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Green Term of the Week – E-Waste

E-Waste is the waste that comes from discarded electronic equipment such as computers, mobile phones, mp3 players, televisions, and other electronic equipment. When these items end up in landfills or get burned in an incinerator toxic substances like lead, mercury and cadmium end up contaminating the land we live on, the water we drink, and [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week: Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST)

Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) is the synthetic growth hormone that is given to cows to make them grow bigger so that they can produce  more milk. It is completely unnecessary for the health of the cow, and many studies show it is actually harmful to the cow.  In fact, in 1999, Canada banned its use [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

HDPE is a kind of plastic resin that is used in things like milk and water bottles, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, grocery bags, and margarine containers. It’s the type of plastic that has a number 2 in the center of the recycling symbol. HDPE is one of the easier plastics to recycle and most community [ READ MORE ]

Green Term(s) of the Week: Organic vs Natural

I wrote a post recently about club stores selling more organic and natural products. It occurred to me that not everyone may know the difference between the two. So today I’m here to explain the difference. Organic means that the food has been grown without chemical/synthetics/poisonous pesticides and fertilizers. Animals that produce food have been [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Locavore

Locavore - someone who eats locally grown food Last year, the New Oxford American Dictionary made locavore its word of the year.  Why is being a locavore considered green? There are several reasons. Locally grown food is usually grown more naturally, with fewer chemicals and pesticides than food that is grown on huge corporate farms. Often [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Gray Water

If you’ve ever used the water from the pasta you just boiled to water your plants, then you’re already familiar with gray water even if you didn’t know there was an actual term for it. Gray water is water that has been used once but is safe to use again for another purpose (usually not [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Carbon Guilt

Carbon Guilt – The guilt that comes from knowing that your mere existence is causing the world to be destroyed because of the carbon footprint you leave wherever you go. Okay, so this is my definition of carbon guilt. The term is fairly new, and others would probably not define it with such sarcasm. But [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – LOHAS

I’ve done a few green terms so far on this blog, and I figured I’d make it a weekly feature. So Wednesdays (or thereabouts) I’ll be bringing to you some new green term for you to mull over in your mind. Today’s green term: LOHAS LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. [ READ MORE ]

Light Green

I was contacted today from someone who had seen this blog about doing some writing. They are looking for someone to write for the ‘light greens” out there. Those who aren’t yet treehuggers but are on their way to becoming so. So today’s green term definition is light green. I suppose I’m a shade slightly [ READ MORE ]

Expanding my Vocabulary

I read a new term the other day – greenwashing. It’s when a company or an organization claims to be doing something green when in fact they aren’t being very green at all. They are simply jumping on the green bandwagon since right now it’s hip to be green. Today I heard a commercial for [ READ MORE ]

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