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Why and How to “Green” Your Pet It can sometimes only take the smallest of actions to become a conscious, eco-friendly individual, so why not include your pet in such a lifestyle? Nicole McCallum introduces some points on the matter inspired by interviews with Paw Luxury and The Honest Kitchen. {More»}

Interviews




Site Comments

Fast Food Packaging Industry Destroying Southern US Forests (2)
Tim Dunn: Did you know that there is a plastic which is both recyclable and biodegradable? It isn’t the well known hydro-biodegradable plastic known as...
Why and How to “Green” Your Pet (3)
Pat Gaudet: Awesome website!! Love your profile Nicole. Thanks for all the valuable information regarding eco-awareness of owning pets! Thanks also to...
Charles McQueen: My Mom and Dad buy me, and the rest of the gang, a delicious holistic/organic dry dog called *NOW*. I hear this food is made by people in...
On the Green with Paw Luxury  (2)
Kaliya: Lola sounds like quite the fancy bitch… but she ain’t got nothing on me! My Auntie Kristina hosts *PET FASHION* on the PET NETWORK, and...
Help the Honey Bees Viral Video (2)
NikkiJade: Nice link JR!! thanks for sharing!



Twitter Roll

am going twitter/internet communication AWOL till all my final papers are in, then can start writing for TheGreenRocket.com again! 6 days ago

@NunoXEI http://xkcd.com/214/ 6 days ago

oops that was the link to the first one (Harry Potter and the Dark Lord Waldemart). Prisoners (part III) is: http://tinyurl.com/5w43sl 1 week ago

retweeting @GreenDigitMedia-- Harry Potter and the prisoners of Waldemart: http://tinyurl.com/6quove 1 week ago

@GreenSmith atm = at the moment & no, didnt present but the sessions are interesting to watch (especially one on sustainability & china) 1 week ago

@GreenSmith in about a week, check out http://www.cigi08.org/ for the session videos. I was at it volunteering..sparked some inner fire lol 1 week ago

@GreenSmith distance is a minor part of the debate. my inner economist supports international business, i just have huge beef with China atm 1 week ago

Just made a killer retro cd for one of my spin classes next week by their request. What's your favourite type of music to work-out too? 1 week ago

@GreenSmith economically if more costeffective then maybe for the greater good of developing the green market-but thats how it is now anyway 1 week ago

@GreenSmith No-shipping alone diminishes huge from it's otherwise eco-friendly nature. & there are too many human rights issues with China 1 week ago

Articles

Five Green Building Concepts» Green building takes sustainable development concepts which can then be applied to a vast array of practices tied to building construction such as design, construction, operation, maintenance, and waste removal/disposal. This article takes a look at each building cycle.

Finding a Responsible Ecotourist Company» In the recent decades of globalization the tourism industry has been quickly expanding. By making wise choices as a consumer of tourism facilities/services, you can help sustainability continue to increase as a defining principle of the tourism market.

Being an Informed Ecotourist» Ecotourism is a misused term in the tourism industry, thrown around for everything from white water rafting trips to hotels developed in a natural setting. Nicole McCallum gives a bit more knowledge about ecotourism that will help you make conscious choices as a consumer.

Case Studies

Walking vs. Driving: Which is the Better Choice?» Environmentalist Chris Goodall, conducted a study of the emissions of driving versus walking for a 1.5 mile roundtrip in his book How to Live a Low-Carbon Life. The results are challenged by the Pacific Institute’s, Michael Cohen and Matthew Heberger.

Videos

Help the Honey Bees Viral Video» This video was sponsored by the Häagen-Dazs for “Help the Honey Bees“, a website focused on helping to stabalize the honey bee population. With a viral video like this one bringing in over one million views on YouTube, the honey bees have never seen a better chance of entering social awareness!



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