Let the Sun Shine In
Solar Products Offer a Clean Alternative
Conscious Consumer
Green cars
When it comes to talking about the "green car," electric vehicles, or EVs. get all the glory. And no wonder! The $30,000 state-of-the-art General Motors EV1, formerly the Impact, will roll out in Saturn dealerships this fall. Chyrsler will be marketing an electric minivan, as will Honda. And Toyota’s RAV4 is the first plug-in sport utility vehicle.
Juicing the Waste Stream
If there’s juice in your child’s school backpack, it’s more than likely that it’s stored in a paper-and-foil aseptic package, complete with a colorful cartoon logo. Although aseptic packaging was invented to safely ship foods without refrigeration—a feature that has helped feed many people in the developing world—it is more familiarly used in the U.S. for convenience drinks. And while some environmentalists applaud the merits of aseptics, a number of important questions remain.
Eco-Babes in Toyland
Eco-friendly toys and games are all the rage this year for the hoiday gift-giving season.
Wrapping It Up
Creative Ways to Give Your Holiday Paper Use the Cut There’s nothing like the holidays to really crank up the paper frenzy. And a frenzy it is: 20 years after the advent of the computer age, Americans use more paper than ever. Though we constitute only five percent of the global population, we consume 30 […]
Best for Baby
Natural Alternatives Promote Healthy Kids The birth of a child gives parents a very big and happy incentive to make organic choices. Business is booming for today’s growing contingent of environmentally responsive companies selling eco-healthy children’s products. © Hain Celestial group Perhaps the most natural—and healthiest—choice a new mom can make involves breastfeeding. And despite […]
Where’s the Beef? Today’s Fake Meats Bring You the Taste — But Not the Health Risk — Of the Real Thing
Before Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods took the meat alternative world by storm, there were several other venerable meatless meat pioneers.
Body-Care Brawl
Tensions Mount Over Organic Labeling of "Hydrosol" In 1988, when she was just 29, Diana Kaye was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The aggressive disease is one of the fastest-growing forms of cancer and has been linked in various studies to exposure to toxic chemicals. Kaye enrolled in an experimental chemotherapy program and eventually recovered, although […]
The E-Car Update
Want to Buy an Electric? Get Ready to Hurry Up and Wait If you are lucky enough to live in the state of California, you can-today-visit a car dealer and drive home in a brand-new, road-ready electric vehicle (EV). If you live anywhere else, the pickings are pretty slim. Although strict new Clean Air Act […]
Under the Table
San Rafael, California-based Tamalpais NatureWorks also uses toxic-free finishes on its clean-lined furniture.