An Eco-friendly Program at Work
In America, the Energy Star program helped save enough
energy in 2006 to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equal to those from 25
million cars and saved $14 million for consumers on their utility bills.
A Top Renewable Resource
Bamboo, one of the world’s oldest building materials, can
outgrow any other plant in the world (some species grow as much as four feet a day) and
is the strongest woody plant on the planet.
A Recycling Success Story
Current
stainless steel products
are made of at least 50% recycled
stainless steel material. In addition, stainless steel is 100% recyclable. Best of all,
it’s a stylish consumer favorite for utensils, cooking items, and appliances.
A Painless Water Saver
A low-flow, water-efficient showerhead can mean a savings of 280
gallons of water a month for a family of four – and still has good water pressure.
One Good Reason (Out of Many) to Buy Organic Cotton Clothing
It takes about 1/3 pound of
chemicals to make one standard t-shirt using conventionally grown cotton.
Why to Buy Reusable Shopping Bags
Plastic bags may take up to 1,000 years to break down in
landfills, while production of plastic bags uses millions of gallons of oil. Bags kill
hundreds of thousands of marine creatures each year when they mistake the floating litter
for food. It is believed that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used and thrown
out annually worldwide, with 380 billion used in the U.S each year.
Why to Shop Green Now
8,000 years ago, the earth was covered by about 14.8 billion acres
of forest. Today, because of humans, that number is 8.6 billion, with most of the decrease
in the past 50 years. In the last 200 years, humans have caused the disappearance of over
half of our tropical forests, leading to the extinction of countless species.
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