Natalie Jeremijenko starts an environmental health clinic .

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1. NYT on Dr. Jeremijenko’s Environmental Health Clinic

New York Times has a piece on the latest trend in environmentally-conscious home furnishing: furniture that disappears when you’re done with it.

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1. Consciously Imagining a Product’s End Use - But Does Biodegradable Mean “Green”?
2. Cradle To Cradle: A Book About the Transformation of Human Industry Through Ecologically Intelligent Design
3. Stylish Chaise Made Entirely Out of Corrugated Recycled Cardboard
4. All the Different Ways to Reuse and Recycle When It Comes to Your Home
5. Consumers Are More Interested in Having a Long-Term Relationship with Their Furniture
6. The Latest and Most Interesting Development in Green and Sustainable Living

Companies are marketing brushtail possum fur as “eco-fur,” arguing that the animal is an invasive, forest-destroying pest.

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1. Planet-Friendly Fur? Im-possum-ble..
2. Bid to market possums as eco-fur may not work in USA
3. We Can’t Imagine This Taking Off in the US
4. “Green Luxury Products for the Trust Fund Tree-hugger”
5. Discussion: What Are the ‘Eco’ Benefits?
6. The Possums Will Be Killed Regardless
7. Possums Originally Used as Biological Warfare
8. The Thing Is, The People Who Wear Fur Won’t Care

Find out more about ethical and fair-trade flowers for Valentine’s Day.

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1. Flowers Flown from African Have a Smaller Carbon Footprint than Those from Europe
2. Don’t Forget Ethical Chocolates, And Other Ways to Green Your V-Day
3. Buy Ethical Flowers for Valentines Day
4. Flower Workers Inundated by Chemicals, Must Wear Protective Clothing
5. “Tell Supermarkets to Stock Eco-Certified Flowers!”
6. Ethical Valentines Day Gifts
7. Help Support Plantlife Using Adopt-a-flower
8. Large Supermarkets Now Offering Fairtrade and Organic Flowers