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20
Nov 2012

Foods We Love: Brussels Sprouts

Author: LisaFerber
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Brussels sprouts have been a favorite of mine for quite some time, so I figured I would do some research on them. Thomas Jefferson gets credit for bringing the veggie to U.S., having transported it from Paris to Virginia in 1821. But the mild-tasting vegetable that looks like a mini cabbage is thought to have been around long before that. Historians suggest that it reared its leafy head as early as the 13th century in what is now Belgium, and a forerunner to it was likely cultivated in ancient Rome.

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19
Nov 2012

Teens Turning Green

Author: sheila hollender
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I have tried to live a sustainable lifestyle for the last twenty five years. I started my quest to be the best “green mom” I could be when my oldest daughter was born. What gives me the greatest pleasure, as I look back over the years, is meeting young women who have the passion to help educate their contemporaries about healthy, sustainable lifestyles.
 

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14
Nov 2012

Foods We Love: Jicama

Author: LisaFerber
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A long time ago, my mom brought home this bulbous root vegetable she had just picked up at the local grocery store. She said she wasn't sure what to do with it, but she knew it was called jicama, and she thought it looked interesting.

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08
Nov 2012

Caring a Whole Awful Lot

Author: Seventh Generation
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What do Sumatran Orangutans, Seventh Generation, The Philadelphia Zoo, Dr. Seuss and a Burlington elementary school have in common?

Far more than you might imagine.

This past April, The Philadelphia Zoo launched the "Unless" Campaign. Based on the prophetic words of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, the campaign is a five-year initiative to raise awareness of the near extinction of the Orangutan and to promote the use of sustainable palm oil as a means of protecting the remaining habitat of this great ape.

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02
Nov 2012

Foods We Love: Peanut Butter

Author: LisaFerber
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In preparation for Hurricane Sandy, I stocked up on nonperishables such as almonds, canned goods, and that old standby, peanut butter. Among the many wonderful things about peanut butter is that it doesn't need refrigeration or cooking, it's filling, and it makes me feel like a little kid. Plus it has that easy, ice-creamy quality (without all the sugar).

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02
Nov 2012

Here Come the Holidays

Author: the Inkslinger
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The holidays are coming! That means houseguests. And that means plenty of potential for conflicts, especially when it comes to the practices of a green lifestyle.
 

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30
Oct 2012

Dirty Secrets

Author: the Inkslinger
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A few weeks back, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) launched a new online cleaner guide, and all I could think was, what took them so long? Because when it comes to undisclosed toxins in everyday stuff, cleaning products win the prize. So wouldn't their guide be first? I guess not, and this points out a truism: there's a lot to look out for out there.

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30
Oct 2012

Turning E-waste into E-treasure

Author: the Inkslinger
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When I was a kid, life featured just four noteworthy pieces of high-tech wonder: the phone, a tube TV, a transistor radio and the holy hi-fi. Only the radio was portable. And whatever the family had when you were six was still there when you left for college. Now it all slips in your pocket and becomes an antique before it's out of the box.

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26
Oct 2012

It's the Great (Carved) Pumpkin!

Author: Seventh Generation
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Nothing says Halloween quite like the glowing pumpkins on every doorstep. But what happens to all those "guts" once you've scooped them out of your Jack O'Lantern?  Our friends at Green Halloween share this easy recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds – a great tasting and healthy snack. Pumpkin seeds provide our bodies with zinc which is perfect at this time of year to help ward off colds. Green Halloween suggests trying different combinations of flavors.

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26
Oct 2012

Growing the Next Generation of Green Ambassadors

Author: Seventh Generation
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Nelson Mandela once said that, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nowhere is that more clear than at Seventh Generation where we've adopted a team of ten budding scientists from Burlington's Sustainability Academy.

Over the next year, these "Green Ambassadors" will visit Seventh Generation, the Philadelphia Zoo, and our manufacturing partner Twincraft Soap to learn about green chemistry, palm oil and how a little seed can be a big problem. 

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