In my recently published book, Food and Nutrition Controversies Today: A Reference Guide, there is an entire chapter devoted to bottled water. On the second page of the chapter, I include a quotation from Richard Wilk, a professor of anthropology at Indiana University. “This is an industry that takes free liquid that falls from the [...]
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EarthLust
12-Jun-09If you follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, there is a good chance that you find the thought of buying leather-made shoes, bags, or accessories upsetting. In fact, there is a very good chance that you refuse to purchase those items. Thankfully, there are now a number of different stores where you may purchase shoes [...]
Stewart + Brown: Truly Unique Clothing
02-Aug-08For Karen Stewart and Howard Brown, 2002 was a truly momentous time. That year, they gave birth to a baby girl, Hazel Stewart Brown, and a stylish, high quality ethical clothing brand named Stewart + Brown.
Design for Karen and Howard is a passion and a way of life. Their professional journey stems from a union [...]
Earth Friendly Goods: One Stop Shopping
20-Apr-08Earth Friendly Goods is a one stop shopping site for a host of different eco-friendly products, including earth friendly clothing, vegan footwear, earth friendly home goods, natural bedroom products, healthy food and nutrition items, hemp fabric and twine, stickers, paper goods, and things for the pet(s) in your life.
Many of our products are made from [...]
Envirosax: Reusable Bags
20-Apr-08For years, customers heard the same question from supermarket cashiers – “Paper or plastic”? Just about always, my husband and I would reply, “Paper.” For those of us who patronize the Whole Food stores in the Boston-area, as we do, those days are over. There are no longer any plastic bags. And, while there are [...]