Share and Voice: Yahoo! Study: American Dream Homes Turn Green

Last week I found a really cool article on yahoo.com that talked about how a lot of Americans these days are rethinking their ideas for a dream home. They are beginning to look toward a house that is eco-friendly and sustainable. Here is the link to the article. Enjoy!

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/yahoo-study-american-dream-homes-turn-green.htmlhttp://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/yahoo-study-american-dream-homes-turn-green.html

Share and Voice: Environmental Health Careers (youtube video)

Alerting Health Education majors with interest in environmental health! There are jobs opening up soon within this area to help educate the people on how to live better, healthier, more environmentally friendly lives! I just got uber-excited when I watched this video. I thought: "Awesome! This is gonna be great."


In this video, they list different job descriptions for environmental health workers and the EPA was one of them. One of my friends is currently working for the EPA stationed here in Duluth, MN. If you are interested in working for the EPA, log onto their website http://www.epa.gov/med/  and look in the left-hand corner for "Working with EPA." There they offer career opportunities as well as internships for students and recent graduates.
                                                   

Week 9 Share and Voice Linky Party

I went online looking for a website that was environmentally friendly and just happened to stumble across 
http://www.naturalclothingcompany.com/
This site caught me by surprise. I had some clothing like socks that were made out of bamboo, but didn't realize until this point that you can actually buy a sexy dress made out of bamboo for a really good price! Not only are there clothes for women but for men and children as well. The prices are fair and they have a fair trade policy. The materials used for the clothing are bamboo, hemp, and 100% organic cotton.

The store front is located in Washington state and it seems like this is currently the only physical location available so if one was to order organic clothing from them from far away, I would recommend either by phone or online placement order. Enjoy! The clothes here are AMAZING! Made me want to buy the red dress that's featured on the website.

Recycled Toilet Paper???

So I was looking for an article to read about recycling for a paper that I am preparing to write about in another class. I come across this article by accident while surfing the UMD's library databases and wanted to share it with everybody. Hope it means as much to you as it does to me. Thanks for reading!

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=7bc0f95d-bdf0-49cb-880a-68c3af2d6186%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=107

Welcome to Sarra's Notes in Nature!

"Lady Slipper: Minnesota State Flower. July 19, 2009."
Location: Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, MN
(If you want to go see it during the summer, stop into the park in the government office and ask any of the DNR staff. It is the only lady slipper in the entire state park because it was planted there.)

My name is Sarra Vinnik, and my blog is about my adventures with nature. I enjoy trail-running and hiking a lot and when I can remember, I bring a camera along to take pictures of scenery that has meaning to me. Almost every nature picture I take has some amount of thought behind it.

There are 5 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:

1. Advocacy Project
2. Eye Openers
3. Reflections
4. Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change 
5. Share and Voice

If you notice at the bottom of this post, the categories will be listed as labels. This post is has been labeled with all five kinds of posts. You will also see the number of each kind of post in my Labels Gadget at the top of the page. All post titles from now on will begin with one of the categories above.
The members of my web group are:

1. Amy & Kristen@Enviro-Surfing with Amy & Kristen 
2.  Caleb T.@Caleb Cares About Contamination
3. Andrea V.@Fun in the Sun with Andrea
4. Jamie T.@Jamie on the Big Lake
5. And myself Sarra V.@Sarra's Notes in Nature
 

 

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