Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2010/01/carnival-of-the-green-1291…

212 weeks ago the Carnival of the Green began over a pint of beer in London. Now it bounces from green blog to green blog, week after week, around the world. From EcoJoe’s last week right here to EWG’s Enviroblog.

At EWG, we dish out a lot of (very useful, practical, science-based!) advice on how to live with fewer toxics, so it comes naturally to present this week’s Carnival posts as suggestions on different ways to live green - from a host of green bloggers ’round the globe.

You can choose from one of these 14 green living ideas today (more, of course, if you’re feeling gung-ho):

1. Dave suggests: Be polite when sharing your environmental zeal. No fair being scary.
An aggressive note from a neighbor having to do with the weekly trash, a dead bear, and getting sent back to the east coast. [Enviroblog: Let's hear it for the neighbors!]

2. Jess suggests: Don’t drag them kicking and screaming to greenness.
Studies indicate that one of the most effective ways to change…

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Author: easy eco blog
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photo credit: RcktManIL
Avoiding the chemical BPA is much harder than we expected. Those with young children and infants need to be concerned even more.
Food and  Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a January 2010 update on Bisphenol A that says it many not be safe for children and infants.  In its report on BPA, the [...]

Related posts:

1. BPA in Canned and Packaged Foods
2. BPA Human Study
3. BPA from Water Bottles

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2010/01/29/how-can-voluntourism-bo…

Voluntourism may be just what the The Kingdom of Jordan needs to tap it wealth of cultural assets, say tourism experts.

According to David Clemmons, an expert on the niche market and editor of Voluntourist, the concept of volunteer travel caters to those who would like to leave a lasting impact on the community they visit.

“It wasn’t until voluntourism that we as travellers could express our gratitude,” Clemmons told The Jordan Times. “There is a need not only to take something back home, but to leave something behind, to leave a piece of the traveler. This is where we see this market heading.”

Roots in caring

The concept of voluntourism originated over a decade ago, with Western backpackers staying with families in South America and looking for ways to help the local community. Since then, the market has grown, with tourists engaging in volunteer activities on all five continents, ranging from building local schools to aiding in harvests.

According to a 2009 forecast poll…

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2010/01/29/haiti-prone-to-environm…

Medical waste

Emergency response operations are currently generating a very significant amount of medical waste, which is piling up in hospitals and medical treatment centers. No systems…

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Author: Green Talk
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After all the holiday presents have been exchanged, the tree taken down, and the ornaments put away, how many of you still have up your holiday cards laying around?  I tend to keep mine up a little longer because I love the festive colors that adorn my mantel.

Usually, I take off the pictures that my friends give me of their kids and store them away in my albums and toss the rest into the recycling bind.  Diane at the Big Green Purse mentioned that she uses her old holiday cards for gift tags.  I thought what a brilliant idea.

Each year, I must give out 50 plus boxes of pumpkin butter puree to all my kids teachers with my minimalistic wrapping solution inspired by Beth of Fake Plastic Fish.  However, I was cutting up paper apples that I had from another project to make little tags for the gifts.  To add to my already uber-green-holiday regime, I thought how cool would that be to add different color holiday messages to my gifts? It is great having an eclectic mix of green…

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