Earth Day doesn’t seem to be quite such an event in the UK as it is in the rest of the world, although it really should be. There doesn’t seem to be an awful lot to report from this side of the pond, but here are just a couple of the initiatives coinciding with Earth Day in the US.
Mekanism teamed up with Venables Bell & Partners to help PG&E deliver green messages to their San Francisco customers in the letsgreenthiscity (www.letsgreenthiscity.com) crusade. Targeting the growing green conscious segment of the population, letsgreenthiscity.com delivers a green guide to help individuals in their personal efforts to support the environment. This interactive online user’s guide is introduced by a series of short films, each containing green facts and tips, produced in a way that entertains while engaging the viewer. Information courtesty of the Kiri Jewell Trust.
In celebration of Earth Day, MissionFish are excited to announce Spotlight on Saving Our Environment. This April and May, use eBay Giving Works to donate a percentage of your listings’ final sale prices to a nonprofit that is protecting and preserving our natural treasures. Your listings will appear on a branded microsite www.missionfish.org/environment specially designed to encourage shopping in support of this great cause. And, when your listing sells, it qualifies for the eBay Giving Works Fee Credit Policy!Thanks to Ashley Gatewood at MissionFish for this information.
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It all seems a bit silly when you really think about it. We’ve been wiping chemical filled liquids over our homes and filling the air with chemically fumes. Only if it’s a real chemical stench do we think - “oo that smells really clean”.
We’ve been cleaning our baths with bleachy, chloriney, chemically nasties.. sloosh it out a bit.. then fill it up and sit in the chemical residue! We’ve been brainwashed into thinking we need to kill all bacteria, even though we really don’t and never have done. There’s good and bad bacteria. Anti bacterial doesn’t check which it is before it zaps it. We’ve been plugging in to freshen the air and breathing it in, washing our dishes in gawd knows what then eating off them.
My point, and I do have one (!), is that it’s really not good for us. We can all work out that it’s not good for the environment to pour all that stuff down the drains and into our water ways for the fish and plantlife to deal with. But it’s our own home environment we need to consider too. There’s lots of stats available about the carcinogenic effect of household products, but I don’t want overstay my welcome!
So when you need to replace a product in your cleaning armoury, think about whether there is a green alternative, or an old fashioned, traditional alternative. Or in the case of anti bacterials & air fresheners, think about whether you need it at all.
I’m a converted bleachy fiend.. I’m now a mean-green-cleaning-machine!
by Racheal from greenmop
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Thanks to Dan Schwachter for the tip.
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