The Green Clean Challenge: Full Circle vs. Green Works
January 2, 2009 by Joe Hennager
Filed under Air Quality, Blog, Cleaning Supplies, Front Page, Green Cleaning, Iowa, Slideshow
Today, I must boldly go where no cleaner has been for a long, long time — my bathroom. When guests stay, I am told to keep the door closed, if not locked.
Okay, it’s a guy thing. I consider it a good way to build my resistance to all types of bacteria. It keeps me healthy. And it’s effective at keeping the cat out of my bathroom. She used to go in there to drink from the toilet. It’s a wonder she’s alive.
Read Full ArticleMy 5: Joe Hennager, Blue Planet Green Living
January 1, 2009 by Joe Hennager
Filed under Blog, Front Page, Iowa, My 5, Slideshow
What can we do to save the planet? We are just a few billion people, and it is such a big planet. Earth has been around for a few billion years, and we humans for only a blink of an eye.
Some say we’re not killing our planet, we’re just killing ourselves. We pollute, we poison, we kill each other, we die. A few hundred years after we have all disappeared, the planet will be clean again. It will start over without all us pesky humans to deal with. We lose, Earth wins. We get what we deserve, and this pretty blue planet goes on spinning.
Read Full ArticleMy 5: Karen Ande, AndePhotos
January 1, 2009 by Julia Wasson
Filed under Blog, California, Front Page, My 5, Sub-Saharan Africa
Blue Planet Green Living asked photographer Karen Ande, owner of AndePhotos in San Francisco, “What are the five most important things we can do to save the planet?”
KAREN ANDE:
* Educating your mind and heart are musts. That’s the first thing to do. A lot comes back to heart issues. People have to realize they are part of the planet. I think of hands reaching out across continents. We’re part of the same ecosphere.
Read Full ArticleMy 5: Belinda Geiger, Contributing Writer
January 1, 2009 by Belinda Geiger
Filed under Blog, California, Front Page, Green Living, My 5
Blue Planet Green Living asked contributing writer Belinda Geiger, of California, “What are the five most important things we can do to save the planet?”
BELINDA GEIGER:
* I’m taking recycling seriously, trying not to muck up the landfill with recyclable things.
* I only buy Kindle books, to save trees and energy. If I see a book I want that isn’t on Kindle, I click the Amazon link that says, “Tell the publisher you’d like this book on Kindle.” Then I wait for it.
Read Full ArticleMy 5: Ron Gonen, Recycle Bank
January 1, 2009 by Julia Wasson
Filed under Blog, Front Page, My 5, New York
Blue Planet Green Living asked Ron Gonan, CEO of RecycleBank, “What are the five most important things we can do to save the planet?”
RON GONEN:
These are in no order:
* Recycle.
* Use public transportation.
Read Full ArticleMy 5: Susan Roothan, A Nurtured World
January 1, 2009 by Julia Wasson
Filed under Blog, Front Page, My 5, Texas
Blue Planet Green Living asked Susan Roothaan, Executive Director of A Nurtured World in Austin, Texas, “What are the five most important things we can do to save the planet?”
1. Slow down — inside and out. Pay attention to your families. Educate your kids. Don’t rush to the store every five minutes. Don’t run out when you’re bored.
2. Be accountable. Do something measurable. Quit talking about it and do it. There’s a lot of talking and not a lot of This is what I’m going to do and by when….
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