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We tasked summer interns with putting together a green outfit for under $50.
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We take a look at the real differences between popular brands and a Certified Green Business.
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By Tracy Fernandez Rysavy
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This gift guide includes our favorite green gift products, and the companies behind them are committed to environmental and humanitarian missions. Skip the crowds at the store, and shop green for everyone on your list.
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Fair trade jewelry from Coco Loco is crafted with the…
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Gary Oldham’s family had been farming cotton in Texas for over 100 years, and in 1992, his farms were officially certified organic. At the time, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) had just launched their organic certification program, and few people had even heard of organic cotton.
“I didn…
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How do you choose between an expensive filter or bottles of water? We'll give you the scoop.
By Sytonia Reid, editorial fellow
By Sytonia Reid, editorial fellow
Some everyday products contribute to unnecessary environmental harm such as plastic waste and habitat destruction. Thankfully, there are alternatives that allow consumers to use their pocket power in a way that benefits our environment.
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Fair Trade white, brown, and powdered sugar is now widely available. Buy it to help protect sugar farmers and the environment.
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Smuckers removes GMOs and high fructose corn syrup from Uncrustables, its very popular peanut butter and jelly product for kids.
Green America's GMO Inside campaign has mobilized tens of thousands of consumers to ask Smuckers to remove GMOs from its products.
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Specialized, the cycling company, likes to position itself as a green company, but there is nothing green about the fact that workers who make Specialized clothing are being cheated out of wages.
Kroger has a major problem with super-polluting, greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These HFCs have thousands of times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide, and supermarkets are leaking millions of tons of them every year. Grocery stores are major HFC emitters…
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