through 2016 for home renewable energy systems (search the ucts they are buying, from energy consumption to water use.
Energy Star website). Local utilities often offer further rebates For cotton clothing and bedding, pesticide and water
and incentives (search Database of State Incentives for Re- use are major concerns. Petra Kjell, of the Environmental
newables & Efficiency). For solar panels, tap into a Residential Justice Foundation reports, for example, that it requires
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), where a customer pays a 500 gallons of water to produce one conventional cotton
small upfront cost to a company such as SunRun to guaran- T-shirt. Traditional cotton production continues to be tied
tee a set electricity rate for the next 18 years. to dangerous levels of toxic pesticides and insecticides.
Eco fashion offers an eclectic mix from emerging
Contact: American Wind Energy Association, awea.org; designers. They may use surplus designer fabric, T-shirts
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, made from bamboo, or fleece made from recycled soda
dsireusa.org; Energy Star tax information, EnergyStar.gov, bottles. Vintage and consignment clothes work well, while
search “tax credits”; Solarbuzz, Solarbuzz.com; SunRun, “refashion”—like dresses made from T-shirts—are widely
SunRunHome.com. available on sites like Etsy.com.
Sheets, pillows and mattresses all come in organic
Organic Clothing and Linens
varieties, too. More, they are often superior in quality and
While major brands like Levi, Gap and American Ap-
durability to their cheaper conventional counterparts.
parel have introduced organic clothing lines in the last few
years, organic and natural fiber fabrics, including sustain-
Contact: Environmental Justice Foundation, EJFoundation.
able bamboo and hemp, is still a niche market. While
org; Etsy.com; Patagonia, Patagonia.com.
people now better understand the health benefits of or-
ganic foods, “Most consumers don’t understand organic…
Cleaner Lawns and Gardens
when it comes to clothing,” says Mark Messura, executive
According to a fact sheet from the Scotts Miracle-
vice president of Cotton Incorporated.
Gro Company, sales of organic lawn and garden products
Patagonia makes all of its sportswear from 100 percent
increased by 64 percent between 2002 and 2006 and con-
organic cotton, a practice it began in 1996. Recently,
tinue to grow. It’s no secret that Americans are enthusiastic
a more widespread advance in green standards for all
about their perfectly manicured, green lawns, but they’re
consumer products has emerged from an unlikely source:
also increasingly aware of the environmental impacts.
Walmart. In July 2009, the retail giant announced that it is
Some are rethinking lawns altogether, switching to native
developing a universal rating system and “eco label” that
ground cover and other plants as an alternative.
lets shoppers know the environmental impacts of the prod-
Lawn maintenance equipment is a major environmen-
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Unfinished Evolution explores the rise and fall of the New Age movement in
popular culture, examines what spiritual progressives lost in vital social capital
when the movement receded, and asks them to consider what they could gain
personally and collectively by reviving the movement and its world-saving ideas.
In case you thought the dream of a ‘new age’ of consciousness was dead,
think—and read—again. This book, wise, intimate, and deeply informative, is a
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Booth dares to pick up the tattered and torn banner of the New Age and
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