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From one grand green idea an entire movement has sprung forth on the island of Bali. First it was a bamboo green school followed by an eco-friendly luxury resort comprised of bamboo villas and now the crowning achievement in this trend is the “bamboo cathedral,” the world’s largest bamboo commercial structure. Though it’s located by [...]
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Too often the thought of eco-friendly clothing conjures up images of severe trousers, ill-fitting shirts and garments nothing short of a burlap sack. Thankfully for shoppers and Mother Earth alike, that is not the case. Eco-friendly garments are available in modern styles, trendy colors and flattering fits. Even if you haven’t read your Guide to [...]
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An informed consumer is a true friend of the environment. But with the amount of information floating around both on the internet and through word-of-mouth, those wanting to make smart choices can easily be overwhelmed and misled. Thankfully, a new guide is on the market to help! Calling itself the “ultimate eco-fiber reference guide for [...]
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I must say, every time I hear about some sort of frighteningly insane stampede at an American retail outlet, I bury my head deep in my hands, ashamed for the culture that I inhabit. I think we would all do well to remember that Black Friday sales have killed people. Despite that, retailers seem to [...]
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I remember being a teenager and having my first encounter with the term “air stagnation warning” on a local weather report. It was evidently a new addition to the meteorological phrasebook, so the reporter had to give an ad-libbed explanation of just what that meant. As he explained that light winds over the course of [...]
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Anyone who reads this site regularly should have a sense of the tremendous versatility of bamboo. It is already used for food, medicine, decorative gardening, the construction of homes and flooring, furniture and other goods, and for clothing textiles. In time we may also be able to add biofuel to the list of its common [...]
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Since last week I took time to criticize popular attitudes toward birth, it seems appropriate that today I would discuss the topic of death. I’ve just suffered the devastating and sudden loss of a dearly beloved pet, and I was suddenly faced with the difficult question of how to handle his remains. I initially opted [...]
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Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology just announced to the world that time travel is impossible. Apparently there can be no DeLorean rides into the wild west, no body swapping while accompanied by a holographic friend, no visits from naked, Austrian-accented, killer robots, no stationary bikes to pedal us into a [...]
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Does this make my butt look big? Are vertical or horizontal stripes slimming? Am I falling out of this top? Common questions when facing the dreaded three-way mirror in a two-piece but do you ever stop to ask if your suit is biodegradable. Maybe not yet, but if designer Linda Loudermilk has her way, you [...]
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The U.K. newspaper, The Telegraph, ran an opinion piece earlier this week alleging that the entire bamboo textile industry is guilty of greenwashing its products and making false claims of eco-friendliness. I’ll be the first to acknowledge that greenwashing is a very real phenomenon that many companies from many industries engage in as a way [...]
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Trader Joe’s has come under fire recently over accusations that the trendy grocery store is habitually wasting food. The chorus of public outcry from a recent documentary film showing workers dumping large quantities of salvageable food into dumpsters. I must say, I feel for the big company in this case, not because I would for [...]
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Growing Bamboo? It’s certainly not a foreign concept for a domestic crop. Beyond the beauty of a bamboo garden, there are plenty of reasons to grow bamboo on a larger scale, be it for research of commercial use. Jackie Heinricher of Booshoots Garden LLC continues her work in the Delta to integrate bamboo as the [...]
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Did you take your children to a Fourth of July parade yesterday? According to one recent study, if you did, you’ve increased their odds of turning out to be Republicans later in life. According to the study’s authors, political scientist David Yanagizawa-Drott and economist Andreas Madestam, attending an Independence Day parade before the age of [...]
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Well now that Lindsay Lohan is doing it…… To escape the paparazzi and prying eyes of law enforcement, Lohan spent the last days of her house arrest behind a rooftop bamboo fence. Privacy aside, there are many reasons that a bamboo fence may be the right choice for your backyard. Bamboo fencing adds a sustainable [...]
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It’s possible to make your workout good for both your body and for Mother Earth. Choosing bamboo clothing will give you the option of wearing a sustainable fabric as well as an excellent moisture-wicking one! Using a bamboo water bottle lets you save hundreds of plastic water bottles from the landfill. And now there are [...]
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It must be a mom thing. Celebrities from Jessica Alba to Halle Berry are motivated to be as eco-friendly as possible for the benefit of their uber-cute bambinos. To be fair, Berry had a green thumb before the birth of her daughter. She has been an avid supporter of the Shaster Foundation’s Indlovu Project which [...]
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Over the course of the past decade, cotton production in the United States has decreased substantially. Consequently, American distributors and retailers are increasingly dependent on foreign crops and cotton prices stand to fluctuate in accordance with the activity of foreign markets, the policies of foreign governments, and the effects of foreign weather and disasters. Presently, [...]
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