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NY School Children Protest Styrofoam – Be Inspired

July 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
NY Times ran an article this morning, Styrofoam, Food and Public Schools.  
They have a fantastic short video about the story on the NY Times site. The reporter interviewed children as well as parents. It includes a fantastic shot of grade-school age children on the steps of City Hall with posters, flyers and stacks of old […]

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Tags: Marine Wildlife · be inspired · NY City School · polystyrene · reusable cup · Styrofoam · birds · New York · sustainability · landfill · brooklyn · Environment

Get GREEN at Work and Pet Poison Hotlines

June 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
All pets aside, a great way to greenify your life is to take the philosophies you live by at home to work with you.  

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Tags: pet blog · recycle at work · recyle · animal welfare · printing · dogs · sustainability · paper · work

Today Pet Poop, Tomorrow Methane Gas

June 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments

 
San Francisco and other Bay Area cities are looking at ways to reuse and recycle animal waste in an effort to stop sending trash to landfills by 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the city is the first to try and convert pet feces into methane to be used as fuel.  San Francisco has an […]

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Tags: Biodgradable bags · dog feces · renewable energy source · methane gas · animal waste · cat feces · San Francisco · sustainability · landfill · animals

Pots Made From Poop

June 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

 

A friend of mine came across this fun, ultra-green product that was featured on the Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, CowPots™.   

CowPots™, “The Pots You Plant,” were invented by the Freund dairy farming family in northwestern Connecticut. They are made from manure solids and are of course, 100% biodegradable. This is a great example of farmers turning […]

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Tags: CowPots · cow manure · renewable energy source · pot project · Living Green · plastic · sustainability · plants · farming · animals

Crunchy Chicken’s Low-Impact Week

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

 
My new favorite blogger, the crazy Crunch Chicken gal from Seattle, just wrapped up her “Low-Impact week.” I caught this one a little late but think it is still worth bringing up. Crunchy Chicken made a list of goals to meet for the week in addition to all of the guidelines she has already made for […]

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Tags: Low Impact Week · Living Green · sustainability · Environment

71.1 Million Strong

June 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
I just received the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association’s (APPMA) National Pet Owners Survey for 2007-2008.  

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Tags: Living Green · APPMA · sustainability · animals · dogs · cats · Environment

The GREEN way to pick up doggie doo-doo

May 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I have a good friend that is consistently buying rolls of those blue plastic doggie waste bags to carry around with her when she takes her little dog for a walk. I don’t blame her. The bags fit right into the little plastic fire hydrant on her dog’s leash and they are really convenient. She […]

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Tags: plastic bags · Living Green · Biodgradable bags · pet care · Pets · product reviews · sustainability · dogs