US law currently restricts a mere 11 ingredients from cosmetics. The EU regulates and restricts 1300! Out of over 60,000 industrial chemicals, US regulators have only been able to demonstrate “sufficient risk” for five (asbestos) under a law dating back to 1976. The EU is currently looking at legislation...
Thirty years ago, The Montreal Protocol became the first unanimous decision ever by UN members marking a world effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions including CFCs. 2014 marked the first observation by a panel of over 300 scientists that the ozone layer was on the road to repair. “It’s...
Did you hear the news? It wasn’t on FOX! Sustainable as a term is out. The new “in” word? Resilience. To be resilient, whatever we are talking about is sustainable (providing the needs of today without harming those of the future) but also anticipates and prepares for disruption while...
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Dear Monsanto; Have you ever considered the absurdity of your company? What might have happened had your leaders simply taken the money spent duping the public regarding GMO labeling laws and simply retired? Imagine what a new generation of leadership could do for shareholders insisting on telling all the...
“Economic Theory views the environment as a subset of the economy. Political and business decisions are made on that basis everyday when the reality is exactly the opposite; The economic system we’ve created is wholly dependant on the natural environment.” Stephen Leaehy, Your water footprint.
“Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily -whether it is done in the name of the law or in defiance of the law, by one man or by a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in a an attack of violence or in response to...
Ever walk into a green certified building and smell chemicals? Ever look at a Greenguard certified material that still has a chemical smell? Chances are it’s a certified product made from vinyl or PVC! Reformulation is the subject of a new rebranding campaign by the vinyl industry positioning what...
Research led by MIT trained biologist V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, PhD was recently published in the peer-reviewed Agricultural Sciences Journal revealing that genetically modified (GM/GMO) soybeans “significantly accumulate formaldehyde,” a class one known cause of cancer (carcinogen). The researchers analyzed 6,497 lab studies conducted by 184 institutions in 23 countries....
Ever consider that nature is incredibly amazing when it comes to non-toxic production? Nature can do amazing things without hurting people or planet. We can apply similar concepts that include community, cooperation, authenticity, biomimicry, etc to anything in much the same manner. These concepts can carry into the information...