http://newlygreens.com Walking Green for a Sustainable Garden State Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:30:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://newlygreens.com/feed/ Stories of green living from the early adopters walking the walk. Produced in NJ just outside New York City the show gives an East Coast flavor to implementing more balanced choices. Hosts Greg and Connie, "newlygreens" and not so newlywed, try take the stories to heart and and bring practical change into their own lives. It may not be about being the ideal, but it is definitely about finding inspiration and working toward something better. Kaizen Productions LLC clean Kaizen Productions LLC info@newlygreens.com info@newlygreens.com (Kaizen Productions LLC) 2010 Kaizen Productions LLC Eco Friendly Tales of Going Green from the Northeast sustainable, environmental, earth, nature, solar, wind, recycle, organic, green, eco, eco-friendly http://newlygreens.com/_content/_images/powered_by_podpress_small.jpg http://newlygreens.com http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/lunapads-a-sustainable-take-on-sanitary-napkins/ http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/lunapads-a-sustainable-take-on-sanitary-napkins/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:23 +0000 cmatti http://newlygreens.com/?p=3044 Listen up girls! (and guys).  Today we speak with Madeleine Shaw, founder of a company called Lunapads.  If you didn’t think you needed an attitude adjustment when it comes to menstrual cycles, just listen to some of the facts and statistics our guest is going to share [...]]]> http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/lunapads-a-sustainable-take-on-sanitary-napkins/feed/ 0 Gloria Steinem,Lunapads,menstruation,Rwanda,SHE,Sustainable Health Enterprises,Unicef Listen up girls! (and guys).  Today we speak with Madeleine Shaw, founder of a company called Lunapads.  If you didn't think you needed an attitude adjustment when it comes to menstrual cycles, just listen to some of the facts and statistics our gues... Listen up girls! (and guys).  Today we speak with Madeleine Shaw, founder of a company called Lunapads.  If you didn't think you needed an attitude adjustment when it comes to menstrual cycles, just listen to some of the facts and statistics our guest is going to share with you today.  This show is an eye-opener! Society is not particularly comfortable talking about periods.  As a matter of fact, we've posted a link to  Gloria Steinem famous essay called, If Men Could Menstruate, where she tells us that if men had periods there would be no taboos.  "Men would brag about how long and how much. And sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free".   FACTS AND FIGURES: Approximately 20 billion pads, tampons and applicators are sent to North American landfills annually . On an individual level, each of the approximately 73 million menstruating women in North America will throw away 125 to 150kg or approximately 16,800 disposable pads or tampons in her lifetime. Disposable pads and tampons are made primarily of bleached kraft pulp or viscose rayon, the origin of which is wood cellulose from trees. What makes these products perform so effectively is the use of high tech chemicals such as super-absorbent acrylic polymers (SAPs) surfactant-laced gels and leak-proof plastic backings. The long-term health and environmental impact of these ingredients is contentious and largely unknown. In 1991, the Landbank Consultancy report reviewed the environmental impact of disposable diapers and concluded that compared to cloth diapers, throwaway diapers used 20 times more raw materials, three times more energy and twice as much water; overall they generated 60 times more waste . Disposable menstrual pads are made from substantially equivalent materials and ingredients as disposable diapers. Lunapads will last well over 5 years with recommended use and care, as opposed to 3 or 4 hours in the case of disposable products. While individual use may vary, we estimate that a single Lunapad replaces 120 disposable pads or tampons. The cost of reusable products is significantly less than disposables – women can save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars over time. 1,000,000 disposable pads and tampons are now being diverted from landfills monthly thanks to Lunapads’ customers having made the switch to reusable products, and tens of thousands of women worldwide are feeling more connected to themselves and at peace with their consumer choices. For more information you can visit the Lunapads website at Lunapads.com. Kaizen Productions LLC clean 10 http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/reusable-news-july-29-2010/ http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/reusable-news-july-29-2010/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:56 +0000 RisaP http://newlygreens.com/?p=3069 The Headlines: Oil trader fined for illegal dumping Protesters travel 8,000 miles to protest plastic pollution UNICEF unleashes “dirty water” vending machine Norwegian couple protests rail restrictions Massey CEO has no regrets about mine explosion Tiny cows could help sustainable beef farming The Details: Oil trader fined [...]]]> http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/reusable-news-july-29-2010/feed/ 0 David de Rothschild,Dirty Water Vending Machine,Don Blankenship,drinking water,electric wheelchairs,Great Pacific Garbage Patch,Ivory Coast,Massey Energy Company,Mine Safety and Health Administration,mini cows,MSHA,Netherlands The Headlines: Oil trader fined for illegal dumping Protesters travel 8,000 miles to protest plastic pollution UNICEF unleashes "dirty water" vending machine Norwegian couple protests rail restrictions The Headlines: Oil trader fined for illegal dumping Protesters travel 8,000 miles to protest plastic pollution UNICEF unleashes "dirty water" vending machine Norwegian couple protests rail restrictions Massey CEO has no regrets about mine explosion Tiny cows could help sustainable beef farming The Details: Oil trader fined for illegal dumping Oil trading company Trafigura was fined 1 million Euros Friday for dumping tons of hazardous waste in west Africa in 2006. A Netherlands court convicted the firm on criminal charges, also saying that the company had concealed the dangerous nature of the waste when it was initially unloaded from a ship in Amsterdam. Over 30,000 Africans became ill after the toxic waste was dumped on the Ivory Coast. The fine is only half the amount sought by the Dutch prosecutors. Trafigura has been steadily paying for this incident. Three years ago, Trafigura paid 100 million pounds to the Ivorian government to help clean up the waste. And last year, Trafigura was forced to pay compensation totaling 30 million pounds to the thousands of Africans who needed medical treatment following the dump. In a statement from the firm, Trafigura officials say they are considering appealing Friday's verdict. Protesters travel 8,000 miles to protest plastic pollution It started with a sailboat made from 12,500 plastic bottles and dubbed "Plastiki". It ended with a successful trip 8,000 miles long. Sailors aboard the Plastiki started their journey in April 2010 and traveled for 130 days, a trip that began in San Francisco and ended on Monday in Sydney, Australia. David de Rothschild began the project as a way to protest humanity's wastefulness with plastic, citing environmental havoc it causes, including the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other floating trash patches. Volunteers on the project hope their trip will inspire people to use less plastic, and to reuse it in innovative ways, such as they did with the Plastiki. UNICEF unleashes "dirty water" vending machine UNICEF, as part of their "Tap Project", has unveiled a stunt vending machine serving dirty water for $1 a bottle in Manhattan. Flavors include malaria, typhoid, hepatitis and cholera. The $1 doesn't go to waste, though. Each dollar fed to the vending machine will go toward safe drinking water for 40 children for a day. Sadly, 4200 children die of water-related diseases every day. And over a billion people across the world don't have access to clean drinking water. The Tap Project started in 2007 when UNICEF got 300 restaurants to charge patrons $1 for their tap water which was donated to UNICEF to bring safe drinking water to those in need. The project now boasts thousands of participating restaurants. Norwegian couple protests rail restrictions Don't upset the Norwegians, or they'll take it to the streets! That's what a couple named Ole-Jørgen and Torill did when they were denied access to a train because their electric wheelchairs are 34cm too long. They were just trying to go from Trondheim to Oslo on the train. But when they weren't allowed to board, they decided to make the 300 mile journey, using nothing but their electric wheelchairs. The trip took them nine days and the couple had to periodically charge their wheelchairs at campsites along the way, but they finally got to their destination. No word yet on how they plan to get back. Massey CEO has no regrets about mine explosion The Massey Upper Big Branch, Virginia coal mine blew up in April, killing 29 workers. The company had been cited several times for safety violations before this tragedy occurred. But the CEO of Massey, Don Blankenship, says he has no regrets about how the company deals with safety issues. Last week, Blankenship decided to speak to the Washington press corps about the incident. But instead of apologizing, he went on a tirade, subjecting the press to a long-winded diatribe about global poverty, Kaizen Productions LLC clean 2:01 http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/green-sprouts-oct-22-halloween/ http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/green-sprouts-oct-22-halloween/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:00:51 +0000 Greg http://newlygreens.com/?p=1790 More tips for the spookiest of all Green-ness Back to basics with some reminders from the folks at GreenHalloween.org More Meaning Less Stuff: Decorate with natural things rather than cheap plastic dollar store junk – haybails, cornstalks, pumkins Before you buy decorations find a place to store them [...]]]> http://newlygreens.com/podcasts/green-sprouts-oct-22-halloween/feed/ 0 Green Halloween,Halloween,Unicef More tips for the spookiest of all Green-ness Back to basics with some reminders from the folks at GreenHalloween.org More Meaning Less Stuff: Decorate with natural things rather than cheap plastic dollar store junk - haybails, cornstalks, pumkins More tips for the spookiest of all Green-ness Back to basics with some reminders from the folks at GreenHalloween.org More Meaning Less Stuff: Decorate with natural things rather than cheap plastic dollar store junk - haybails, cornstalks, pumkins Before you buy decorations find a place to store them for next year Trade decorations with neighbors Trick or Treat for Unicef Kaizen Productions LLC clean 8:15