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IT'S STILL A JUNGLE OUT THERE by Mark JeantheauIT'S STILL A JUNGLE OUT THERE... Or How US Beef-Industry Feeding Practices Are a Source of Concern If you think about farmers raising cattle, you probably conjure up something like this happy cow scene: Mellow heifers quietly grazing on the lush grass of the rolling countryside, lazily swishing their tails at pesky bugs. New-born and young calves getting nourishment from the milk in their mothers' teats. For us here at Grinning Planet, such...
It's OK to Use the Free Stuff You Get in Junk Mail
It's OK to Use the Free Stuff You Get in Junk Mail by Mark JeantheauAccording to several pieces of junk mail the Grinning Planet offices have received this year, we can get 37 CDs for just a penny! Fine, as long as we don't have to listen to the complimentary copy of "Megadeth Plays Liberace."We're really here today to talk about some of the stuff you get in the mail that may actually be usable. Most of us have received all sorts of supposedly usable stuff in junk mail--free return-address...
How You Can Give Better Holiday Gifts AND Be More Environmentally Friendly
How You Can Give Better Holiday Gifts AND Be More Environmentally Friendly by Mark JeantheauIt's the holiday shopping season, and Grinning Planet would like to point out that the holiday phrase "Ho, ho, ho!" also relates to being green--it's the Jolly Green Giant's tagline. Well, OK, that doesn't exactly get us to the "eco-friendly" meaning of being green. But when shopping for holiday gifts, there are a number of ways we can be environmentally friendly.All manufactured items, including...
How to Dial Up a Recycling Solution for Your Cell Phone
How to Dial Up a Recycling Solution for Your Cell Phone by Mark JeantheauWould you care to offer an opinion on what a person should do with his obsolete cell phone? Now, now... We don't want to hear about what you thought that guy who was talking on his cell phone during the movie should do with it... The bad manners of a few people aside, cell phones do pose a significant waste disposal problem for society. INFORM, an environmental research organization partly funded by the EPA, has...
Don't Have a Cow Over Mad Cow Disease, Just Shop Smarter
Don't Have a Cow Over Mad Cow Disease, Just Shop Smarter
by: Mark Jeantheau
Unless you've been trapped in a meat locker since December, you're no doubt aware that Mad Cow Disease has been detected in the US herd. Given that "bovine spongiform encephalopathy" is tougher on the mouth than one of the blow-torched steaks we get at Billy's House of Meat and Welding Supplies, we'll stick with the short form of the disease name---BSE.
The disease agent responsible for BSE is the prion, and it is...
An Environmental Voting Guide for US State Elections
An Environmental Voting Guide for US State Elections
by: Mark Jeantheau
In these times when states are suffering extreme downward pressure on budgets and spending, how is our environment making out? Did it suffer cuts right along with the Program to Assist Millionaires Become Billionaires? Are important environmental projects being dropped from the budget along with luxury items like the statehouse's new Gold-Plated Enforcement Gavel?
And why is the issue of environmental protection...
Voting Pro-Environment is Good For Jobs, Health, and Security
Voting Pro-Environment is Good For Jobs, Health, and Security
by: Mark Jeantheau
There are many issues on the minds of US voters these days, but according to national polls, the environment ranks ...um... somewhere above hemp policy and just below humane treatment for Teletubbies.
People are, of course, justly concerned about top issues such as health care, terrorism, and jobs. But the environment actually has a role to play in all of those areas. Below are some examples of how this is...
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