Author: easy eco blog
Website: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/easyecoblog/~3/qIoO9vafT5Y/

We have covered the BPA controversy in the past and recommended people avoid certain canned and packaged foods to help limit exposure. Consumerreports.org has an article that finds BPA in soups, juice, and more.  The upshot is to eat more fresh food, use alternatives to canned items, and to use glass containers when heating food [...]

Related posts:

1. Tips to Avoid BPA Exposure
2. BPA Human Study
3. BPA Free Water Bottle

For more information click the following article source link for the full story:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/easyecoblog/~3/qIoO9vafT5Y/

There are two basic factors in timber home design: fundamental and elemental. Fundamental considerations are tangible. For example, how many people will be living in your home? How much do you wish to invest, both financially and emotionally? Is it a timber house you’ll use after retirement, which might dictate single-level living? Only you can determine the emotional investment you’ll have in the house. This varies from person to person and typically affects how much day-to-day input you’ll have in the home’s development.

Elemental considerations are less tangible. The three I find most important are light, views and permanence. Light makes visible the spaces we inhabit. Light also has its own characteristics such as intensity, color, texture and depth, so light and its absence must be considered when designing. For example, if you have two identical rooms—one on the east side of a house and one on the west—each space will be perceived differently, even if they have the…

(Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

For more information click the following article source link for the full story:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PostAndBeamTimberFrameHomesBl…

Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/25/doubletree-helps-feed-t…

Doubletree Hotels has partnered up with the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) to combat worldwide hunger with its new “Community Drive to Fight World Hunger” campaign ; working to motivate students to collect food for local food banks in the United States and raise funds for WFP’s hunger relief operations abroad.

The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization.

“Doubletree’s Community Drive to Fight World Hunger is educating students on the hunger needs of their neighbors and then extending that awareness to other regions of the world,” said Mary Beth Parks, vice president-brand marketing for Doubletree Hotels.

As an integral part of Doubletree’s award-winning “Teaching Kids to CARE” community outreach program, “Community Drive to Fight World Hunger” hopes to raise awareness on key social and environmental issues through educational activities.

Food drive collection activities will take place at participating Doubletree hotels in more than 125…

(Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

For more information click the following article source link for the full story:
http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/25/doubletree-helps-feed-t…

Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/25/this-is-how-to-get-thin…

Timberland’s new political campaign, “Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done,” takes a hard-hitting approach to socio-political change in line with next month’s COP15.

This December, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference is supposed to ratify a new global climate change treaty – to essentially replace the soon-to-expire Kyoto protocol. Labeled “COP15″, the Copenhagen summit is a tremendous opportunity to take action on climate change.

Yet, the blogosphere has been on fire lately regarding the upcoming event – with only weeks to go and with so much on the line, governments from 192 nations around the world are beginning to send out signals suggesting that no lasting-treaties will be formed.

Through the “Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done” campaign, Timberland hopes to rally the power of individuals and consumers around the world to affect this process positively by challenging government leaders to set standards for emissions.

The popular clothing and apparel brand is essentially…

(Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

For more information click the following article source link for the full story:
http://www.terracurve.com/2009/11/25/this-is-how-to-get-thin…