Living Green
Beauty Hurts: What’s Lurking in Your Cosmetics
When it comes to beauty, a common phrase is “no pain, no gain” – the huge amounts of money that the average woman pours into the $170 billion per year cosmetics industry (not to mention the insane amounts of time) is all supposed to be worth it in the end. But recent exposes on the dangerous [...]
Electronics Recycling
In 2010, the world met a significant, though largely unnoticed, milestone when the five billionth cell phone [...]
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Farming, Gardening, Epidemics
Yikes! You are probably wondering what any of this has to do with green buildings! Not to worry! The relationship between these [...]
Let it Snow!
The storms that rocked New York City in January and early February, left the city buried under piles of snow. For a while, it seemed like [...]
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What is Distilled Water?
Read the labels on bottled water, and you will notice that one of the most common methods to purify the water is distillation. This is an extremely energy intensive, wasteful process and it’s not as healthy as you might think. Additionally, because this water comes in [...]
Contributing to marine plastic pollution by washing your face
The majority of cosmetic manufacturers use in their exfoliating products [...]
Microplastic Wastes in Our Oceans
Most of the attention given to threats on sea life is focused on plastic [...]
Green City Challenge 2010 Live Green Competition
The Live Green Competition took place at Sustainable NYC on Ave A in the East Village. Green Map hosted another challenge at their headquarters in the East Village. And Lululemon on Union Square hosted the Recycling competition. Click on the photo above to find out more.
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Green and Clean: Green Dry-Cleaning in NYC
Try googling “dry cleaners in Manhattan” and you will come up with over 5,000 hits. Of those 5,000, fewer than 1,500 identify themselves as green or organic. This means that over 70% of New York City’s dry cleaners are using chemicals that are not only harmful to the [...]
Ten Tips to Clean Living in a Toxic World
It is common knowledge that we are polluting our environment at an [...]
What to do with all this Recyclable Stuff?
Does your community offer a home recycling program? Well if the answer is [...]
