Doin’ It Green: Literally, doin’ it.

Published on February 14, 2012

In terms of low-impact Valentine’s Day activities, EPPC endorses “getting it on” as an eco-friendly way to show your love (dimmed lights and increased body heat will surely lower your winter electricity bill!). However, since population growth is pretty resource-intensive, EPPC suggests using birth control to prevent unwanted, garbage-generating, carbon-emitting humans.  As an eco-warrior yourself, you might ask, “Which contraceptive is least harmful to the environment?” The simple answer is: ANY. Doing your part to keep the population down certainly receives my green stamp of approval.

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Doin’ It Green: At the Store

Published on February 6, 2012

Here at EPPC, we encourage you to have some swag, and bring your own bag. However, even the greenest of tree people find themselves caught without eco-tote once in awhile, and those awkward moments often result in the lose-lose situation of choosing paper vs. plastic (as opposed to forfeiting your groceries at the check-out aisle, in which case, you are a better eco-warrior than myself). So, knee-jerk reaction: plastic is bad, and paper is of the trees … so paper is a better option, right?  Not exactly.

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