Norwex Commitment Day – Improve Your World “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall
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one less plastic bottle: save your health Last week, I discussed the many environmental hazards caused by our over reliance on plastics. In this week’s blog, I discuss the myriad health risks associated with plastics use in our daily lives. Plastics are found lurking in every corner of our food production, storage and consumption process. […]
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one less plastic bottle: save our earth On nearly every level, from production to disposal, plastics spell just one thing: “big trouble.” This is not an exaggeration either; while plastics have always seemed a miracle material, endlessly malleable, flexible and durable, the reality is that in our throwaway world, nobody ever thought to consider the […]
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One Less Plastic Bottle: Avoiding Plastics The news on plastics just keeps getting worse, with each new study documenting yet another link between plastics and disease. While the focus has been on bisphenol-A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor linked to everything from birth defects to cancers, evidence is growing that many of the chemicals replacing […]
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Back to school: conserving resources Whether you have a child in grade school, college or you are just looking for ways to save energy in your office or around the house, we have some simple tips for you! Setup sleep mode on your computer and monitor. Most people keep their computer on all day even […]
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Back to School: How to pack a waste free lunch Bringing your own lunch to school or work is a great way to reduce unnecessary waste from eating at the cafeteria or out at a fast food restaurant. But did you realize that you could do more to help reduce waste than just brown bagging […]
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It’s time for a new school year! Now that you went green by using your re-useable bags for all of your back to school shopping you may be thinking, “how can I stay green throughout the school year?” Over the next few weeks we will explore some great ideas for carrying your summer green into […]
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Norwex Expands Its Mission and Launches New Logo Norwex is building a powerful movement as we actively take responsibility for radically reducing chemicals. At our 20th Anniversary National Conference, we unveiled our new logo and updated Mission statement, we also introduced our Fall lineup of new products, to support our mission, all designed to help […]
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Summer is drawing to a close and it’s time to think about going Back to School! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be talking about ways to shop smarter, reduce waste and conserve energy while you’re starting a new school year! This week it’s time for Back to School shopping, why not bring your own […]
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We all want to conserve water. And there are many obvious water conservation methods, from not running your automatic sprinklers in the rain to keeping them off of the sidewalk and street. Here are a few more ways to conserve water and stay green! Showers instead of baths. A low flow shower head uses about […]
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