Often palm oils are listed as vegetable oils, or other names, so you can’t always tell palm from the other oils.
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The Safe Seed Pledge: A Contract Between Gardeners & Their Seed Suppliers
Although the science and technology behind genetic engineering was established by the late 1970s, it was not until 1980, when the government began allowing lifeforms to be patented, that corporations realized that they were sitting on a goldmine.
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Change the World: Investing for a Fossil Fuel Free Future
Climate change is one of the concerns driving money into Sustainable, Responsible and Impact investing. SRI funds have grown by 76 percent between 2012-2014.
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5 Eco-Friendly Ways Startups Can Help the Environment
Making your office environmentally friendly might seem like a luxury, but give it some thought and don’t push it to the background.
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The Impact of Recycling
Americans spend and average of $51,000 on household expenditures per year. Most are for items which end up as trash and goes to the landfill.
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Urban Lumber
Several years ago while renovating a landscape for an older home being flipped by a realtor, my whole thinking about lumber completely changed.
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Leave It at the Door
What’s in the dust in your home? There may be insect fragments, lead dust, pesticides, pollen, dust mites, animal dander, hair, human skin flakes, fungal spores or cigarette ash.
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Radon: If Only It Smelled Like Sulphur
Portland, Vancouver, Salem, and points between have a radon issue--one that has been here for thousands of years--and one that is not going away.
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8 Ways to Reduce Your Water Waste
Water is wasted waiting for the shower or sink to warm up, on the slow leak you have in the toilet bowl that you never knew about and from sprinkling your lawn every day.
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10 Suggestions to Detox Your Car
Months of scouring the marketplace and test-driving vehicles reminded me of just how many chemicals most people use in the maintenance and upkeep of their vehicles. Here are 10 ways to detox your car based on my new book, Weekend Wonder Detox
