Plastic Water Bottles

"Last year the earth used enough water bottles to stretch across the earth 190 times"...according to a Brita commercial. THIS IS STAGGERING! Please buy a stainless steel, BPA-free, re-usable water bottle and STOP contributing to this scary statistic!

the story of CAP and TRADE

Annie Leonard, who brought us the amazing animation 'Story of STUFF' has done it again. This time with 'The Story of CAP & TRADE.'

And keep an eye out for upcoming animations on bottled water and electronics, coming soon to The Story of Stuff Project website.

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Why Not Oil Sands?

This video explains precisely why...watch it to learn more about the tar sand debate taking place in Alberta, Canada.

Image Credit: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/_we_have_writte.php

Project Laundry?

That's right, Project Laundry List (not Runway)!

Image Credit: http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/08/10/eco-tip-tuesdays-air-your-clean-laundry/

Have you ever stopped to think about just how much energy your modern day washer and dryer consumes?  Consider how often you do laundry, and your neighbors, and all the people in your region, your country and around the globe and well, it adds up pretty quickly.

Project Laundry List is bringing back clotheslines. Why waste electricity to dry your wash when you can hang it out in the sun? And don't forget that cold water washing is more efficient as well.

So, let it all hang out....your clean laundry in the sun that is!

Read more at Grist.

Flow

Stop drinking bottled water!

Why do we assume that bottled water is healthier, cleaner and better than tap water? Do you have any idea where bottled water actually comes from?

We are in the midst of a huge water crisis - whether you are actually feeling the affects yet or not - the problem exists. The City of Dublin will run out of its fresh water supply in 2016, the state of California faces the same fate in 2020. It IS happening, and it will continue to happen - our fresh water supply is dwindling and we all know that humans cannot survive without this.

In America, we are so fortunate to have fresh water that we often take it for granted. While we are carelessly consuming this natural resource there are millions of people that do not have access to clean water - people that struggle everday to find fresh water for drinking, cooking, washing - people who have no choice but to drink from a dirty stream. Though we will never truly understand the difficulties these people face, we can and should be aware of how our actions affect people globally.

Please watch the movie FLOW, it will open your eyes as it opened mine!