Product research by the EWG

Our Californian Correspondent, Senorita Julie, sent in the best link. + Environmental Working Group It's a hard hitting think tank that provides all sorts of product reviews, including one on cosmetics. It dissects the ingredients of common soaps, shampoos, moisturizers etc and highlights hazardous ingredients, then gives the products and overall rating. This is an extremely useful resource.

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Bad news for moose

I have lots to report on the eco-front including: - The adoption of our massive composter - Another trip on the TGV - pros and cons - Waste calculator of moving house But that can all wait because there is much bigger news to deal with. Apparently, our fair friends, the moose, are huge contributors to global warming through their burps. The study is more believable as it was conducted by seemingly neutral Nords. We are trying to cut down on red meat as cows, and the over herding of them, majorly contribute to the methane tally. Fascinating that moose are also contributors.

Introducing the Green Diaries experiment

This winter, my husband and I decided we were going to go green. We were already slightly eco-friendly but there was a lot of room for improvement. And when my mother-in-law gave us a book on ethical living we realised how ignorant we were on just about everything to do with sustainability. Which was a bit of a shock as I always considered myself a mother-earth-loving, modern gal with my cool, retro reusable shopping bags, my willingness to walk miles for a recyling bin, my loathing of everything SUV (they are just so ridiculous, clunky and ugly) and my preference for walking and cycling over anything with a combustible engine. But The Good Life by Leo Hickman was a real eye-opener. Everything we did seemed to need a review. Cleaning, travel, shopping, restaurant selections, getting from A to B...everything. No more leaving the water running when brushing the teeth, no more taking cabs, recycling everything possible, no more asparagus shipped from Chile, no more meat with every...

The Lazy Environmentalist

I am in complete adoration of the Lazy Environmentalist blog. All of his June pieces have been very interesting. The piece on eco-transport and the new media zeitgeist are good reads and link throughs. Lazy Environmentalist My apologies about lack of entries lately. Working hard to get the $/£ to but those Eco products! Though, I confess, I have longed for the harshness of bleach to whiten my ever greying sinks. After our California trip, it's nice to be back in London where there's a Smart Car on every corner and Vespas instead of Hummers. And the national papers seem to be attacking SUVs in cities more and more regularly. I recently saw a bloke drive through a red light at a busy pedestrian intersection in his Range Rover, while on the phone, as an ambulance was trying to get by him while he continued his big-car mayhem, oblivious.

The Green Diaries

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