Are You Treating Your Dry Skin with Toxins? Do you ever touch something silky this time of year, only to have it snag on your dry skin? In winter our hands, heels, elbows (not to mention lips!) can all chap and appear rough and flaky. Over-dry skin can even become cracked and irritated. Not a […]
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Do’s and Don’ts to Help You See Clearly Wondering about the best way to clean your eyeglasses and other delicate, easily scratched surfaces? We’ve adapted these tips and reminders from Allaboutvision.com: First, clean your glasses every day. It’s the best way to keep them looking great and prevent lens from scratching. Then be sure to […]
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Back to School Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Germs Now that the kiddoes are back at school, where germs may lurk on every door handle, water fountain, keyboard, desk and backpack, it’s time to remind your children when and how to wash their hands. Because thorough hand-washing is one of the best ways to […]
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What’s Your Five-Minute Mission? We couldn’t help but share this inspiring video of how one woman is making a difference every time she strolls down the beach. Check out Carolina Sevilla #5minutebeachcleanup. Woman Creates 5 Minute Beach Cleanup Instagram This woman is proof you can make the world a better place in 5 minutes Posted […]
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No Straw, Please: A Progress Report It’s only been a couple of weeks since I announced my plan to stop using plastic straws, but already I have good news! By eliminating single-use plastic straws from my own life, I’ve now saved about 10 straws from either the landfill or the recycling plant! And because my […]
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Mopping Up the Problem of Plastic From shoes to travel bags, skateboards to sunglasses, all kinds of useful things are now being created from recycled plastic. And that’s good, especially considering how big the problem of plastic pollution is. But exactly what kind of plastic is used to create these products? And how much good […]
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19 Aquariums Launch a Campaign to Fight Plastic Did you know… More than 8 million tons of plastic enter our waterways each year. And as you know, this affects not only the environment but also the creatures that live it. Because of this staggering amount of plastic pollution, an organization called Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP) […]
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Save 20 Gallons a Day! Water is a precious resource, and we should be doing all we can to conserve it. This popular blog from 2016, “3 Simple Water-Saving Tips,” offers some helpful tips to keep in mind when turning on the faucets in your home. Just one continuously dripping faucet can waste up to […]
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Solar-Powered Device Pulls Water Straight from Desert Air It sounds incredible and more like something you would find in science fiction instead of science journals. Nevertheless, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, Berkeley, has invented a device that can pull water out of the air in any […]
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Who’s made of marine debris and recently attended the United Nations’ Ocean Conference? Nora, the Leaping Salmon, that’s who! Earlier this week our vey own Nora made her special guest appearance in New York City at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2017! Angela Haseltine Pozzi, Lead Artist and Executive Director of The Washed Ashore Project, […]
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