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[links] fair trade cotton clothing
Fair Trade seems to be situated primarily in the UK but is slowly, ever so slowly spreading to other countries.
Online Shopping: Fair Trade Cotton Products
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[links] a TreeHugger kind of day
Consumerism
LS: 10 Ways to Green Your Spending
Simple: Buy Green Shoes (when your current ones wear out, of course)
Water
TH: Global Warming to Dry Up Ganges River
TH: How to Green Your Water
Grist: ...Smart Money is on Filter Systems
TH:Case Study for Flushless Urinals
TH: Argentinean Water Recycling Toilets
TH:How to: Eco-Laundry
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[links] CO2, global warming, polar fleece
A good reason to not eat red meat (or any meat at all)
Plant bamboo to reduce the load of CO2
What to do with polar fleece when you're finished with it
Watch this documentary, including the update in the special features.
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[links] bottled water, bees, frugalities, simplicities and more
courtesy northbard:
Message in a Bottle
most potent quote: it's reasonable to ask as you reach for the next bottle, not just "Does the value to me equal the 99 cents I'm about to spend?" but "Does the value equal the impact I'm about to leave behind?"
courtesy Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down Series
Week 10 - Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, Do Without
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yay for clouds!
There has been a yucky heatwave for the past few days (32-35*C + humidity) and a thunderstorm is supposed to come and make it all better later today. The sky has already clouded up. Yay!
Here are some things I am grateful for:
- clouds, especially the rain-bringing sort
- trees close to the house that provide shade
- cross-ventilation
- breezes
- fans
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- clouds, especially the rain-bringing sort
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[links] living plastic free, depressing photography
Yay! New Week = More Depressing Posts! Woot!
Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down - Week 9 - Deplasticize Your LifeLiving Plastic Free in 2007: http://plasticfree.blogspot.com/Read more... ) -
Water issues, toilet issues
There's a lot I have to say on water conservation and what we can do and all that, but my ass hurts from sitting too long in my office chair. I need to get up and move around more. But before I do that, here's some stuff I wanted to share:
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52 Weeks Down... from Casaubon's Book
Casaubon's Book is a blog on blogspot written by a thirty-something homesteader in upstate NY. She's all kinds of crunchy and writes interesting, useful, and incredibly insightful sorts of posts. I really like the majority of what she has to say ( Read more... ) -
[links] Reusable Bags!
Today is a linky day. :-)
I came across these cool and stylish bags called Envirosax from not martha. She linked to this site, but they don't ship to Canada, as far as I can tell. I just went back to her blog entry and discovered that she also linked to the actual Envirosax website in Australia. They ship all over and have more variety than the ( Read more... )