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Get Paid to Save Energy with Earth Aid Online Tool

We all make New Year’s resolutions that slowly fade away after just a few weeks… if we ever really make an effort to follow them at all. Saving more energy is a big one for a lot of people, and we mean well, but it can be tough to decipher bills and monitor energy usage [...]

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Monsanto’s Greenwashing More Outrageous than Ever

It’s a dubious honor, but one that Monsanto doesn’t seem too eager to refuse. The world’s most hated corporation has been aggressively greenwashing its reputation for years and has recently stepped up its efforts to claim that its earth- and people-unfriendly practices are “sustainable”.
In fact, Monsanto’s website is packed full of sickeningly misleading claims about [...]

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Southwest Must Face Harsh Water Shortage Realities

Does it make sense to transport massive quantities of water to a desert, so that people can replicate the lifestyle of a lush, wet climate? Hardly, but that is what Southwestern states have been doing for years, relying on Nevada’s Lake Mead to support millions of people – and unnecessary things like green lawns and [...]

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California to Pay Residents to Rip Out Their Water-Intensive Lawns

When you live in an artificially lush desert environment where water availability is already a problem, is it smart to use what little water you have to keep pointless lawns green? Uh, no. As many of you already know, wasting water on lawns is a major pet peeve of ours here at EarthFirst – it [...]

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How Much Water do you Really Use?

We’ve been warned that, as climate changes across the world, water will soon become a very scarce, precious resource – one that wars may be fought over. So, naturally, it’s incredibly important that we conserve as much as we can. But even if you take Navy showers and are otherwise super frugal with water use, [...]

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Review: The Wonder Wash & Spin Dryer by Laundry Alternative

If you’re off-grid, living on the road or just trying to go green in as many ways as possible, you’ve probably grappled with the best ways to do your laundry without slaving over it for hours on end. Getting clothes and household linens thoroughly clean and dry while using as little water and energy as [...]

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