Amanda Wills
Amanda Wills is the Assistant Editor of Earth911.com
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For those of you who turned off the TV after the Saints' big win, we'll tell you about our second favorite highlight of the night. CBS premiered its new series "Undercover Boss," a reality show in which heads of major corporations pose as entry-level employees to find out just what goes on outside of the corporate office.
This week's episode ... read more
Waste Management Head Goes Undercover; You Won’t Believe What He Saw
For those of you who turned off the TV after the Saints' big win, we'll tell you about our second favorite highlight of the night. CBS premiered its new series "Undercover Boss," a reality show in which heads of major corporations pose as entry-level employees to find out just what goes on outside of the corporate office.
This week's episode ... read more
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Throw on your U.S. Curling Team sweatshirt, get out the tissues for those emotional figure skating routines and don't forget that Leno is moving back to the 11:35 time slot.
Starting on Feb. 12, a projected 5,550 athletes from more than 80 countries will participate during the 17 days of the 2010 Winter Olympic Game events, drawing 3 billion television viewers ... read more
Hottest in Green: 2010 Winter Olympics
Throw on your U.S. Curling Team sweatshirt, get out the tissues for those emotional figure skating routines and don't forget that Leno is moving back to the 11:35 time slot.
Starting on Feb. 12, a projected 5,550 athletes from more than 80 countries will participate during the 17 days of the 2010 Winter Olympic Game events, drawing 3 billion television viewers ... read more
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Last year's Super Bowl face off between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers drew a whopping 95.4 million viewers, ranking second behind 2008's record-setting game.
If history tells us anything, it's that Sunday will be a big day for football parties as Peyton and the Colts take on the Cinderella-story New Orleans Saints.
So while planning that party for ... read more
Quick Green Tips For Super Bowl Sunday
Last year's Super Bowl face off between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers drew a whopping 95.4 million viewers, ranking second behind 2008's record-setting game.
If history tells us anything, it's that Sunday will be a big day for football parties as Peyton and the Colts take on the Cinderella-story New Orleans Saints.
So while planning that party for ... read more
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Earth911’s “Ask The Editor” series tackles your toughest environmental and recycling dilemmas.
Q: I've been switching to the CFLs but find that, in some cases, they don't last any longer than the incandescent bulbs I'm replacing. I thought they were supposed to be cheaper to operate and longer lasting - thus justifying their higher cost. Am I confused or is ... read more
Yes, You Pay More For CFLs, But Are They Worth It?
Earth911’s “Ask The Editor” series tackles your toughest environmental and recycling dilemmas.
Q: I've been switching to the CFLs but find that, in some cases, they don't last any longer than the incandescent bulbs I'm replacing. I thought they were supposed to be cheaper to operate and longer lasting - thus justifying their higher cost. Am I confused or is ... read more
Published in Hazardous
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Fashion has taken a serious nosedive to rock-bottom with PR messes in the past couple weeks with H&M's trashed clothing scandal and India's organic cotton fiasco. So with New York Fashion Week just two weeks out, eco-fashion can only go up, right?
We know one thing's for sure, there are plenty of people behind the concept, including top NYC designers ... read more
Eco Fashion Huge in NYC, Grammys…and the UN?
Fashion has taken a serious nosedive to rock-bottom with PR messes in the past couple weeks with H&M's trashed clothing scandal and India's organic cotton fiasco. So with New York Fashion Week just two weeks out, eco-fashion can only go up, right?
We know one thing's for sure, there are plenty of people behind the concept, including top NYC designers ... read more
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Have you prepared yourself for the onslaught of pink paper hearts and haphazard cupid arrows that is about to ensue? Yeah, we really haven't either.
But like it or leave it, Valentine's Day is a great time to do an eco-refresh on your love life, even if you're not attached.
1. Get Off the Couch
Getting involved in your local community is a ... read more
Green Your Love Life
Have you prepared yourself for the onslaught of pink paper hearts and haphazard cupid arrows that is about to ensue? Yeah, we really haven't either.
But like it or leave it, Valentine's Day is a great time to do an eco-refresh on your love life, even if you're not attached.
1. Get Off the Couch
Getting involved in your local community is a ... read more
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Quilmes, Argentina...just 17 kilometers away from the capitol city of Buenos Aires and home to the popular blue-labeled, Pabst-Blue-Ribbon-esque beer, it's now the sight of one of the coolest "trash homes" we've seen.
Using the waste from local businesses and neighbors, Tito Ingenieri has made a more than livable home out of the glass bottles he collects. An ongoing 19-year ... read more
Video: An Ingenious Way to Reuse Beer Bottles
Quilmes, Argentina...just 17 kilometers away from the capitol city of Buenos Aires and home to the popular blue-labeled, Pabst-Blue-Ribbon-esque beer, it's now the sight of one of the coolest "trash homes" we've seen.
Using the waste from local businesses and neighbors, Tito Ingenieri has made a more than livable home out of the glass bottles he collects. An ongoing 19-year ... read more
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A Port-au-Prince gas station owner sat outside of what was left of a local clinic after escaping a propane fire that engulfed his body in flames following the Jan. 14 Haitian earthquake.
With an estimated wait time of 12 days for even life-threatening injuries, the clinic was overflowing and under-supplied. After five days of agonizing pain resulting as more than half ... read more
Medical Supplies Are Crucial But Limited in Haitian Clinics
A Port-au-Prince gas station owner sat outside of what was left of a local clinic after escaping a propane fire that engulfed his body in flames following the Jan. 14 Haitian earthquake.
With an estimated wait time of 12 days for even life-threatening injuries, the clinic was overflowing and under-supplied. After five days of agonizing pain resulting as more than half ... read more
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Two weeks down and the death count has soared past 110,000. We don't have to tell you that the Haitian 7.0 magnitude earthquake was one of the worst disasters in decades - you can see it for yourself every time you turn on the television, read the paper or surf the Web.
We have been keeping up with the latest news ... read more
Update on Haitian Relief Efforts, How to Get Involved
Two weeks down and the death count has soared past 110,000. We don't have to tell you that the Haitian 7.0 magnitude earthquake was one of the worst disasters in decades - you can see it for yourself every time you turn on the television, read the paper or surf the Web.
We have been keeping up with the latest news ... read more
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Last week Ford's 2010 Fusion Hybrid was named car of the year by 49 auto journalists at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Ford invited Earth911 to Washington D.C. last spring to test drive the Fusion Hybrid in its attempt to drive 1,000 miles on one tank of gas. Needless to say, we were more than impressed.
After 69 ... read more
We’ll Tell You Why the Ford Fusion Hybrid is ‘Car of the Year’
Last week Ford's 2010 Fusion Hybrid was named car of the year by 49 auto journalists at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Ford invited Earth911 to Washington D.C. last spring to test drive the Fusion Hybrid in its attempt to drive 1,000 miles on one tank of gas. Needless to say, we were more than impressed.
After 69 ... read more
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