By Joe R on December 10th, 2009
The first phone book was published in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878. It was considered for well over 100 years to be an indispensable part of communication, advertisement, an excuse to show off how strong one is by ripping it into two pieces, and as Navan R. Johnson claimed, to legitimize one’s self. AT&T in Atlanta, Georgia this last summer was the first major American city to petition the state’s public utilities commission to stop sending a hard copy of the phone book (yellow and white pages) to every resident with or without a phone.
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Keywords: eco-friendly, environmentally friendly, green living, landfill, paper, recycle
By Leanne on October 6th, 2009
I was reading an article on Green Yahoo and apparently the city of San Jose has put a ban on paper and plastic bags in stores which won’t go into effect untill 2011. While I know that it is better for the environment, I don’t think people should be forced to buy reuseable bags. I think if the option of using paper or plastic bags is going to be taken away then stores should at least make canvas bags available to you for no fee. I know that sounds really unrealistic especially since it would cost too much money for stores to just give away the reusuable bags, but it is just my opionion. I would like to know your opionion on the ban of paper and plastic in stores.
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Keywords: environmentally friendly, green, healthy living, paper, plastic
By Leanne on May 29th, 2009
Here is a list of things that Green America think you should always buy green:
1. Paint – You want to look for Low or, ideally, no-volatile organic compounds (VOC) paint.
2. Paper -You want to get paper products with a high post-consumer recycled content. 38.9% of waste in a household is from paper, so whenever possible try and use cloth instead of paper (i.e. cloth napkins). Read more…
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Keywords: CFLs, energy efficient, Energy Star, Fair Trade Certified, Green America, paint, paper
