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  suggestions on wording

  I'm a big wordsmither, and I just keep coming back to Eric Eckl's Water Words that Work blog.  Lots of great tidbits about making outreach relevant to the masses.

  www.waterwordsthatwork.com

  May not help you with specific slogans but understanding these principles is priceless.On Umbra on catchy Earth Day slogans posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago 4 Responses

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  Whole Foods dropoffs

  I guess Brita figures anybody who's going to go to the trouble to recycle a filter already goes to WF on a regular basis... a bit of a stereotype I think, but it's a decent start.  I doubt we'll see conventional grocery chains doing this anytime soon.  

  A better next step would be to have the local/municipal hazardous household waste and recycling dropoff locations accept them, just like they do batteries, CFLs, etc etc.On Brita announces recycling program for used water filters posted 12 months ago 7 Responses

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  adjustable shower flow - useful for ladies shaving

  Sorry if someone already posted this idea, I'm in a hurry:

  I have a low-flow NAVY showerhead, which has a button on it that you can use to reduce or stop the flow.  I use it to reduce flow to keep some steam going while I lather/shampoo/shave (which actually makes it EASIER, since water isn't washing away your lather or shaving cream or whatnot).  It's a lot easier than trying to avoid the flow/splash, and you don't need the water on full blast to keep yourself warm.  It's really convenient to be able to control the flow without inadvertently changing temp, which most showers make it hard to do!  
  On Umbra on long, hot showers posted 1 year, 7 months ago 21 Responses

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  archive help?

  I entered the term "garbage bag" in the archive and didn't get one whit of useful information along the lines of this poor reader's question.  Perhaps some more detailed suggestions on how to mine the archive are in order.On Answers to readers' most frequently asked questions about green dilemmas posted 1 year, 7 months ago 3 Responses

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  radio show and book - fascinating stuff

  Fresh Air just had an episode on bananas.  Terry Gross interviewed the author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World and it was fascinating.  They also talked about how there is a banana fungus or something that is threatening to wipe out banana trees (since they're all clones it wouldn't take much).  

  Yet another example of how mass industrialization of  agriculture is bad for us.  Africa is going to be particularly screwed since bananas make up a very important portion of the average African diet (so I heard).

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1909 ...On Umbra on organic bananas posted 1 year, 8 months ago 22 Responses