energy tariff switch - Discover the best UK electricity...
Rated • 1 review • conservative politics, consumer • energytariff.co.uk
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KaylinQ/consumer
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KaylinQ is a woman from Somewhere Underthesea, Philippines
Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, its a way of lookin at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at lifes realities. -Dr. Seuss
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The make-your-own-universe kit - Short Sharp Science -...
Rated • 1 review • consumer • newscientist.com
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Timex TX54 Disposable Nail Watch Design Concept - The...
Rated • 6 reviews • consumer • thedesignblog.org
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Listed Green Homes MLS Housing For Sale Solar Energy...
Reviewed • 6 reviews • architecture, consumer • listedgreen.com
From the page:
Listed Green
A great new internet platform to sell green, energy efficient homes and developments worldwide. Each listing is personally reviewed to ascertain that it is really energy efficient. No greenwashing. A great site!!!
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Exfoliating plastic beads feel good—unless you live in...
Rated • 7 reviews • health, environment, consumer • slate.com
From Site:
Scrubbing Out Sea Life
Exfoliating plastic beads feel good--unless you live in the ocean.
A smiling model glides, mermaidlike, through a lush underwater garden. Undulating ribbons of something resembling kelp rise from the sea floor, and tiny enchanting pearl-like beads bubble up though the aquamarine water. Polish your troubles away with Olay Body Wash Plus Spa Exfoliating Ribbons, the subject of this commercial, and you too might feel as if you're floating through a luxurious Atlantis.
The trouble is, the more you exfoliate, the less Edenic that underwater realm becomes for the creatures who live there. That's because the exfoliating ingredient in Olay's body wash, and in most similar big-brand products (such as Dove Gentle Exfoliating Foaming Facial Cleanser and Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser), is actually made out of plastic: tiny particles of polyethylene that scrub the dirt from your face and then wash straight down the drain and into watersheds and, eventually, oceans.
It's well-known by now that increasing amounts of plastic are clogging the planet's seas, killing millions of sea creatures every year when they swallow it, choke on it, or get tangled in it and drown. Plastic doesn't biodegrade, meaning it doesn't break down into its initial components; every piece of plastic ever made is probably still around somewhere on the planet today. But sunlight disintegrates plastic into smaller pieces of plastic. These can wind up in waterways like rivers and creeks, flowing out to sea.
The thing about plastic exfoliating beads is that they don't need to break down in order to end up in the stomachs of marine life from otters to octopi.
Jay Gooch, associate director of external relations in beauty care at Procter & Gamble, Olay's parent company, says the total volume of the microbeads is too small to have an impact--though he did not respond to an e-mail asking how many Olay products contain them and the number of those products sold annually.
Not all exfoliants contain plastic. Many products are available that use salt, pumice, or ground up seeds to do the same job without the environmental cost--like Burt's Bees Deep Pore Scrub (finely ground peach stones) or St. Ives Apricot Scrub (apricot kernels). So why doesn't Olay? "I'm a firm believer that just because it's natural doesn't mean it's benign," Gooch says. That's undeniably true. It's also true that just because it's advertised using tranquil ocean imagery doesn't mean it's good for marine life.
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Lunar-Resonant Streetlights : TreeHugger
Rated • 10 reviews • consumer, enviroment • treehugger.com
From the page:
"Lunar resonant streetlights
Lunar resonant streetlights sense and respond to ambient moonlight,
dimming and brightening each month as the moon cycles through its
phases. Utilizing available moonlight, rather than overwhelming it,
saves energy and mitigates light pollution, while facilitating the
urban experience of one of the most fundamental and beautiful cycles of
nature."
for lighting in the US, and that 2/3 of Americans can no longer see the
stars. A combination of LEDs and lunar resonance could save 90% of this
electricity, and kids could see stars again. ::Lunar Resonant Streetlights via ::PSFK
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www.thetreepeecompany.com [4]
Rated • 44 reviews • camping, outdoors, consumer • thetreepeecompany.com
This just looks way to cool and fun :D
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Hammacher Schlemmer - Homepage - The Unexpected Gifts -...
Rated • 25 reviews • consumer • hammacher.com
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DEAD MARK BOOKMARK
Rated • 1 review • consumer • perpetualkid.com
From the page:
"MANUAL OF THINGS THAT MIGHT KILL YOU
Hypochondriacs have long had to satisfy their needs for self-diagnosis with medical reference materials written for the masses, but this revolutionary book is dedicated entirely to the hypochondriacs unique perspective on health.
The worlds worst maladies, conveniently organized by symptom real or imagined , will ignite even the mildest hypochondriacs fantasy life. Were all going to die of somethingwhy not choose an ailment thats rare and hard to pronounce?"
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Organic Consumers Association
Rated • 32 reviews • food, consumer • organicconsumers.org
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
