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• Plants, for Your Health

  Fifteen decorative plants that will help keep your environment free of common toxins.
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  • 010: The China Issue
  • Date: Mar 28 2008
  • Contributors: GOOD magazine

• Project 009: Faux Chick Salad

  For Project 009 Elissa Cox sent us this vegan "faux chick salad" with fresh veggies and wheat crackers for dipping, and a sliced red apple.
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  • 009: All You Can Eat
  • Date: Mar 26 2008
  • Contributors: GOOD magazine

• Water

  For World Water Day 2008, we look at the planet's water, how it's being used, and the increasing strains on this vital resource. Drink up!
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  • 010: The China Issue
  • Date: Mar 20 2008
  • Contributors: Max Joseph, Erin Bosworth, and Mike Hedge

• Contraception And Sustainability

  In a new book, More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want, Robert Engelman, Vice President at the Worldwatch Institute, a research organization that seems to focus on population issues, makes an interesting argument about contraception. "It makes sense that those who bear children and do most of the work in raising them should have the final say in when, and when not, to do so," Engelman said. "By making their own decisions based on what's best for themselves and their children, women ultimately bring about a global good that governments could never deliver through regulation or control: a population in balance with nature's resources." It seems clear that more contraception means fewer people. But we're not entirely convinced that women have fewer children in response to stresses on their environment. Suburban mothers in America don't make decisions about family size based on the efficiency of their toilets or how much Freon their refrigerators use. His argument is probably most applicable in areas where food or water is scarce. And the global population is certainly an issue that matters. If you think peak oil is uncomfortable, imagine peak population.
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  • Date: May 09 2008
  • Posted by andrewprice

• Nothing But Nets

  The United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets is an organization you can count on in crunch time. It delivers much needed bed nets that protect people from Malaria mosquitoes. In honor of World Malaria Day (tomorrow), it's launched a campaign to increase the number of nets it distributes. All you have to do is play this awesome (and free) interactive game and a net will be delivered in your name. Simple. Effective. Fun. You can take a look at a slide show of real world distribution here and, should you feel so inclined, offer a traditional financial donation here.
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  • Date: Apr 24 2008
  • Posted by Patrick James

• Lifestraw

  The Lifestraw Family water filtration system is a small gravity- and hand-powered apparatus that renders dirty water drinkable. It could really improve life for the millions of our fellow humans without water sanitation. Each system costs $25 and is good for 15,000 liters, which, we're told, is two years' worth of safe drinking water. Totally worth it. There's more about the Lifestraw Family at Inhabitat here. If you're hurting for some good karma (maybe you have a taste for expensive bottled water shipped from a pristine, far-away island) you can donate one of these filters through Project H Design (on this page, to be exact).
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  • Date: Apr 23 2008
  • Posted by andrewprice

• Condom Storage

  Condom Storage Hints: Do not keep condoms in the trunk of a car. Do cover the windows in your storage area so product is not exposed to direct rays of the sun. Practice rotation of inventory: FIFO - first in, first out. Expiration dates are marked on packages. [url=http://www.condomelite.com/Condom-Articles/Condom_Article.php?Article=27[/url]
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  • Date: Mar 25 2008
  • Posted by stacymilberg2

• Condom Tip

  Condoms may not be as effective in the tub. Water dissolves the spermicide and makes the condom easier to slide off. CondomElite.com
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  • Date: Mar 28 2008
  • Posted by stacymilberg2

• Feds downplay condom efficacy

  The online fact sheet on condoms <by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at www.cdc.gov , used to begin with this statement: “Condoms are effective in preventing HIV and other STDs.” The fact sheet was removed from the site in 2002 and was later replaced with one that states, “The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is to abstain from sexual intercourse ...” or be in a long-term monogamous relationship with someone whom you know is not infected.
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  • Date: Apr 04 2008
  • Posted by stacymilberg2