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Oct 14

Are You Buying Bad Organic Eggs?

2010 1:37 PM Posted by Jen

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Image via WikipediaA Southwest Wisconsin hen-house raising young birds for Organic Valley. Image credit: The Cornucopia InstituteI have been buying organic eggs for years under the assumption that the eggs are coming from chickens not injected with antibiotics and other drugs...

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Aug 2

A Reason to Boycott Target Stores

2010 2:20 PM Posted by Jen

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I am member of MoveOn.org and I got this disturbing info in my inbox this morning. Read below to understand why I am not going to be shopping at Target (if you feel the same, please sign the petition):"Get this: Target,...

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Jan 8

Shame on Wal-Mart and H&M

2010 11:27 AM Posted by Jen

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Imagine tons of unsold, perfectly good clothes being destroyed and dumped in the trash! Unbelievably that is what Wal-Mart and H&M have been doing instead of giving them to needy people. Read more here from the article in Shine:"This unsettling...

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Oct 11

So Not Sexy

2009 1:12 PM Posted by Jen

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I love ShopBop as much as the next slave to fashion, but I don't love the fact that these girls actually look like slaves! And I am not talking about the chains around that one girl's neck or the fact...

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Aug 21

Sigg, Lies and BPA

2009 6:33 PM Posted by Jen

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Most eco-warriors I know have replaced their plastic BPA ridden bottles with aluminum ones, most likely the cute Sigg brand kind. Turns out Sigg has been sitting on a dirtly little secret for over a year. Their bottle's lining contains...

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Aug 6

Can You Believe This?

2009 3:54 PM Posted by Jen

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I have not been following the nation's healthcare reform as much as I should, but I was SHOCKED to learn what the Washington Post revealed today!!! This letter from Change.org explains it perfectly and tells us what we can do...

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Jul 29

CNN is Disappointing

2009 12:54 PM Posted by Jen

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I am shocked that a trusted network like CNN is still promoting right-wing paranoid conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate. Hawaii already validated that his birth certificate was genuine. I still can't believe they even investigated it! I doubt...

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Apr 10

Are You On a Power Trip?

2009 12:02 AM Posted by Jen

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I can not believe this! I read that 50% of US workers do not power down their computers at night, and that costs our country $2.8 billion dollars a year in wasted energy! Holy smokes.. and then I was thinking...

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Apr 3

Is Hershey's Chocolate Destroying Rainforests?

2009 12:38 AM Posted by Jen

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Make sure there aren't any Hershey's Chocolate Bunnies in your Easter basket this year. Hershey's, like Dove (soap) and others, is using Palm Oil in their products that is notorious for causing rainforest destruction. Read more as reported in TreeHugger:"Hershey's is...

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Mar 13

Carcinogens Found in Baby Bath Products

2009 2:58 PM Posted by Jen

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Do you believe me now? I have been saying this to my family and friends for years, and everyone thinks I am the nutty, crunchy, hippy chick. Well finally there has been a study done to show that most popular...

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