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GUEST POST: Another “One in a Million” Makes a Difference

“Diane, Just writing to let you know that my morning routine now consists of Organic Raisin Bran, Free trade, organic, shade grown coffee and organic

Women Want a Better Light Bulb

What environmental purchase worries you most? If you’re anything like the hundreds of women I’ve met during my speaking engagements this month, it’s compact fluorescent

Get the Lead Out … of Your Lipstick!

According to new product tests released today by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, lipstick manufactured in the United States and used daily by millions of

Clearing the Air

Fear of consumer backlash has motivated Walgreens Drugstores to withdraw three air fresheners that contain chemicals which may affect hormones and reproductive development, particularly in

A Thousand Dollars Adds Up Fast

The “One in a Million” Campaign is urging a million women to shift $1,000 of money they’d spend in a year anyway to green products

Green Shopping Makes a Difference

Big Green Purse encourages women to make a difference in the marketplace because the marketplace is what ruins or restores the environment. The dynamic works

Aurora Dairy Undercuts Consumer Confidence

One of the nation’s largest organic dairies must stop using the organic label on some of its products because it is not producing that milk

Make the Shift: Phosphate-Free Dish Detergent

Phosphates were once widely used in laundry detergents. Due to their deteriorating impact on water quality (too much phosphorus creates suffocating algae blooms), the Federal

The A List: Keith Urban

We could solve all our energy problems if we could figure out how to capture the heat Keith Urban generates in his live concerts. I

Third Toy Recall Makes for a Grim “Hat Trick”

This isn’t the kind of “hat trick” anyone would want to boast about. In yet another recall, Mattel today has asked parents to return

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