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This month, Green Info Alerts! become Green
Purse Alerts! to shine an even brighter
spotlight on the power of the purse (and
pocketbook) to protect the environment.
It's all part of our new BigGreenPurse.
com
website. Make sure you drop by for a visit.
You'll find dozens of new lifestyle tips,
shopping suggestions, and ideas to make your
money matter for a cleaner, greener world.
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Give Your Purse a Green Make-over
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If you want to go green, what better
place to start than with what's inside your
purse or pocketbook?
Here's the skinny on how to make the bling in
your purse green:
* Jewelry - Toxic chemicals like
cyanide and
mercury, which leach gold out of rock,
pollute drinking water supplies, and threaten
the health of workers and communities.
MAKEOVER? GreenKarat
sells rings, necklaces,
earrings, pendants and custom jewelry made
from recycled gold. Earthw
ise
Jewelry uses
gold and platinum processed from reclaimed
sources to make wedding bands and
pendants.
* Makeup - Traditional cosmetics contain
preservatives called parabens. Scientists
care because the chemicals are now showing up
in human breast tumors. MAKEOVER?
Cosmetics
made from essential oils, herbs, and organic
ingredients. Try Ecco Bella
or Aubrey
Organics
* Cell Phone - "e" waste," including cell
phones, is the fastest growing portion of our
waste stream. MAKEOVER? Resist the
urge to upgrade every year. When you do,
recycle your
phone using Collective
Good, which donates
profits to environmental groups.
* Pen - People throw away
1,600,000,000 pens every year, one of the
many items that contribute to making the U.S.
the world's #1 trash producing nation.
MAKEOVER? Use
pencils made from Green
Earth's recycled blue
jeans or Earthwrite's
reclaimed wood.
Get more makeover ideas -- for snacks,
notepads, clothes, water bottles,
and antiseptic wipes -- at BigGreenPurse.
com.
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