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Independence Day Reading Round-Up

Matt Embrey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:13 +0000

Some of you may have noticed that the volume of posts on gUP have been a little light lately and it’s because we’ve been working on a couple projects that we are almost ready to unveil. That being said we have been working hard over here and are planning on celebrating Independence Day with a [...] Related posts:

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Green Your Routine: The Deodorant Guide

Becky Striepe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:17 +0000

We’re used to smelly hippie jokes around these parts, but living a healthy, eco-friendly lifestyle doesn’t have to mean letting hygiene suffer. It does, however, mean making some informed decisions. A Journal of Applied Toxicology study recently linked the aluminum in traditional antiperspirants to breast lumps, and that’s not all that stinks in conventional deodorants. [...] Related posts:

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GreenSmart Neogreene: Neoprene Re-invented

Matt Embrey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:41:43 +0000

Neoprene is everywhere these days from wetsuits to laptop sleeves. The stretchy, squishy rubber based material is useful and versatile, unfortunately it’s not very earth-friendly. Neoprene (or polychloroprene) is a petroleum based rubber that is treated and bound together with a nasty mix of chemicals & VOCs including Formaldehyde, lead, chlorine and toluene. Tom [...] Related posts:

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Daniel Beltra’s New Photos Show Amazon’s Glory and Destruction

Doug Gunzelmann — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:16:51 +0000

Daniel Beltra, a Spanish photographer, is traveling the world to capture the world’s three major rainforest regions. We have some of his amazing shots from the first leg of the trip… the Amazon! From cattle men in the deforested Mato Grasso region of Brazil to smiling native Indian children pointing down the barrel of his [...] Related posts:

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Crafting Cradle to Cradle: Upcycled Vocabulary

Becky Striepe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:47:53 +0000

I know, I’m about seven years late to the party here, but I’m just now reading Cradle to Cradle. As I made my way through the book, a terrible realization slowly dawned on me, and this one line from The Princess Bride has been running through my head since then: I am the Vizzini in [...] Related posts:

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Earthkeepers 2.0: Timberland Creates Recyclable Shoes

Beth Buczynski — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:14:05 +0000

In a refreshing turn of events, Timberland, world famous maker of rugged footwear, from sandals to steel toed boots, has announced its Earthkeepers 2.0 line of shoes: a line that’s striving to close the green loop by creating shoes with high levels of recycled content as well as an easily dismantled design thats meant to [...] Related posts:

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Donate Just $1 and Make Big Difference

Matt Embrey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:25:28 +0000

One of the most important lessons I have leared since I started blogging about the environment is that community is at the core of progress and sustainability. Action starts with the individual, and a bunch of small actions by one person can make a big impact. Now when you combine the actions of many passionate [...] Related posts:

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5 Things You Should Know About the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Danielle Brigida — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:56:39 +0000

Danielle takes the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid out for a spin… In working for a conservation nonprofit, it’s not very often I get the opportunity to review a highly anticipated hybrid vehicle. I spend more time in my car looking out the window trying to identify a passing bird then I would noticing the smoothness [...] Related posts:

Etsy Finds to Help You Waste Less in the Kitchen

Becky Striepe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:16:15 +0000

So we’ve made the switch to recycled toilet paper in the name of saving virgin forests, but it turns out that the bathroom isn’t the only room in the house with the potential for producing lots of waste. Between paper towels and napkins and those sandwich baggies, your poor trash bin can fill up [...] Related posts:

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Green Daddy Bloggers for Father’s Day

Matt Embrey — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:10:08 +0000

Today we’d like to say Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. We’d also like to highlight some Green Daddy Bloggers. There is a whole army of Mommy bloggers giving us tips about how to be good, green guardians, but Father’s writing on the same topic are a little harder to find. Here’s [...] Related posts:

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