Protecting the environment is never cut and dry. Take, for example, the issue of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Used in the…
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Why Is It So Hard to Get My Mom to Go Green?
My mother, the nice Jewish lady seen here at her box at the Hollywood Bowl, is among the biggest paper and water consum…
Petition Aims to Ban Invasive Commercials at the Movies
We go because we love movies. We go for the delightful or frightful experience of being swept into another reality for a…
10 Tips to Go Off the Grid This Weekend
Cell phones, laptops, the Blackberry, iPods, texting, Twitter. Do you ever feel a little too in touch with the world? Ne…
Sugar Coated Pills Aren’t So Sweet
Sugar coated tablets are meant to protect people from the medicine upsetting their bodies. But now a new study has found…
Summertime and the Livin’s Easy: 20 (More!) Fun Things to Do for Free
What? You want more already? If 20 Things To Do Without Spending A Dime just wasn’t enough, and you’ve worn …
L.A. Golf Courses & Parks Stay Green This Summer Despite Water Restrictions
The grass is always browner when officials have Los Angeles homeowners turning off their sprinklers during the sizzling …
You’re Putting My Recycled TV Where?!
New research by scientists at the University of York has uncovered a way of recycling a key ingredient in LCD television…