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Indigent Burials Are on the Rise
Oct. 11, 2009 Coroners and medical examiners across the country are reporting spikes in the number of unclaimed bodies and indigent burials, with states, counties and private funeral homes having to foot the bill when families cannot. The increase comes as governments short on cash are cutting other social service programs, with some municipalities dipping into emergency and reserve funds to help cover the costs of burials or cremations. Mark Lyons for The New York Times Don Catchen, a funeral director, wiping off a small marker after a recent burial in Kentucky. Oregon, for example, has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of unclaimed bodies over the past few years, the majority left by families who say they cannot afford services.. » read more
Detroit: Too Broke to Bury Their Dead
Money to bury Detroit's poor has dried up, forcing struggling families to abandon their loved ones in the morgue freezer. Oct. 1, 2009 DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- At 1300 E. Warren St.. » read more
Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff
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Americans Use Bathroom Tissue from Non-Renewable Trees
July 15, 2009 (NaturalNews) Environmentalists are increasingly pushing for people in the United States to change their toilet paper buying habits, in recognition of the fact that the soft, fluffy toilet paper widely preferred in the United States for home use can only be made by logging wild forests throughout the Western Hemisphere. "No forest of any kind should be used to make toilet paper," said Allen Hershkowitz of the Natural Resource Defense Council. Toilet paper can easily be made from recycled paper, but only at the cost of a coarser final product. Manufacturers admit that the primary factor that keeps them making toilet paper out of freshly cut trees is the fact that standing trees yield longer fibers than recycled material does. Longer fibers, in turn, make for softer, fluffier toilet paper.. » read more
Australian Town Bans Bottled Water
A remote town in south-eastern Australia has become the first place in the world to ban bottled water. July 8, 2009 Bundanoon, located in the picturesque Southern Highlands of New South Wales and boasts a population of just 2,000, voted by a huge majority in favour of the move with a show of hands at a public meeting. Huw Kingston, a local businessman and organiser, said almost 400 people turned up to the Bundanoon Memorial Hall, with only two casting dissenting votes. Bottled water: Shops in the town will now be banned from stocking and selling bottled water and filtered water fountains will be placed on Bundanoon's main street Photo: GETTY "It was the biggest ever turnout in the community here at Bundanoon – it's overwhelming support,'' he said. "We can now continue with our route of making Bundanoon Australia's first bottled water-free town.. » read more
Resort's 'Boeing 727 Suite' Made Out of Real Boeing 727
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Becoming responsible to our environment: paper, plastic or cotton bags?
June 18, 2009 Vince Carroll, Denver Post columnist, wrote a compelling piece, “A tax on plastic bags? Bag it”, in today’s editorial section. Thank him for bringing up the issue of plastic versus paper bags for shoppers. Both bags represent horrific waste and environmental denigration. We need to move out of 20th century of waste and abuse—and create a new paradigm of cotton bag use. I own four cotton bags I have been using for groceries for 28 years.. » read more
Made in USA. America's Most Enduring Industry.
May 31, 2009 A chicken in every pot. A phone book in every driveway. Don't be a doom and gloomer. Just look around. America is ahead of the world with its robust telephone book manufacturing and delivery system.. » read more
Country clean-up project "Lets Do It 2008" / Teeme Ära 2008
Posted May 24, 2009 Campaign "Let's Do It!" - a grassroot initiative to clean up the country from illegal waste in just one day. There was over 10 000 tons of illegal waste lying around all over Estonia and it was an outrageous plan -- to clean it all up on one day! More than 600 volunteers were working to make it all happen with only 3 full-time employees. On May 3, 2008 with help of 50 000 volunteers more than 10 000 tons of garbage gathered and Estonia was cleaned up from illegal waste. http://www.teeme2008.. » read more
Help save lots of trees with a few keystrokes and less than five minutes!
March 6, 2009 News Flash You can eliminate lots of wasted paper (translate that into trees and habitat lost) by getting rid of unwanted catalogues that just seem to appear each week. I don't know about you, but our recycle bin fills up with junk mail with lightening speed - and catalogues I didn't ask for account for a lot of that wasted paper. So here's a cool solution: Go to www.cataloguechoice.org (Catalogue Choice) - a free serve that registers your preferences (you can select the catalogues you no longer want to receive) and they will take care of the rest (contacting each company).. » read more
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