Whenever you shop, consider whether the companies you buy from are helping or hurting the planet. A handy guide is www.climatecounts.org, which rates large corporations on 22 criteria for climate action. From Motorola to Nike you can see which companies are taking small steps to reduce their corporate footprint and which are taking bigger strides to support local, state and federal legislation on climate change.
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completed this on March 12 12:11 AM
I don’t shop at Wal-Mart and I always purchase organic products from smaller companies.
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completed this on February 17 11:41 AM
If I need something, I can get it on FreeCycle, or second hand at any number of stores or online before even considering buying it new. And where possible I avoid buying anything made in China, eve…
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completed this on February 16 2:53 PM
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completed this on January 21 5:04 PM
We use second hand stores, craigslist, and NEVER go to Wal-Mart. We shop locally with local vendors, re-use and trade with friends. Our family and friends have a gift shopping guide, it has to be u…
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completed this on October 15, 2009 10:19 PM
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Air travel is the most environmentally damaging form of transportation. It’s usually the dirtiest way to get from place to place, and we use it to cover vast distances. In the U.S. alone more than 827 million passengers travel by air each year, flying just over a trillion miles. These flights emit over 350 million tons [...]. Read more
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