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Where Are America’s Biggest Landfills?

We live in disposable society where products aren’t made to last, and when they die a premature death (or are simply no longer desired), they’re thrown away. The problem is, there is no ‘away’. ‘Away’ is the thousands of landfills that dot the earth, which are constantly growing in both size and ranks.
Each day in [...]

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Top 10 Favorite EarthFirst Posts of 2009

Ah, New Year’s Eve. It’s time to say goodbye (though some would prefer good riddance) to 2009 and welcome 2010 with open arms, stupid hats and copious amounts of alcohol. We had some really amazing times in the past year – like President Obama’s inauguration – and really disappointing ones (did someone say Copenhagen?).
We also [...]

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Empty Pockets? Recycle These Items for Cash

Nobody’s going to get rich collecting cans and turning them in for cash, but you can definitely get some pocket change, and who doesn’t want some more of that? EcoSalon has a great list of 15 items that you can recycle for cash, helping the environment and gaining some cash at the same time – [...]

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Swagtastic BlogHer Conference Disappoints Green Bloggers

Americans are addicted to free stuff. That’s a given. Wherever there is free swag handed out, there will be throngs of eager people mindlessly pushing each other and holding out their greedy little paws, regardless of whether they really even want the product itself. Sometimes, getting swag is a great chance to try out something [...]

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Global Warming News from Citizen Journalists at Demotix

The internet has made it easier to access first-person accounts of events around the world – but you wouldn’t know it from most traditional media outlets. The Associated Press and Reuters don’t have a single staffer in 40% of the world’s countries, so what does that say for the freshness and accuracy of international news?
Some [...]

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There, I Fixed It: Ingenious (And Sometimes Crazy) Ways to Keep Using Broken Stuff

We’ve got a big problem in America with thinking of virtually everything we own as being disposable. If something breaks, few of us bother to try to fix it – instead, we put it out by the curb and run to Wal-Mart to replace it. So, those people who manage to keep using stuff throughout [...]

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