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Waste
Tons of Trash: Tour America’s Top 10 Biggest Landfills
Beyond the smell and decay, landfills are considered modern archeology sites, collections of discarded items that give c…
Give It Up for 2010! EcoSalon’s Round-Up for Creating a Greener Year
Every time you leave the water running while brushing your teeth, you vow you will break the habit soon because you care…
Pull That Plug! 10 Common Culprits of Phantom Energy Leaks
Phantom energy sucks. Even when turned off, plugged-in electric devices are draining the juice in your house, a phenomen…
Getting Purelled: The New Fixation of an Ailing Nation
Getting Purelled is the growing phenomenon of sanitizing one’s germ-infested mitts with the alcohol-based, Johnson…
The Top 20 Things We Throw Away (That We Shouldn’t)
How often do you have to empty the trash cans around your home? If you take a trip outside to the dumpster every couple …
9 Reasons to Stay Out of Starbucks
Starbucks: people either love ’em or loathe ’em. My husband likes their coffee and admires their business br…
Scientists Baffled by High Sea Lion Death Count in a Non-El Niño Year
It’s not unusual in California to see from 1,500 to 2,000 sea lion deaths on our beaches each year. But this year …