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Symbio Vanilla is not Natural
In Eco Childs Play, Jennifer Lance warns of a new product, Synbio Vanilla, being labeled as “natural” that is anything but: As a consumer, I do depend on the term “natural” to identify products I feel comfortable feeding my family. I do read labels. Even my kids read labels. I trust in ingredients I can…
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Canyon Discovered in Greenland Larger than Arizona Grand Canyon
Ron G. Anselm posts information on a newly discovered mega-canyon under Greenland’s ice sheet. NASA`s Airborne Science Mission… discovered evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hiding under all that solid mound of Greenland frozen tundra. Greenland mysterious hidden Grand Canyon looks to be around 460 miles long making it larger and longer than the…
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Growing Use of Nanoparticles in Product Manufacture
Here’s one more thing to give you pause when you’re shopping. Christine Chew alerts us to nanoparticles used in food and clothing manufacture on the care2 make a difference blog: You can’t see them but they are there. Nanoparticles have been used, more and more, in food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics, clothing, toys, kitchenware and more over the past…
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Link Between Sustainability and Environmentalism Fairly Recent
The link between sustainability and environmentalism is actually fairly recent: Before 1980, sustainability was an uncommon variant of sustainable, as in “capable of being upheld,” and it could be used in any context. But in 1980 that all changed when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature published the World Conservation Strategy, including an entire section called “Towards…
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Organizations Urge USDA to Improve Oversight of GM Trials
The Environmental Leader reports on efforts by more than 150 organizations to urge the US Department of Agriculture to improve its oversight of experimental trials of gentically engineerd crops: Organic food manufacturer Amy’s Kitchen, Farm Aid, Clif Bar & Company, The Urban Farm, Organic Seed Alliance and the Center for Food Safety are among more…
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Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Planting of GM Crops in Wildlife Refuges
Several on-line sites have posted information about a lawsuit filed by environmental groups to stop the planting of genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges: Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop planting genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. The…
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How To Approach Mortality
Originally posted on The Dish: by Jessie Roberts In an interview, philosopher and Immortality author Stephen Cave discusses ways to manage a fear of death: Thinking less about yourself, more about other people and other causes, so your own death doesn’t seem as important to you, because these other causes and people will live on.…
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At The Center Of The End Of The World
Originally posted on The Dish: by Matt Sitman Rob Goodman takes stock of what he terms “apocalyptic narcissism”: We flatter ourselves when we imagine a world incapable of lasting without us in it—a world that, having ceased to exist, cannot forget us, discard us, or pave over our graves. Even if the earth no longer…
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