Recent Posts By Planet Green's Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:31:14 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Formaldehyde In Your Body Wash? Yep, and 6 Other Surprising Places multiple adverse effects on the body. Children's Bath Products A 2009 report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found that 23 of 28 baby products tested contained formaldehyde. The Environmental Working Group's Cosmetics Database has all kinds of Food & Health Babies Beauty Cosmetics Green Personal Grooming Health Household Toxins Know Your Cosmetics Ingredients Skin Care Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:10:00 -0500 Animal Rescue in Japan: Efforts Build for the Helpless and Voiceless in the Hardest-Hit Areas dolphin rescued from a rice paddy one mile inland, for example. But many have not been so lucky. "It seems that most animals in the hardest hit areas did not survive the tragedies," said Susan Mercer of Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support. That group is a coalition of three local animal welfare ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/animal-rescue-japan-efforts-build-for-helpless-and-voiceless.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/animal-rescue-japan-efforts-build-for-helpless-and-voiceless.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/animal-rescue-japan-efforts-build-for-helpless-and-voiceless.html Travel & Outdoors Animals Do-Gooding Japan Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0500 Hit the Ski Slopes -- On An Urban Rooftop Bjarke Ingels Group will carry out—not surprisingly—in Copenhagen. A waste management plant is in the works for the city that will not only generate heat and electricity for 140,000 homes, but it will be covered by a ski park. Yep, the building, which will incinerate the waste produced by five municipalities, will contain an elevator that people can ride to the top and then ski down any of three slopes—one green level, one blue, and one black. The plant, to be finished by 1016, will replace a 40-year-old incinerato]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/hit-the-ski-slopes-on-an-urban-rooftop.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/hit-the-ski-slopes-on-an-urban-rooftop.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/hit-the-ski-slopes-on-an-urban-rooftop.html Travel & Outdoors Clean Energy Destination Energy Waste Disposal Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:15:44 -0500 Endangered Right Whale Dies from Fishing Rope - But Nothing Being Done to Prevent it From Happening Again? Montreal Gazette reports that marine biologists had spotted it in trouble more than a month earlier, on Christmas Day, trailing with it about 50 meters of fishing rope because it had gotten tangled in fishing equipment. Right whales migrate about 1,200 miles between the Bay of Fundy in Canada and the southeastern U.S. There's a lot of fishing territory in there—and as this whale illustrates more than any politician can, the region, and the oceans in general, are in desperate need of better regulation. Be]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/endangered-right-whale-dies-from-fishing-rope---but-nothing-being-done-to-prevent-it-from-happening.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/endangered-right-whale-dies-from-fishing-rope---but-nothing-being-done-to-prevent-it-from-happening.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/endangered-right-whale-dies-from-fishing-rope---but-nothing-being-done-to-prevent-it-from-happening.html Travel & Outdoors Fish marine conservation Oceans Politics Pollution Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:15:00 -0500 Idaho's No-Kill Animal Shelter Needs Help; A Look at Shelters Around the U.S. provide homes for homeless, uncared-for animals while simultaneously helping people to connect with pets without having to rely on animal breeders, who often use cruel practices. But many of these shelters have a dark secret: they don't have no-kill policies, which means they end up euthanizing all the animals (and it's millions of them) who don't get adopted. Up to 10 million animals enter shelters every year, and it's estimated that Work & Connect Animals Cats Charity Do-Gooding Dogs Pets Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:15:40 -0500 Polar Bear Swims 426 Miles and Other Staggering Animal Treks polar bear who swam more than 400 miles over a continuous nine-day stretch. She was looking for ice, and although polar bears regularly swim long distances between ice floes, the Telegraph reports, "it is feared the animals are being forced to go further as there is less ice because of global warming." The polar bear accomplished quite a feat in her search for ice (though sadly, she also lost her yearling cub)—but she's not the only animal surprising humans with impressive travel skills, either for purposeful migration or because they]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/polar-bear-swims-426-miles-what-other-animals-have-been-on-the-move.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/polar-bear-swims-426-miles-what-other-animals-have-been-on-the-move.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/polar-bear-swims-426-miles-what-other-animals-have-been-on-the-move.html Travel & Outdoors Animals Endangered Species Travel Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:15:30 -0500 Arizona Restaurant Takes Lion Meat Off the Menu planned to serve lion meat tacos—yes, meat from actual lions—has backed down after the public outrage grew too much. He wrote: “Due to concern for safety of our families, customers, vendors, and friends we will not be selling African Lion Tacos,” and promised refunds to anyone who had sent in pre-orders. But he stood by the decision as a good idea. Selling meat from lions raised in captivity is legal, because the lion is not endangered, but the African lion is Food & Health Animals Endangered Species Food Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:12:56 -0500 China Bans Animal Circuses; How About the Rest of the World? ban on animal circuses this week—all 300 state-owned ones of them. It's a huge step for animals, considering how they're treated at circuses—and in zoos—not only in China but around the world. Here's a glimpse at what some other countries' circuses and zoos look like—it's not pretty. "In many circuses, wild and exotic animals are trained through the use of intimidation and physical abuse. Former circus employees have reported seeing animals beaten, whipped, poked with sharp objects and even burned to force them to learn their routines. Elephants who perform in circuses are often kept in chains for as long as 23 hours a day from the time they are babi]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/china-bans-animal-circuses-how-about-the-rest-of-the-world.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/china-bans-animal-circuses-how-about-the-rest-of-the-world.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/china-bans-animal-circuses-how-about-the-rest-of-the-world.html Travel & Outdoors Animals Destination Travel Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:10:31 -0500 Coyotes Put to Work in Cities coyotes can be seen running the streets, not chasing people—it seems they couldn't have less interest in us. They're just doing their job: chasing rats and voles, and other small rodents. Cook County has more than 60 coyotes roaming parks, yards, and roadways in search of rodents. They're fitted with radio collars and are part of w]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/urban-coyotes-more-welcome-in-the-city-than-you-might-think.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/urban-coyotes-more-welcome-in-the-city-than-you-might-think.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/urban-coyotes-more-welcome-in-the-city-than-you-might-think.html Work & Connect Animals Chicago Natural Pest Control Urban Planning Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:15:00 -0500 The Greenest Green Schools Around the World adopt recycling and other practices that have become widespread in households but not necessarily in educational environments. But they're also literally building green, too: using sustainable design and renewable materials to give students the most vivid possible example of the possibilities that can sprout from green thinking. In Bali, the Green School... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/greenest-green-schools-around-the-world.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/greenest-green-schools-around-the-world.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/greenest-green-schools-around-the-world.html Travel & Outdoors Bamboo Destination Eco-Friendly Travel Education Green Building Green Building Supplies Kids Schools Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:00:32 -0500 Travel With Piers Morgan: Growing Sustainability in the World's Most Unsustainable Places Dubai Dubai is famous, perhaps notorious, for over-the-top extravagance, which aside from using up excessive financial resources also uses up way, way more of the planet's natural resources than your average construction project. It's where the world's tallest building and ideas like air-conditioned beaches and archipelagos of Travel & Outdoors Celebrities Destination Green Celebrities Green Trends Travel Urban Planning Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:31:13 -0500 The World's 6 Most Endangered and Dangerous Animal Habitats BBC reports. Central Africa gorillas photo Stock]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/worlds-6-most-endangered-and-dangerous-animal-habitats.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/worlds-6-most-endangered-and-dangerous-animal-habitats.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/worlds-6-most-endangered-and-dangerous-animal-habitats.html Travel & Outdoors Animals Endangered Species Nature Travel Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:01:20 -0500 Tiles from Toilets! Spotlight on: Fireclay's 'Debris Series' in California restaurants and Whole Foods juice bars. The Debris Collection is available in more than 112 colors and is made from over 70 percent recycled materials, more than 50 percent of that post-consumer waste. The manufacturing company, Fireclay Tile, says that by working with recyclers in San Francisco and San Jose, the company will take more than 150 tons of porcelain waste out of the landfill. Fireclay is no stranger to ... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/tiles-from-toilets-spotlight-on-fireclays-debris-series.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/tiles-from-toilets-spotlight-on-fireclays-debris-series.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/tiles-from-toilets-spotlight-on-fireclays-debris-series.html Home & Garden Decorating Green Home Green Kitchen Home Decor Kitchen Supplies Recycling Repurposed Items Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:20:02 -0500 Get Your Endangered Species On - With Free Condoms again: distributing free Endangered Species Condoms to "highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species extinct at a cataclysmic rate." "At 6.8 billion people, the human race is not only the most populous large mammal on Earth but the most populous large mammal that has ever existed," the center writes. This population problem has driven much of the planet to near-extinction: • 12 percent of mammals • 12 percent of birds • 31 percent of reptiles • 30 percent of amphibians • 37 percent of fish Hence, the cond]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/get-your-endangered-species-on-with-free-condoms.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/get-your-endangered-species-on-with-free-condoms.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/get-your-endangered-species-on-with-free-condoms.html Work & Connect Endangered Species Health Pregnancy Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:10:16 -0500 Will Amazon's New "Aunt Mildred" Patent Be the Green Answer to Online Gift-Giving? Washington Post explains:
"Convert all gifts from Aunt Mildred," the patent says. "For example, the user may specify such a rule because the user believes that this potential sender has different tastes than the user." In other words, the consumer could keep an online list of lousy gift-givers whose choices would be vetted before anything ships.
The patent wasn't ready for this holiday season, and it's unclear when it will be launched, or more importantly to some, how it will be marketed, since ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/amazons-aunt-mildred-patent-green-answer-online-gift-giving.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/amazons-aunt-mildred-patent-green-answer-online-gift-giving.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/amazons-aunt-mildred-patent-green-answer-online-gift-giving.html Work & Connect Consumerism Green Ideas Websites Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:29:21 -0500 Winter Gardening: Crops You Can Grow in Cold Weather 66 things to grow containers post was such a hit last spring, I thought I'd write a version two of things you can grow throughout the winter. It will be too late in the season to plant a lot of these, but depending where you live, there's still time for a lot of them. Or just take note for next year.

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brussels sprouts photo iSto]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/winter-gardening-crops-grow-cold-weather.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/winter-gardening-crops-grow-cold-weather.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/winter-gardening-crops-grow-cold-weather.html Home & Garden Eco-Friendly Foods Fruits Gardening Green Home Vegetables Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:53:25 -0500 Split Estate, One Year Later: Fracking Still Dangerous, Movie Still Relevant Split Estate aired on Planet Green, the film has been making waves across the country. The issue of fracking (hydraulic fracturing for natural gas—the focus of the film) has gained serious traction in the news and in the eyes of politicians in areas close to natural gas reserves. And the filmmakers who produced the powerful documentary are still going strong in their efforts to raise awareness about and fight against the Work & Connect Energy Movies Pollution Water Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:24:24 -0500 Natural Gas Fracking Around the U.S.: End-of-Year Recap Fracking has been a hot topic in the news lately: citizens across the country are worried about their environment and drinking water safety, and some states have similar concerns and are acting on them, and some aren't. Citizens from Pennsylvania to Colorado are worried about groundwater contamination. Of the roughly half of Americans who know anything about fracki]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/natural-gas-fracking-around-the-us-end-of-year-recap.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/natural-gas-fracking-around-the-us-end-of-year-recap.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/natural-gas-fracking-around-the-us-end-of-year-recap.html Travel & Outdoors Energy Politics Pollution Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:58:00 -0500 Elephants Need Your (and Washington's) Help thriving illicit trade, combined with cases where it is legal, make protecting endangered elephants a difficult, and sometimes failing, task. That's largely attributable to the fact that it is impossible to distinguish between legal and illegal ivory, so until all laws are strengthened, made more comprehensive and are better enforced, the trade will continue to flourish and in the process, devastate the world's elephant populations. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which has an ongoing campaign Travel & Outdoors Destination Endangered Species Politics Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:39:13 -0500 Hexavalent Chromium Found in Majority of U.S. Tap Water - But Why You Still Shouldn't Drink Bottled Water tap water of 31 of the 35 cities tested recently by Environmental Working Group. That is some scary news. For some context, at least 74 million people are thought to be drinking tap water polluted with "total chromium," according to EWG, yet the EPA has no established legal limit for hexavalent chromium in tap water, and does not require testing by ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/hexavalent-chromium-found-in-majority-us-tap-water-why-still-shouldnt-drink-bottled-water.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/hexavalent-chromium-found-in-majority-us-tap-water-why-still-shouldnt-drink-bottled-water.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/hexavalent-chromium-found-in-majority-us-tap-water-why-still-shouldnt-drink-bottled-water.html Food & Health Bottled Water Cancer Health Plastic Water Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:17:51 -0500 After Years of Refusal, U.S. Endorses UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights like climate change has been increasing around the world, but only last week did the U.S. endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). ACLU points out that the decision reverses the Bush administration's 2007 decision, when the U.S. voted against UNDRIP while 145 nations supported it. In announcing U.S. support for the declaration, President Work & Connect Conservation Politics Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:24:56 -0500 Lipton, Really? Testing on Animals? PETA explains some of the things done to animals including rabbits, mice, rats, and piglets (but be prepared for some horrifying stuff):
Rabbits were fed a high-fat, cholesterol-laden diet, leading to extreme hardening of the arteries. They were then fed tea to see if it could reduce the lesions t]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/lipton-really-testing-on-animals.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/lipton-really-testing-on-animals.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/lipton-really-testing-on-animals.html Food & Health Animals Drinks Take Action Tea Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:50:19 -0500 Score One for California Forests Press Enterprise explains the background:
Environmental groups took issue with Forest Service plans that in 2005 designated more than 900,000 roadless acres for possible road building or other development, the groups say in a statement released this week. The groups also contended the service did not do proper environmental reviews and ign]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/score-one-for-california-forests.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/score-one-for-california-forests.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/score-one-for-california-forests.html Travel & Outdoors Conservation Nature Politics Trees Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:10:01 -0500 Bored With Your Travel Plans? How About Radioactive Tourism? nuclear reactor explosion that spread radioactive fallout across Europe, will soon be open for tourism. For only $130 - $490 per person (with one company—actual price depends on how many people are in your group). The plant continued to generate power until 2000 and still maintains a staff of 2,500. However, since the disaster, which permanently displaced more than 300,000 people, a 30-mile exclusion zone has been closed off to the public. Not anymore. OnEarth has more details:
Wa]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/bored-with-your-travel-plans-how-about-radioactive-tourism.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/bored-with-your-travel-plans-how-about-radioactive-tourism.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/bored-with-your-travel-plans-how-about-radioactive-tourism.html Travel & Outdoors Destination Nuclear Power Travel Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:09:15 -0500 11 Cookbooks to Complete a Truly Green Kitchen list of recommended cookbooks out, for people in search of a good gift idea or just to boost their kitchen library. Definitely worth checking out—not least because when you buy a book through their links, the sale will benefit EWG, without you having to pay an extra dime. I thought I'd supplement that list, though, with a few other great cookbooks. They're not the latest to appear on bookstore shelves, but they're classics. Some are big names with big publishers, and some a little more DIY, but all totally worthwhile. In no particular order: 1. Hot Damn and Hell Yeah: totally vegan but seriously southern c]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/11-cookbooks-complete-a-truly-green-kitchen.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/11-cookbooks-complete-a-truly-green-kitchen.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/11-cookbooks-complete-a-truly-green-kitchen.html Food & Health Books Cooking Eco-Friendly Foods Gifts Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:53:58 -0500 Bayer's Toxic Pesticide: Biggest EPA Fail of the Year? Of the Decade? stronger than it was during the frightening Bush years, at least on some issues. But there's one mess that started back in 2003 that continues to make the agency look more like an industry protection agency than anything related to the environment. Grist has the story of a leaked memo that has nothing to do with Wikileaks, and instead has everything to do with the nation's food supply. The EPA has essentially allowed agrichemical giant Bayer to monitor itself on t]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bayer-toxic-pesticide-biggest-epa-fail-of-the-year-decade.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bayer-toxic-pesticide-biggest-epa-fail-of-the-year-decade.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bayer-toxic-pesticide-biggest-epa-fail-of-the-year-decade.html Food & Health Animals Food Honey Insects Nature Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:38:42 -0500 Visualizing: What Does One Country's Ecological Footprint Have to Do With Another's Biodiversity? environmental impact and how people can lighten their load on the earth. You can calculate your own footprint, and study up on ways to reduce it. But when you look at that same question more broadly—what does the typical lifestyle of an entire society mean for its collective footprint? And what do we know about where the resources fueling that consumption come from? Is it domestic consumption? Import-export on an equal-exchange basis]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/visualizing-what-does-one-countrys-ecological-footprint-have-to-do-anothers-biodiversity.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/visualizing-what-does-one-countrys-ecological-footprint-have-to-do-anothers-biodiversity.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/visualizing-what-does-one-countrys-ecological-footprint-have-to-do-anothers-biodiversity.html Work & Connect Ecological Footprint Green Calculators Green Ideas Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:01:48 -0500 How to Avoid Factory-Farmed Food: The Quick Version increasing in size at an unprecedented rate, it's more important than ever to make sure you know where your food comes from, and that it's not coming from a source that's largely unregulated and massively polluting. Not to mention cruel to the animals involved. I've already gone through the reasons not to eat factory-farmed food: for the environment, for your health and nutrition, for better taste, for a stronger local economy, and for]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/avoid-factory-farmed-food-quick-version.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/avoid-factory-farmed-food-quick-version.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/avoid-factory-farmed-food-quick-version.html Food & Health Farmers Market Food Food Safety Vegetarian Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:17:53 -0500 Global Climate Fund: Can One Good Thing Come Out of Cancun? failed climate talks in Copenhagen last year, there hasn't been much hope for this year's talks in Cancun. That doesn't, however, make action by governments around the world any less urgent. Oxfam is down there, along with other earth activists, pushing for much-needed change in policy. One action Oxfam is calling on people to Work & Connect Climate Change Take Action Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:26:38 -0500 Ink, Not Mink: NFL's Chad Ochocinco Strips Down for the Animals stopping it. That's the story he tells PETA as he explains his involvement with the group and his willingness to strip down for its Ink, Not Mink campaign, which pleads with people to stop supporting the fur industry. What's so wrong with fur? Change.org explains:
In the wild, a male mink has a range of appr]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ink-not-mink-nfls-chad-ochocinco-strips-down-for-animals.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ink-not-mink-nfls-chad-ochocinco-strips-down-for-animals.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ink-not-mink-nfls-chad-ochocinco-strips-down-for-animals.html Work & Connect Activism Animals Celebrities Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:11:29 -0500 BPA in Canned Foods: The Best and Worst Brands Out There failing to ban BPA in baby products, and the envy of the EU for successfully passing a similar ban just a week later, I thought a quick overview would be worthwhile of some of the best and worst companies when it comes to BPA (bisphenol a) exposure. Eden Foods has been leading the BPA-free way for years, with a policy in place since 1999 and all of its organic bean products in cans lined wi]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bpa-canned-foods-best-and-worst-brands-out-there.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bpa-canned-foods-best-and-worst-brands-out-there.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/bpa-canned-foods-best-and-worst-brands-out-there.html Food & Health BPA Food Safety Health Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:06:04 -0500 Low-VOC Alternatives for the Products That Expose You to the Greatest Risk volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are for the environment and for your health, and since they were in the news again this week (in California, manufacturers must reduce VOC levels in household cleaning products), I thought I'd run through some of the products that expose us to the most VOCs on an everyday basis—and some low-VOC alternatives. They're a thing to take seriously: you're exposed to them on an everyday basis,]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/low-voc-alternatives-products-that-expose-greatest-risk.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/low-voc-alternatives-products-that-expose-greatest-risk.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/low-voc-alternatives-products-that-expose-greatest-risk.html Home & Garden Green Home Green Kitchens Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:20:20 -0500 Which Children's Books Are Destroying Precious Rainforest in Indonesia? "Rainforest-Safe Kids' Books: How Do Publishers Stack Up?” that ranks the country's leading publishers based on their paper policies and purchasing practices. The organization created the guide because so many ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/which-childrens-books-are-destroying-precious-rainforest-indonesia.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/which-childrens-books-are-destroying-precious-rainforest-indonesia.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/which-childrens-books-are-destroying-precious-rainforest-indonesia.html Work & Connect Books Education Green Brands Kids Paper Trees Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:38:10 -0500 Why the Failed Trade Agreement with South Korea is Good News meat and dairy play in climate change, and despite all the problems that the U.S. model of animal agriculture has caused for the environment and human health, Obama's Asia tour this week has had an uncomfortably large focus on exporting beef, chicken and dairy. If several Congressmen, including Senator Max Baucus and Representative Dave Camp, had g]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/why-the-failed-trade-agreement-south-korea-good-news.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/why-the-failed-trade-agreement-south-korea-good-news.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/why-the-failed-trade-agreement-south-korea-good-news.html Work & Connect Environmental Policy Food Politics Pollution Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:46:15 -0500 The Coolest Bike Food Carts Around the Globe (Slideshow)

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