What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed last week:
EarthTalk: Scratching synthetics for Merino wool – Merino wool undergarments tout themselves as being kinder to the environment than other wools or synthetics. How is this so?
Recycle your electronics to win a free cruise to the Bahamas – GreenSite™ Recycling is giving people the chance to win a free cruise to the Bahamas just by doing something they already should be doing: turning in their obsolete tech to be recycled.
The short film "The Secret Life of Beef" reveals the negative environmental impact of the meat industry (video) – The following short film, The Secret Life of Beef, was made by INFORM, a non-profit group that strives to educate people about our impact on the environment and our health through visual media. This particular film was made to raise awareness of the negative impacts of the beef industry and to highlight alternative, sustainable ways of raising cattle.
Electrolux unveils 'Vacs from the Sea', vacuums made from recycled ocean litter – Each one is adorned with plastic trash found in the North Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean and the Baltic Sea in an effort to spread the message to other big companies about using more recycled plastic in their products and to raise awareness about all of the junk polluting our oceans.
Floating restaurant made entirely of recycled materials is spreading the word about sustainable seafood – The ship is not just an eco-friendly novelty, it's spreading the world about the dangers of commercial over-fishing and is also a source for raising funds for the School of Fish Foundation, an organization striving to put sustainable seafood programs in culinary schools around the world.
This article appears in Nov 11-17, 2010.