What’s the greenest contraception method?

In honour of International Women’s Day at the start of the week, we’ve had a week of women’s & sexual health themed posts and giveaways. Up until now, they’ve been more focused on the wonderful range of green sanitary options available but I wanted to shift things on a bit today.

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What’s the greenest contraception method?

BBC’s Inside Out Airs Expose on The Impacts of UK’s e-Waste on Developing Countries

Photo via dieselboii e-Waste is finally starting to go mainstream and the issue is making its way to television viewers. While some examples of e-waste on TV are horrifying, like the A mazing Race episode that made light of dumps and the extremely hazardous environments in which e-waste “recyclers” work, other programs are diligently chipping away at the veil between gadget ..

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal.

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

Globe and Mail Electrical or water systems are designed for peak loads, so it is interesting to see the effects of extraordinary events on infrastructure. It’s estimated that 82% of Canadians watched the final Olympic hockey game between Canada and the United States, and that’s the mother of all peaks.

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Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

New UN Climate Financing Group Is Another All-Boys Club

photo: Quinn Dombrowski via flickr. We just passed two milemarkers which make this next one all the more poignant: First, two days ago was International Women’s Day and, second, we’ve just been told that in many places women are going to be hit harder than men by climate change . Now, via our friends over at

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How can I reuse or recycle menstrual blood?

In honour of International Women’s Day on Monday, we’re having a week of women’s & sexual health themed posts (and giveaways!!). Check out our older related posts too – such as unused disposable sanitary products or end-of-life menstrual cups . I thought long and hard about whether to feature this because it’s the type of green action that makes Daily Mail readers exclaim “bloody hippies!!” and pledge to not reduce, reuse or recycle just to annoy us filthy, poor Good-Life-wannabes.

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How can I reuse or recycle menstrual blood?

No More Downcycling? Breakthrough Organic Catalyst = More Effective PET Plastic Recycling

Photo: Monica M. Davey/Feature Photo Service for IBM 13 Billion PET Plastic Bottles are Thrown Away Each Year Certain things are harder to recycle than others. While it’s relatively easy to make a new aluminum can out of an old aluminum can, making a new plastic bottle out of an old one is a lot harder.

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How can I reuse or recycle baked beans?

We’ve had an email from Hayley asking: Can I compost baked beans? From a tin.

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How can I reuse or recycle baked beans?

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