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What do you do to help the environment?
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Written on: 12 May 2011 [15:52]
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Franko30
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registered since: 08.09.2007
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ecoadmin wrote: An area which I did not pay enough attention too is fashion. I would like to find out more about green fasion and change my choices accordingly. Hi, I can help here: For almost 15 years now I buy almost all of my clothes at Hess Natur (Hess Natur). You can get their stuff in Switzerland, too: http://ch.hessnatur.com. The selection of clothes in their US store http://us.hessnatur.com is rather limited. They are the only organic AND fair trade clothes company I know of. Unfortunately they ar about to be sold off to the private equity fund Carlyle - which also is involved in weapons... Therefore staff and other people have started an initiative to buy Hess natur as a cooperative: http://www.hngeno.de/info/verkaufsprozess-um-hessnatur/ Cheers Franko30 Mitsubishi i-MiEV + Citysax 002, davor/formerly Twike 808 and 891
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Written on: 26 May 2011 [17:28]
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Maryjane
registered since: 26.05.2011
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Franko30 wrote: ecoadmin wrote: An area which I did not pay enough attention too is fashion. I would like to find out more about green fasion and change my choices accordingly. Hi, I can help here: For almost 15 years now I buy almost all of my clothes at Hess Natur (Hess Natur). You can get their stuff in Switzerland, too: http://ch.hessnatur.com. The selection of clothes in their US store http://us.hessnatur.com is rather limited. They are the only organic AND fair trade clothes company I know of. Unfortunately they ar about to be sold off to the private equity fund Carlyle - which also is involved in weapons... Therefore staff and other people have started an initiative to buy Hess natur as a cooperative: http://www.hngeno.de/info/verkaufsprozess-um-hessnatur/ Cheers Franko30 Right, they have nice fashion. Another Online-Shop I've used a lot of times is Deerberg, which you can rech here: http://www.deerberg.de . They got a lot of eco and green fashion and a big collection of shoes either for men and women. Just take a look. |
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Written on: 31 May 2011 [10:45]
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Franko30
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registered since: 08.09.2007
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Maryjane wrote: http://www.deerberg.de. They got a lot of eco and green fashion and a big collection of shoes either for men and women. Just take a look. Hi, well, they basically only have Snipe and Think - both available at Hess Natur (and local shoestores), too. And the rest of their shop has no "eco and green" stuff whatsoever. Cheers Franko30 Mitsubishi i-MiEV + Citysax 002, davor/formerly Twike 808 and 891
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Written on: 23 July 2012 [22:22]
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Tiger12
registered since: 23.07.2012
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By getting rid of my old Honda that got a measly 10 mpg. Read this article on fuel conservation tips, http://2greenenergy.com/from-guest-blogger-kyle-obrien-top-ways-to-cut-back-on-fuel-consumption/ not too long ago and it made me wonder about just how poorly I managed my vehicle, thus it was burning fuel when it didn't need to. Granted, I didn't drive that much when I had it because the vehicle was just pretty old through and through, but that was about 9 years ago. Now that eco cars are more familiar these days, the tech and availability will hopefully grow from there and give new and old drivers a reason to switch over. I live in Chicago now, and take advantage of the fact that I can walk to practically anywhere I need to get to. Some other ways I try and help the environment is collect as much empty glass as possible that's either been thrown away at the office or other places. I understand why some places have limited glass recycling stations (because of the dangers of having someone sift through broken shards, etc.), and sometimes if people see the options to recycle it are limited at best, they might throw it away as a result. Here are some other quick ways I try and help out: - Only turn water on for a millisecond when brushing teeth or shaving. My father used to keep the water on the entire time he shaved and he didn't know til now how much water he wasted. - Reuse newspaper as packaging materials for when I box up stuff to move, or know of a friend who's moving and give him or her some of my newspaper stacks. - Turn off lights in the house that don't need to be on. Pretty common, but I still see people who have lights on in an area of the home or office that remain on for hours on end - Bring a plastic container to a restaurant to have them put any of my leftovers in. Saves from having to use styrofoam. There are definitely others out there, but everyone here has hit most of those on the button. |
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