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Eco-Travel: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

lowimpactliving, August 20th, 2007

Low Impact Living is an environmental website and contributing writer for Earth 911. Become an Earth 911 contributor. We Americans sure do love to travel! But as you likely know, in addition to being fun and rejuvenating, travel has many environmental impacts. There's the fuel involved in getting to and from your destination, whether by car, rail, air or some ... read more

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Tagged basics, book, dirt, energy, fuel, greentravel, ideas, noteworthy, reduce, tires, trees

Published in Automotive


Phoenix Farmers Market

Sheila Bocchine, July 26th, 2007

Curiously Green is an exclusive weekly Earth 911 series showcasing the adventures of a couple going green. This week Sheila and Gary, a couple from Phoenix, Arizona share their experience at a farmers market. Sheila Bocchine is a pinhole photographer and Gary Millard is a Phoenix photographer. She Says: I've been making lists of green things I ... read more

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Published in General


How to Properly Dispose of Hazardous Products

Jourdan Rassás, July 26th, 2007

The following is the fourth part in an Earth 911 week-long series on household hazardous waste. Part 1 - What Makes Things Hazardous? Part 2 - How to Monitor Hazardous Products Part 3 - How to Store Hazardous Products Part 4 - How to Properly Dispose of HHW First and foremost, you should try to reduce the amount of household hazardous waste ... read more

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Tagged basics, book, hhw, ideas, noteworthy, pesticides, recycle, reduce

Published in Hazardous


How To Store Hazardous Products

Jourdan Rassás, July 25th, 2007

The following is the third part in an Earth 911 week-long series on household hazardous waste. Part 1 - What Makes Things Hazardous? Part 2 - How to Monitor Hazardous Products Part 3 - How to Store Hazardous Products Part 4 - How to Properly Dispose of HHW How to store HHW: Given all the possible harm HHW can cause, ... read more

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Published in Hazardous


How To Monitor Hazardous Products

Jourdan Rassás, July 24th, 2007

The following is the second part in an Earth 911 week-long series on household hazardous waste. Part 1 - What Makes Things Hazardous? Part 2 - How to Monitor Hazardous Products Part 3 - How to Store Hazardous Products Part 4 - How to Properly Dispose of HHW How you can tell if household products are hazardous? Determining which products ... read more

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Tagged adhesives, antifreeze, basics, batteries, book, fuel, fungicides, hhw, householdcleaners, ideas, noteworthy, paint, paintthinners, pesticides, poolchemicals, reduce, wood

Published in Garden


What Makes Things Hazardous?

Jourdan Rassás, July 23rd, 2007

The following article is the first part in an Earth 911 week-long series on household hazardous waste (HHW). Part 1 - What Makes Things Hazardous? Part 2 - How to Monitor Hazardous Products Part 3 - How to Store Hazardous Products Part 4 - How to Properly Dispose of HHW Picture this: You bought a beautiful mahogany armoire and wanted ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, book, explosives, hhw, ideas, noteworthy, paint, pesticides, reduce, wood

Published in Hazardous


Live Earth Beneficiary Hopes to Use Money to Further Raise Climate Change Awareness

Jourdan Rassás, July 13th, 2007

While it may not have been readily advertised, believe it or not, there is a beneficiary of the probable millions of dollars raised by the Live Earth concerts, which took place July 7 in nine different locations across the world. The Alliance for Climate Protection, chaired by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, will receive the money made from the ... read more

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Tagged basics, book, ideas, noteworthy, reduce

Published in General


Find an EPA Plug-In to eCycling Partner

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

You can check for specific or general electronics reuse or recycling options below. Please select what you are looking for from the list. EPA Plug-In To eCycling listings, if available, will be denoted by the EPA Plug-In logo to the right of the site listing when they are called up. For other electronics-related reusable or recyclable items such ... read more

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Tagged basics, batteries, book, computers, hhw, ideas, noteworthy, recycle, reuse, telephone, television

Published in Electronics


Thirteen Common Myths of Composting

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

Myth 1: Start a compost pile to manage grass clippings Why not try mulching before composting? Making piles of organic materials is more work than letting them lie. Instead of bagging, why not try "Grasscycling" or the "Don’t Bag It" system of using mulching mowers instead? There is no reason to bag grass if you cut it more often, use less ... read more

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Tagged asphalt, basics, book, composting, concrete, dirt, fuel, grass, herbicides, ideas, lead, leaves, noteworthy, reduce, solvents, trees

Published in Garden


Mulching: Nature’s Composting Secret

Earth911, April 2nd, 2007

Mulching is nature’s recycling system. Nature spreads thin layers of organic materials evenly over the surface of the soil. Year after year, season upon season, leaves and blades of grass mature, die, and fall to the ground. Soil organisms begin the process of decomposition. First molds, then bacteria, later earthworms and beetles all come to return organic matter back to ... read more

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Tagged basics, book, brush, catalogs, composting, dirt, grass, ideas, lead, leaves, noteworthy, otherglass, recycle, reduce, trees, weeds, wood

Published in Garden


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