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30 Days to a Greener You!

posted by Robyn Hessinger Apr 15, 2009 10:54 am
30 Days to a Greener You!
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Earth Day reminds us all of the little things we can do to help save our precious planet. Now more than ever, many of us are making a conscious effort to incorporate earth-friendly practices into our everyday lives.

This Earth Day, April 22, Care2 will run a month-long series, 30 Days to a Greener You. Gauge your eco-savvy-ness with quizzes; weigh in on polls (do you know what ‘vampire energy’ is?); listen to interviews with green experts; and learn to how to compost and how to make organic beauty products and earthy-friendly household cleaning products.

Rex Weyler, original director of Greenpeace and contributor to 30 Days to a Greener You encourages us to adopt “personal and social strategizes to ‘relocalize’ society.” We don’t need government mandates, tax incentives or super-heroes to make a difference, but rather “ordinary heroes and common decency.”

During these next 30 days, Care2 will be speaking to the ordinary hero in all of us. Check back in to get green parenting ideas and dating tips; learn how to go green when times are lean; and find recipes for meals, green beauty products, organic pet food and more.

Join us for 30 Days to a Greener You!

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There is always time when there is interest. May we all do our collaboration for Mother Earth and learn how to nourish, repair and maintain her equilibruim at all times. We are in this together!

Luis Mendez

Dear friend, after eight years of total darkness we are feeling a gentle breeze of changes.
We should start to "think GREEN" not only for us but for our descendants.
Say "YES" on Earth Day, revere it as the last possibility in order to save our planet.
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Kirsten Bergen

With so much confusion and scepsis surrounding 'green' a 30 day 'plan' can only help. For some it will be a case of taking baby steps towards living sustainably, for others it will be a chance to get even more ideas under their belt. I'm looking forward to it.

Ernie Miller

Are we just like so many people tossing out light bulbs out with the garbage? Is there some way to easily recycle the product?
Are we tossing these light bulbs in the trash to go into the toxic soup that is our current landfills? Will the mercury and other chemicals leach out into the world to create some even worse environmental nightmare that we have not even though of?
I am not a scientist and do not really know any of the answers they are just questions to me. I also do not want to pick on compact florescent light bulbs. I have been replacing all of my home lighting with them I just wonder about the unseen impact that this Green product and many others that I have not even considered.
Then if you take that though and put it into play with every so-called green product out there just what are the standards for any particular item to be green? Is it just the short-sided one it uses less energy than its predecessor uses, or is it better for the environment every step of the life cycle? With no real standard for Green, any one can use the term Green for anything.
If they can put forth the slightest argument to show it is better than something else is does that make it green? If so, my neighbor could claim his smoke spewing 57 Chevy is green because there is no new energy used to manufacture new energy efficient vehicles.
In my eyes, there will never be a green car. There is just way to many components in then for them to be eco friendly. A Bicycle maybe, but a car ne

Ernie Miller

Exactly what is Green? I see many companies touting Green this or green that. Sure, the product they make or sell may use less power than their predecessor, but does that make it green, or does it have to be something deeper?
For something to be Green, should it not have a positive impact on the environment thru every step of its life span? From harvesting of the raw materials to the eventual disposal of the item at the end of its life cycle?
There are no laws or regulations that I know of to regulate the use of the term green. So many people may be buying products thinking they are good for the environment when they may or may not be.
I do not know these answers so I ask people when is something truly Green. I will start with a question about compact florescent light bulbs, which every one claims is Green.
They are made of possible hazardous materials. One is Mercury, are these produced in a way that the land and people manufacturing them not being exposed to harmful chemicals? Are the factories emitting more or fewer carbons into the air? Is the energy generated in a country with less stringent standards than we would expect of a green product?
Does the company’s manufacturing these products pay a fair wage so the workers can live a green life style? If all things are green then great! We have a green product! We must also consider the end life of these products. Does the disposal of this green product harm the environment? Are we just like so many people to

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