With the holiday season upon us, it’s important to stay conscious of our purchases and not just for money reasons. The things we buy for others may end up causing a bigger problem for the planet in the long term. This thoughtful piece calls into question unchecked consumerism and it’s effects.
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Waste water, the stuff that you flush and let run down the drain, generally not thought off as something that’s worth anything but it turns out that it may hiding the secret for some renewable energy. Turns out that it has a lot of potential for useful applications and purple bacteria may help us make use of it.
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Solar panels, great for getting nice, green energy. Also it turns out, great for keeping the surrounding lands nice and green too. Green goodness all around. A new study shows that solar panels help to increase grazing lands for some of our herd animals.
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Cleaning products, we all use them (hopefully) and for most of us, when we’re done with a bottle, we just toss it in the trash. The problem is that the bottles are plastic waste and plastic waste ends up in the ocean. You can’t really reuse the bottles for anything else because they had chemicals, so what do you do? Put more cleaner in there of course. OceanSaver Pods are concentrated cleaning pods that you can drop into those empty…
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In the effort to cut down on waste, many people stop buying things in single use wrappings for their kitchen, switching over to bulk which is great. You can do the same in the bathroom too! The Ethique Eco-Friendly Shampoo Bar is the bottleless shampoo solution for your hair washing needs.
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Plastic in the ocean is a huge problem and you’re probably aware of things like plastic bags and soda rings that end up there but did you also know that your clothes are also a problem? As it turns out, washing our clothes also helps to shed plastic into our water supply.
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We throw food away which ends up in landfills with everything else we discard. Maybe you have a home compost solution set up (which is awesome) but soon this may not be the only option. New research turns food waste into energy.
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Deserts are hostile living environments in part because you can’t really farm out there. Sand is just not great for growing much of anything besides rocks. Well, it turns out there’s a way to change dry sand to soil you can grow in. Liquid Nanoclay can turn the desert green.
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Disposable plastic is a big part of a lot of lives and although many companies are fighting back against bags and utensils, one is taking on another threat. FinalStraw is a reusable straw so you never have to pick up a plastic one again.
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Plastic is everywhere and it’s not going away because it takes a really long time to break down in landfills. In the meantime, it’s just sort of polluting everything and killing the environment. Which is not great. Adidas and Wanderlust have made an entire collection of fitness clothes made from recycled materials to help draw attention to the problem and how we can help solve it.
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You know that you can save the Earth (a little bit) by switching out your car for a bike when you can but do you know how much you can save on emissions? How about how many trees you would have to plant to cover the pollution from those emissions, if you choose to drive instead? The Car vs. Bike Calculator will give you all the answers.
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Tiny homes made out of shipping containers are very popular. Just the process of turning the utilitarian containers into livable and cozy homes is almost magic. And like everything else, you can get them on Amazon. The MODS 40 Foot Tiny Home is the shipping container home you can order from your favorite online retailer (not Prime eligible though).
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We throw away a lot compostable waste, especially those of us that live in urban environments. That waste in a landfill isn’t helping anything. Do more with your garbage with the FoodCycler, the in-home composting solution for any style of living.
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We’ve talked about the bees before (save them) and the serious problems that they’re facing. This is a problem for us because they pollinate a lot of the fruits and vegetables we eat. While we’re battling the issues that are killing them. But there’s been a new idea for a stop gap solution: Robobees made from off the shelf drones.
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Good dental care is important to our overall health. Some people like to take that extra measure and invest in an electric toothbrush and although they do a good job at keeping our smile in tip top shape, when they run out of power, they’re pretty worthless. The Be Battery Free Electric Toothbrush will keep you straight even if you’re away from civilization.
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