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envcons

  1. Just submitted a proposal to @empoweredzone to fund our upcoming education database of individual actions - wish us luck!
  2. Having trouble navigating social responsibility? Ask our new eco-helpdesk a question! enviroconsumer.org (see tab at top)
  3. Know anyone good? idealist.org/view/internshi… Send them our way!
  4. Our first annual report is out - read up about what we've been doing! http://digs.by/qpBRiB
  5. We've brightened up our website! http://www.enviroconsumer.org
  6. RT @drgrist US heat records in June outnumbered cold records by 11 to one: http://bit.ly/or436m
  7. We've updated our about page - hopefully you can better understand what we do now. Check it out: http://www.enviroconsumer.org/about/
  8. We just added Hanes to our letter writing tool! Wondering what to write to them about? Try this:... http://fb.me/RN2J6zjb
  9. Hanes was added to our letter writing tool today. Go check it out at http://enviroconsumer.org/tell
  10. Fun fact: NYC will recycle your household metals (irons, doorknobs, etc) but won't take non-bottle #1/2 plastics. Says a lot about plastic.
  11. We've got a whole lot of cool news coming up in part thanks to our excellent interns! Stay tuned.
  12. happy earth day! be especially kind to the earth today!
  13. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/science/earth/19vegan.html?_r=1 -- vegan food photos trickery alert! animals were harmed in these photos
  14. Compare items by weight, not box bulk, to reward efficient resource use: it's not the size of the package that counts, but how you use it ;)
  15. At least you don't have to smell like a hippie. http://www.ewg.org/healthyhometips/ingredientsinpersonalcareproducts#howtoreadlabel
  16. Fun fact: In North Carolina, it is against the law to throw aluminum or plastics #1 and #2 into the trash instead of recycling them. Go NC!
  17. Only $15 dollars more until we go over 500! http://enviroconsumer.org/support
  18. Strategy for sustainability: have someone you care about hold you accountable. Ask them to call you out for doing anything unsustainable.
  19. Come work with us! We've got #internships! Mkting & Comm. http://bit.ly/hKSwNi, Development http://bit.ly/i8UYrI - open deadline