EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean. What’s going on? — Vera Bailey, New Hope, PA In November 2011 the Obama administration began lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling […]
Environment
LIGHTLIFE® PARTNERS WITH URBAN FARMING
I am fairly certain that most of you are familiar with Lightlife® and will be purchasing oodles of their products this coming Memorial Day weekend. Now you can feel even better about your purchase knowing that Lightlife is donating $150,000 to Urban Farming in an effort to help support their mission of ending hunger by helping people become […]
FAIR TRADE YOUR SUPERMARKET
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is the “Fair Trade Your Supermarket” campaign? — Brian Howley, Washington, DC A project of the non-profit Green America, the “Fair Trade Your Supermarket” campaign aims to empower consumers to advocate for more “Fair Trade” products on store shelves at their local supermarkets. Fair trade […]
America’s Energy Alternatives
Perhaps it is not a victory, but I will, in the very least, make the concession that it is a step in the right direction. We have all seen the impact of rising gas prices in our day-to-day lives. While we can curb this with carpooling, taking public transit, or – ideally – walking or […]
Chic, I Mean Green, Vegan
We’re already chic, but what about green? The vegan lifestyle is inherently sustainable – we all know the detrimental contribution the meat industry has on the environment, not to mention the agricultural runoff associated with conventional farming and the dairy industry. Every day that we choose to eat plants over animals, we are making another […]