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Thursday, May 2, 2013

How Can We Make Every Day Earth Day? (Sponsored)

Here are some family activities you can do to foster environmentalism. Sponsored by Sony.

Very few events are celebrated around the globe, but Earth Day is. This year, it’s come and gone. But we’re here to ask: What can we do to show our love of the earth on that day, and every day? On May 31, Sony will release After Earth, an action-packed movie that takes place 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity to leave. It’s the kind of scenario that makes you want to donate to Greenpeace, recycle everything, and start biking every where, immediately. So, in honor of Earth Day, Patch has teamed up with Sony to present these ideas for making every day Earth Day. How can we make every day Earth Day? Begin with little things. Easy things. Obvious things. Things we take for granted each day, and use and/or abuse because of …

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Friday, April 22, 2011

For Greener Planet, Start with Greener Home

The air in our homes can be filled with toxins from everyday consumer products. With so many organic alternatives available today, stock your cabinets with green cleaners, soaps and detergents.

With Earth Day upon us, you may be kicking yourself for not planting a tree, cleaning a stream or biking to work. But, really, if you want an environment to save, go no further than your front door. As Towson author McKay Jenkins writes in his latest book, What’s Gotten Into Us: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World (Random House), “The EPA has warned that indoor air pollution can be two to ten times worse than outdoor pollution.” To help make the world outside our homes greener, we might want to start inside our homes. The products in our basements, bathrooms, kitchens, closests and toy chests are spring-loaded with chemicals whose effects—especially in aggregate and over decades of exposure—are not fully known. With so many organic products …

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10:20 am on Monday, April 25, 2011

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