products is exploding is in the field of green building. Green building encompasses initial building site selection and energy efficiency all the way through the finish material choices such as carpet and counter tops. Safe and sustainable products can be incorporated into a project whether it is a new commercial construction or simply repainting a wall in an existing home.
Children's "Stuff"
For eighteen years, the clothes, toys, furniture, equipment and creations of your child will be like flotsam and jetsam flowing into your home. Or perhaps flooding into your house is more accurate. The sheer volume of clothes, toys and art projects alone, to say nothing of car seats, strollers, bikes, rollerblades, skis, ice skates - well, we're talking a lot of stuff, and potentially a lot of money, manufacturing waste and eventual trash! If you have two children, that's almost twice the impact.
PMS: White Washing the Truth
As corporations are mesmerizing menstruating women with images of "summer rain" and "no unsightly accidents" they also white wash the truth behind the health and environmental costs of being able to ride that white horse in your new white chinos. For instance, conventional pads and tampons are loaded with toxic chemicals and are bleached with chlorine compounds. There is accumulating evidence that industrial uses of chlorine, including pulp and paper bleaching, releases toxic dioxins which bioaccumulate in the environment causing serious harm to wildlife, not to mention your own body.
