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Downsizing: Environmentalism’s Next Frontier Green Living and Minimalism Go Hand in Hand

Avery Phillips clutter, consume, consumption, declutter, down, downsize, downsizing, functional, less, more, packaging, reduce, shopping, size, Storage, waste 0 Comments

Downsizing — striving to live more minimally — has a lot of great benefits: it can help with organization, improve finances, and it can be eco-friendly…

Nano © Photo illustration for E magazine, Hemera image

Cover Story

Eating Nano Our food supply is not nearly as safe as we would like to believe...

Brita Belli food, food safety, food supply, health risk, nano, nanoparticles, packaging, particles, safety 0 Comments

Our food supply is not nearly as safe as we would like to believe thanks to nano particles in our food and packaging…what are the health risks?

Disposable Packaging. Credit Roddy Scheer One way to cut down om disposable packaging is to get a reusable water bottle. Credit: Roddy Scheer Photography http://www.roddyscheer.com

Conscious Consumer

Trim Your Waste

Sharon Kelly bottle, bottles, disposable, excess, package, packaging, photography, reusable, Roddy Scheer Photography, water 0 Comments

There are some simple steps that can help each of us reduce our personal impact, such as avoiding products that come in disposable packaging.

holiday waste, credit: tommy miles, flickrcc

Unearthed

By the Numbers: Holiday Waste Do We Really Increase Our Waste By 25% Between Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Stephen Dworkin gifts, holiday, packaging, waste, wrapping 0 Comments

According to EPA, Americans produce 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day than during the rest of the year…