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Seaworld Cruelty: Dolphin’s Smiles Misleading

March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

CNN Editor’s note: Fisher Stevens is an actor, director and producer. He is a producer of “The Cove,” an Oscar-nominated film that won the best documentary award from the National Board of Review in 2009. He co-founded Naked Angels theater company in 1986 and co-founded GreeneStreet films in 1996.
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Daily Natural Health Tip #1

October 7th, 2009 · 114 Comments

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Daily Natural Health Tip #1

A huge mistake that a lot of people make is not eating enough green leafy vegetables in their diet.
I remember when I was young and my mom gave us salad every night with dinner, which was great for my health, but I [...]

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Maximus the Grizzly Shot and Left to Rot

October 2nd, 2009 · 61 Comments

I got this in my email box today and had to share, even though it’s sad, it’s important. It’s a message from Defenders of Wildlife:
Maximus the grizzly bear was “a big, beautiful, wild bear,” according to grizzly specialist Mike Madel. “He kept to himself, stayed out of trouble.”
But he was gunned down in the [...]

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What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

August 7th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Are you aware that in the Pacific Ocean there is a massive, well, mass of floating plastic and other debris. It’s located in the northwest part of the Pacific Ocean, approximately a thousand miles off the coast of California.
It’s been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and it makes up perhaps thousands of miles of [...]

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How Contaminated are Your Fruits and Veggies?

June 19th, 2009 · 43 Comments

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Some of the staples of our diets are the ones with the highest pesticide contamination levels in the world and we need to be talking about this more. If no one knows it’s a problem they won’t complain to the suppliers and nothing will ever change. We [...]

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Would you like Desert with that?

June 10th, 2009 · 11 Comments

The gases we have in our atmosphere called greenhouse gases are ever-present and help to keep our planet at a constant and livable temperature. Over the course of history, we have pumped a lot of these gases into the atmosphere in the form of carbon and fossil fuels. This has caused the temperature to rise. [...]

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Sarah Palin Wants to Kill Pups Too!

March 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Sarah Palin has gone too far, way to far! Not only is she still a staunch supporter of aerial hunting of wolves she now wants to be able to poison and gas the wolves and their pups. WTF?? She is nuts, how can anyone think hunting wolves to extinction is a good thing?
This week alone [...]

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If you like turkey I dare you to watch this

November 21st, 2008 · 26 Comments

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50% off eco friendly summer essentials

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

They have a whole store filled with green products, how cool is drugstore.com! Pass the word along!
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Can green marketing change the world?

April 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Going green seems to be the preferred way for most people these days. Though we do still have plenty of people who wish to capitalize on the everyman and make massive profits, we also have plenty who wish to change all of that. The benefits of green marketing can be overwhelmingly good for everyone who [...]

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