Eco News

From the August 2008 issue of Body + Soul magazine:

The United States consumes an average of roughly 30 million trees a year to make books.  

According to Food & Water Watch, the average American uses 1,190.5 gallons of H2O a day (spent on energy, cleaning, and eating). To calculate your water usage and learn how to reduce it, go to h2oconserve.org.

Check your local cable provider for the just launched Planet Green channel.  

Don't throw out that old pair of Crocs.  You can recycle them.  The company recently launched a humanitarian shoe-recycling program called Soles United.  They reuse the Croslite material from old Crocs to create new pairs for those in need around the world.  In 2007, Crocs gave away 1 million pairs of shoes through this program.