After scouring the internet for a number of hours, I have compiled what I believe is a pretty complete list of companies that still test their products on animals. Many of us shop for cosmetics and personal/household products without realizing that we’re supporting animal cruelty. It disturbs me that, before switching to all-organic products, my […]
Month: August 2011
the powers of consumerism
I am a 28 year-old female who has grown up in a world where every consumer fantasy I have ever had can be satisfied at a retail outlet. I can buy red patent shoes, floral printed tank tops, head bands, dangly earrings, nail polish in 435 shades, bottled potions that claim to make me look […]
Avaaz.com – World to Dilma: Save the Amazon
Avaaz is less than 13,000 votes away from it’s goal of 1,000,000! Sign the petition here From Avaaz.com . . . The Amazon is in serious danger: Brazil is on the verge of gutting its forest protection laws — unless we act now, vast tracts of our planet’s lungs could be opened up to clear-cutting […]
what are carbon emissions
Nowadays you hear phrases like global warming, greenhouse gases and climate change being thrown around by scientists, environmentalists and politicians. These phrases are abstract sounding, can be difficult to fully grasp, and can be easy to ignore. But climate change is a real problem, even if the average person doesn’t totally understand what it means. […]
the real dirt on soap lather
The more lather, the cleaner the hair, right? We have come to associate the effectiveness of our cleaning products with the amount of lather they generate while being used. What most people don’t realize, is that soap, shampoo, toothpaste and other cleaning products (both personal and household) don’t need to have a lot of lather […]