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Organic Agriculture meets sustainability challenges

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 06 November 2011 in Agriculture

Posted by Liesl Truscott on October 31, 2011 in the Textile Exchange Blog http://www.textileexchange.org/blog/organic-agriculture-meets-sustainability-challenges Having recently returned from a meeting of the Roundtable on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) led by Andreas Gattinger (F...

Environmental facts about the fashion Industry

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 06 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Posted in Eco Friendly Fashion & Lifestyle Blog http://ecofriendlyfashion.blogspot.com/p/fashion-industry-facts.html - The fashion industry is the second largest user of water in the world.- Over 90 million items of clothing end up in land fill sites globally each year.- 150 grams of p...

GERMANY: Messe Frankfurt and Esmod team up on eco-fashion

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 06 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Author: Leonie Barrie | 4 November 2011 in Just-Style http://www.just-style.com/news/messe-frankfurt-and-esmod-team-up-on-eco-fashion_id112661.aspx?d=1 Trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt is joining forces with the Esmod international fashion school in Paris to help promote sustainability in the ...

Cashmere experts contest "unsustainable" production claims

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 06 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Author: Andrew McEwen | 3 November 2011 in Just-Style http://www.just-style.com/analysis/cashmere-experts-contest-unsustainable-production-claims_id112641.aspx Cashmere experts have attacked claims that their industry is unsustainable and responsible for desertification in Inner Mongolia and indep...

The Safe Cosmetics Act

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Posted in EarthTalk on May 29, 2011 By:Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss http://www.emagazine.com/earth-talk/the-safe-cosmetics-act Dear EarthTalk: Can you explain the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act? What does it purport to do and has it been signed into law?—Megan Wilson, Austin, TXThe Safe Cosmetics Act wa...

How to Find Products “Not Tested on Animals”

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

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Beauty Products and the Environment

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Agriculture

Posted on Monday, October 11, 2010 by Sustainability Committee by Jennifer Lefebvre http://apus-sustainability.com/2010/10/11/beauty-products-and-the-environment/ Many of us have attempted to make small changes in our lives to combat the current climate situation, be more eco-friendl...

Deciphering Organic in Cosmetic and Skin Care Products, Part 2

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

By: Leslie Lyon and Marilyn PattersonPosted: February 24, 2010, from the March 2010 issue of Skin Inc. Magazine. http://www.skininc.com/skinscience/ingredients/85206532.html?page=4 The Five Degrees to Organic is an unofficial scale created by Marilyn Patterson, and as it approaches the fifth deg...

Deciphering Organic in Cosmetic and Skin Care Products, Part I

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

By: Leslie Lyon and Marilyn PattersonPosted: January 29, 2010, from the February 2010 issue of Skin Inc. Magazine. http://www.skininc.com/skinscience/ingredients/83030847.htmlPeople desire a healthy environment rather than one that they need to be protected from, and because of this, there is a bel...

Parabens, Carcinogens and Certified Organic Ingredients

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Q. After reading about a British study reporting that parabens in antiperspirants contribute to breast cancer, some of my clients don’t want the substance in their cosmetics. I am looking to you to help clarify this issue for me. Are parabens harmful, or are they safe? Is it true that they have been...

Why You Should Use Organic Beauty Products

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Organic products are becoming more and more popular. It may have started with organic foods, but the all natural life style is also beginning to become a big part of other areas of our lives. The idea that what we expose our bodies to can have either a positive or negative effect on us has led peopl...

Beauty's Emerging Green Packaging Trend Bids Goodbye to Plastic Bottles

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Beauty is beginning to say so long to old-school plastic. Two of the beauty industry's biggest players -- Whole Foods and Procter & Gamble -- are passing new regulations for sustainable and recyclable packaging that are causing a growing rumble in the marketplace, where other brands are beginni...

'Green' Standard Launched to Certify Cosmetic Product Life Cycle

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

This article breaks down the new certification standard that has been created for cosmetic and personal care products. Hopefully this is a shift in the right direction! Nonprofit organization Green Seal Inc. has created GS-50, reportedly the first U.S. certification standard for cosmetic a...

Demand for Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Products Continues to Grow

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 04 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Sustainable packaging is making the transition from niche to mainstream as manufacturers come under pressure to go green. Reflecting the development of the green trend, the organizers set aside an entire hall to bio-based packaging at the recent Interpack trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany.Looking to...

New Hope For Endangered Seal

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 November 2011 in Animals

: As 2010 closed, it was announced that a new outpost of one of the word’s most endangered marine mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal, had been located. The seals were once widely distributed in the Mediterranean, Black and adjacent seas. Today their distribution is widespread but fragment...

List of 15 Toxic Chemicals to Avoid in Personal Care Products

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Toxic chemicals found in peregrine falcon eggs How many personal care products do you use everyday? From toothpaste, shampoo, soap, perfume/cologne, makeup, and deodorant you may be putting more chemicals into your body than you realize. This article gives a brief description of some of the toxic ...

Sustainable Packaging: New Strides & Strategies

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

This is a very informative article regarding many aspects of sustainable packaging in the beauty and cosmetic industry. It was written by Jamie Matusow, an editor of Beauty Packaging Magazine in May 2009 http://www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2009/05/sustainable-packaging-new-strides-strategies ...

Health and Beauty Products Embrace Sustainable Packaging

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 in Beauty and Fashion

Here is an article posted by Natural Cosmetic News: Natural Cosmetic & Personal Care News & Articles Posted by Craig Payne on Aug 24th, 2010 http://www.naturalcosmeticnews.com/focus/health-beauty-products-embrace-sustainable-packaging/ Cosmetic companies have long been burdened with the...

What's really in your kid's lunch?!

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 17 October 2011 in Food

As a child in elementary and middle school I was always sent to school with a funky looking lunch box or bag. Inside my personal lunch container were items most kids had never seen or heard of. I had rice milk in a box, multi-grain sprouted bread, sprouts on my sandwich and organic peanut butter wit...

VW’s 235mpg car

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 01 July 2011 in Transportation

With oil prices at $135 dollars per barrel, the pressure is on for car makers to innovate and create more fuel efficient vehicles. Volkswagen seems to be taking this task seriously with the 1L, a prototype that is capable of traveling for 235mpg using 1 gallon of gasoline, or 100km on 1L of gas. Add...