Your Guide to Obtaining Fresh, Organic Produce in The Middle of Winter

Don’t you love the endless array and options of fruits and vegetables you get during the summertime? It’s like a free for all and anything we want we can grab for the taking. As lovely as it is to enjoy copious amounts of veggies and fruits in the summer it tends to get a little tougher for us in the winter months.  It’s especially harder to find organic and on top of that it’s more expensive. Here are a few tips for obtaining organic produce during the winter time. 1. Know when to buy organic Every fruit and vegetable that you buy does not need to be organic.  There are certain fruits and vegetables that have the highest pesticide residues. These are the ones you need to worry about.  They call these “The Dirty Dozen.” They also put out a list called “The Clean 15” which includes items that have very low levels of pesticide residue. These items are avocados, sweet corn, pineapples, cabbage, onions, sweet peas, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwi, eggplant, grapefruit, cant…
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7 Ways to Eco Your Secret Santa

The holidays are a time of joy, giving, family, and celebration - and also a time of mass consumerism. From Black Friday lines around the block to stampedes at Wal-Mart, 'tis the season of shopping, wrapping, and exchanging. For those who are sensitive to the environment and want to extend sustainability into their holiday gift-giving practices, there are some eco-friendly alternatives to consider. The Taiga Company, a sustainability consulting firm, presented this list of 7 Ways to Eco Your Secret Santa. Check it out here. For more sustainability tips, follow @TaigaCompany on Twitter.
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The Noiseless, Waveless, Freaky Fast Watercraft of Tomorrow

Meet the Quadrofoil. Silent, Smooth, Eco-Friendly and Freaky Fast. This eco-friendly, electric-powered personal watercraft offers zero emissions but maximum fun as you navigate lakes, rivers and oceans at up to 40 knots…making even a James Bond escape seem sedate. The innovation is in the patented hydrofoil technology that allows the craft to float above the water as wing-like blades called hydrofoils create lift beneath the surface of the water. Quadrofoil is the first all-electric, totally environmentally friendly watercraft and can even be taken to marine-protected areas. Its patented hydrofoil steering system, automatic balancing, stabilization and airtight top module renders this two-person watercraft almost unsinkable as it cuts silently through waves up to 20 inches high. Want One? Simple. Place and order and deposit and you may just have delivery by March of 2015. You can expect to pay in the $20k range for this 2-seater, which can be pay for itself in one summer …
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The Dirty Side of Cleaning – Kitchen Sponges Have More Bacteria than a Toilet Seat

By Amanda Crater If you've ever wondered why your kitchen sponge smells revolting, it's because kitchen sponges have more bacteria than, well, the whole kitchen sink.  According to a report in the Daily Mail, kitchen sponges on average carry 200,000 times the bacteria than found on a toilet seat. The Huffington Post recently reported on the details behind this nasty phenomenon in an article called, "Your Kitchen Sponge is as Revolting as It Smells." The germs and bacteria get lodged in the nooks and crannies of the sponges, which in turn result in that foul smell you find lingering on your fingers after using it.Do not despair, however, there is hope in overcoming the stinky sponge dilemma! An eco-friendly alternative to traditional kitchen sponges exists thanks to an innovative, California-based company called Pura Naturals. Pura Naturals sponges are revolutionizing the home care cleaning experience with their line of kitchen sponges that, wait for it...NEVER SMELL. Toxin-f…
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IKEA Purchases New Wind Farm…Assembly Instructions Blow Away

November 18, 2014- The IKEA Group announced today that it had purchased it's second wind farm in the United States from Apex Clean Energy: a 165-megawatt wind farm in Cameron County, Texas. This represents the single largest renewable energy investment made by the IKEA Group globally to date. The wind farm will contribute significantly to the IKEA Group 2020 goal of producing as much renewable energy as the total energy the company consumes globally. The Cameron Wind farm is expected to be fully operational in late 2015. Earlier this year IKEA Group announced its first U.S. wind farm purchase located in Hoopeston, Illinois. The Cameron Wind farm will be more than one-and-a-half times the size of the Hoopeston project. IKEA Group has now committed to own and operate 279 wind turbines in nine countries, and will invest a total of $1.9 billion[2] in wind and solar power up to the end of 2015. IKEA has also taken steps to further the development of a low-c…
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This Bus is Powered by Your Waste. Holy Sh*t!

New York City was first with it’s No-Idling laws, but the UK, it seems, won’t settle for #2. Unless of course it’s the #2 (Human waste) that just happens to be fueling the first-of-its-kind city bus. The 40-seater Bio-Bus runs on fuel generated from treated sewage and food waste and helps improve urban air quality as it produces fewer emissions than traditional diesel engines. The bus can travel up to 200 miles on a full tank of gas generated at Bristol sewage treatment works – a plant run by GENeco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water. Up to 10,000 passengers are expected to travel on the Bio-Bus each month. It’s not petrol, bio-diesel or natural gas. It’s Biomethane, and can even be used to power up to 8,500 homes, and although the bus's graphics seem to imply it’s a moving shitter, the fuel is actually a product of Bristol sewage treatment, which treats around 75 million cubic meters of sewage waste and 35,000 tons of food waste through a process known as anaerobic digestio…
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