Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

April 3rd, 2008

See Ya Plastic Bags…

GreenBiz News has a cool story about plastic bags, or rather the cease and desist of plastic bag use by some companies.
Turns out that IKEA will be halting plastic bag use by October in their U.S. stores. Good news since plastic bags are one of the worst items ever in terms of recycling. People simply […]

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February 19th, 2008

Weekly Green News

There’s been some interesting green news out there for tree hugging families this week. What has been going on? Well…
In the news:
The effect chemicals have on the male reproductive system.
Hundreds of Investors Discuss Climate Risks, Opportunities at U.N. That must have been a lively little party (yawn) - actually they were talking about some good […]

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February 17th, 2008

Lame Green News of the Week

This week in, “Why are they even discussing this news” - some people would just love to allow loaded and accessible guns in public national parks. (insert cussing if this was not a family blog). Seriously people; this is unbelievable. I don’t know about you, but at least 95% of the time when I’m at […]

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February 3rd, 2008

Weekly Green News Round-Up

Green news and blog headlines this week that may be of interest to your tree hugging family…

The most sustainable restaurant in America. And it family friendly LEED certified and pizza.

Type 2 Diabetes May Be Linked to Pesticide Exposure - I wouldn’t get too jumpy though, it’s a new study.

Ha. Too funny -13 ways to spot […]

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October 25th, 2007

Green News for Tree Hugging Families

Sorry I’ve been MIA. It’s been one of those weeks. I do have some quickie news flashes of note.
Be a non-consumer:
In re-news (as in each year it comes around) Buy Nothing Day is quickly approaching. This year it falls on November 23rd in North America and on the 24th internationally. For those of […]

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