Self driving cars and pedestraians

Self-driving cars

The problem with this is where do bicycles fit in?

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World Water Day — March 22

World Water Day is marked on 22 March every year. It’s a day to celebrate water. It’s a day to make a difference for the members of the global population who suffer from water related issues. It’s a day to prepare for how we manage water in the future. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March as the first World Water Day. 23 years later, World Water Day is celebrated around the world every year, shining the spotlight on a different issue

2016 theme is:

Better Water, Better Jobs

By the United Nations

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To The Person Who Tossed Their Trash Out The Car Window

The Earth is not a trash can! Please don’t treat it like one.

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Dear person driving the green sedan in front of me on the highway,

Tonight I was on my way to a sustainability event sponsored by the environmental non-profit associate board I serve on. I was driving along, listening to the radio, and minding my own business.

We were driving in the middle lane of the highway when your next action really stuck with me. You didn’t brake suddenly, or swerve into another lane endangering other drivers.

Instead, you rolled down your window and tossed some wrappers out onto the road, as if it were your own personal trash can. My jaw legitimately dropped and hung open for a good five minutes as a million questions ran through my mind.

How could you do that?

Why couldn’t you have just waited to where you were going to throw out those wrappers?

Who taught you that it was okay to litter?

What gives…

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7 Tips for Green Spring Cleaning

Here are some great tips for green Spring cleaning from Treehugger.

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Spring is finally here! And if you haven’t started purging half your belongings like me, you can still do your spring cleaning responsibly. I will be using these methods to clean my new apartment when I move in next week. Ah! So soon!

http://www.treehugger.com/cleaning-organizing/7-tips-green-spring-cleaning-without-toxic-chemicals.html

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Oddisay: The Eco-friendly Etsy

This sounds like the new way all businesses and products should be.

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Over the summer I had the opportunity to work with a start up called Oddisay as an expert sustainability consultant. Oddisay just officially launched as a sustainable goods marketplace. It is like Etsy, but with an eco-friendly  focus.

For instance, when you open a shop on Etsy (which I have done before), there is no vetting on the materials your product is made of. You could say it is made of local, organic, biodegradable hemp all you want, but you never have to actually prove anything.

On Oddisay, every product that is posted gets evaluated by 3 key qualities:

1. What it is made of
2. How it is designed
3. How it is disposed

What It Is Made Of

Products on Oddisay must be made of sustainable materials that can be recycled, reused or reclaimed. Additionally, Oddisay strives to make sure that products are fairly sourced. It was described to my colleagues and I that…

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My Favorites: LUSH Shampoo Bar

Here is a very sustainable cosmetics company.

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I legitimately had no idea shampoo came in bar form.

After reading an article about LUSH Handmade Cosmetics and how they are striving for reduced packaging (I unfortunately cannot find the article I originally read), I decided to finally step into LUSH. To be honest, all this time I had avoided Lush because I found the the smell of the store so over-powering. All I thought was, “I do not want to smell like that LUSH store.”

But I went in, and I asked about their lack of packaging and for some suggestions about curly/wavy hair. I left with these purchases:

Honey I Washed My Hair Shampoo Bar

I don’t think I had ever been so excited to wash my hair when I got home (and I hate washing my hair). First of all, it smells AMAZING. Like I could stand there all day and smell it.

In the shower, it works…

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5 Ways to Eliminate Sanitary Papers

Some great ideas to go paperless when cleaning.

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The Purge Pile is Growing

This is a great way to up-cycle your clothing and accessories.

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I did a lot of purging today, and man I was ruthless. I went through some of my closet, dresser, and drawers. Most of the time as I was going through my things, these thoughts popped into my head:

• Wait, I still have this?
• OMG, how old is this lotion/chapstick/nail polish/ etc.?
• Did I wear this in high school?
• I would not be caught dead wearing this
• How many purses does one need?
• I barely wear jeans, do I need 6 pairs?
• Someone else will appreciate this more than me
• When was the last time I did gymnastics, 6th grade?
• I’m pretty sure the elastic in this has disintegrated

The beginning of what I dubbed, “The Purge Pile”

“The Purge Pile” begins to grow

“The Purge Pile” starts to take over my doorway.

All of the boxes in my closet that are headed to the recycling bin

My plan is…

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N.O.W. idea #5: Switch to Cloth Produce Bags

This is a great idea.

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I shop for groceries twice a week. I use about five produce bags on each trip. That’s 10 bags a week, 40 bags a month, 480 bags per year. Whether or not I recycle or compost the bags (if…

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People towels vs. paper towels

Check out this blog review of People Towels and how they can replace paper towels.  Pretty cool idea.

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