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Blogs: Sustainability

Tue, Dec. 11, 2012
Family Life, Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger
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The 12 Ways of Christmas

No matter what holidays you're celebrating this season, the odds are good that there'll be a few extra lights, a party or two, many mysterious parcels, and lots of garbage bags. And that's just for starters. Fun for us, but perhaps not so much for the environment. Here are 12 ways to...
Mon, Nov. 19, 2012
Family Life, Sustainability, Seventh Generation News
Posted by sheila hollender

Teens Turning Green

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...
Thu, Nov. 08, 2012
Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, Seventh Generation News
Posted by Seventh Generation
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Caring a Whole Awful Lot

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...
Tue, Oct. 30, 2012
Sustainability, Seventh Generation News
Posted by the Inkslinger
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Turning E-waste into E-treasure

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...
Mon, Oct. 15, 2012
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger
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Your Mileage May Vary (But It'll Rise If You Read This!)

Here in the far northern boondocks, my wallet now shrieks in horror every time it sees a gas pump. But $3.84 a gallon is nothing compared to California, where gas is nearly a dollar more. People are driving all over creation trying to shave a few pennies off the price. But what if we could save...