Share & Voice: Award!

I recently recieved an award from Christen for my Share&Voice: Fast Food Nation. Thanks Christen!!! I am now passing on my award to Ben for his Share&Voice: How to be an eco -friendly beer drinker! His post was really funny and will become very useful to us once finals are over and summer approaches! Great job Ben! Follow these instructions below and pick up your award!!!

1. Leave a comment below so that I know you "picked up" the award.

2. Create a Share and Voice post that says you've received the award and indicate who the award is from (be sure to hyperlink).

3. Also indicate to whom you are going to pass on the award and why. Be sure to hyperlink the blogger (use main blog URL) and the blog title (use the specific URL for that blog post).

4. Copy and paste these instructions at the bottom of your post.

5. Publish the post.

.6. Visit each blogger you've awarded and leave a comment telling them they've won.

7. Continue the process...

Share&Voice:Fast Food Nation!

For my online psychology class, we were given the assignment to read Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser. I was really excited when I was given this assignment because this is a topic that interests me very much! As I was reading, the inner blogger in me thought this would make a great Share&Voice. I would definitely recommend reading this book! It will make you rethink your decision next time you are hungry for some Mickey D's!

Here are some interesting facts about McDonalds that the book gave:

• McDonald's is the nation's largest purchaser of beef, pork and potatoes and second largest of chicken(KFC being number one).
• They have replaced Coca Coca as the world's most famous brand.
• Ronald McDonald is more widely recognized by American children than Jesus himself, and second only to Santa Claus!
• The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross!
• It operates more playgrounds-designed to attract children and their parents to its restaurants- than any other private entry in the US.

Fast Food Chains:

• At least 20 school districts in the US have their own Subway franchises, an additional fifteen hundred districts have Subway contracts, and nine operate Subway sandwich carts.
• Taco Bell sells products in about 4,500 school cafeterias. Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, and McDonald's are now selling food in US schools.
• 3o% of the public high schools in the US offer branded fast food.
• Elementry schools in Fort Collins, Colorado now serve food from Pizza Hut, McDonald's and Subway on special lunch days!

I would also recommend seeing Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock....!!!

Share and Voice: America's Top Ten Green Colleges!

So I was bored one day and thinking about things to blog about(has become a natural instinct) and came across this website. Forbes.com has come up with a top ten list of green colleges...Guess what state is on the list??????MINNESOTA!

Top Then Green Colleges:

• Carleton College, Minnesota
  
• College of the Atlantic
  
• Dartmuth College
  
• Harvard
  
• Midlebury
  
• New York University
  
• University of CA Santa Cruz
  
• University of Pennsylvania
  
• University of Vermont
  
• University of Washington
  

Share and Voice: Super One Bags

SOOO i finally used my Super One bag the other day and wanted to share my experience.....I am going to admit it..I felt a little weird and didn't really know how to carry the bag through the store....it was a little awkward and I saw people second glance at me...but I think it was a good second glance like thinking in their head..."Oh look at that girl..she is using a reusable bag. She's doing something good for the environment." Most of the second glances were from older people who didn't think college aged kids cared. WELL I DO! I also asked for the manager Dave to thank him but he wasn't there so I proceeded to thank the cashier at the counter I was at for working at a place that cared about our environment,who I have to say was really confused and awkward towards me(but hey who isn't?) SO....that is my awesome experience using my bag from Super One....I will be back folks.

Share and Voice: Earth Day on Oprah

Ya Ya...I watch Oprah too! I actually tivo every episode so when I was watching the episode last week on earth day, I could go back and catch actual facts that they were giving out. Here are some of the interesting things I learned:

Garbage Ring:As we have talked about in class before, there is a garbage ring from the coast of California to Japan. Here are some key facts I learned:

• Garbage patch is twice the size of Texas
• 90 ft
  
• largest one out of many garbage patches
• Considered an ecological disaster
• 3.5 million tons of plastic
• 80% liter from land, blown by wind, rivers and streams
• Dead albatross, which are a type of bird, are being found with stomachs full of plastic and garbage(including cigarettes)
• killing many types of animals
• Starting to see first cases of breast cancer in killer whales
  

What opened my eyes about this issue is that everything we are putting in our garbage is coming back to haunt us by being put back into the foods we eat. How scary is that???

Plastic Bags: Another Interesting topic was on plastic bags and how they are a major threat to our environment.

• 1% of bags are recycled
• San Francisco was the first U.S city to ban plastic bags in grocery stores in 2007
• Ireland now charges .33 cents per bag

For more stories and information about the earth day episode, check out Oprah.com!

Share & Voice: Eco Friendly Pet Products!

So this past weekend I was walking my dog, and as I was walking I had a thought in come up in my head...."Im sure there are eco-friendly pet supplies out there...I should do a share&voice on it." So I did some research and here is what I came up with: Yes of course this does exist!  greatgreenpets.com is a shopping blog that is greatly designed to bring out the eco-friendly pet owner in you!  This site offers a number of different supplies from natural pet food to eco-friendly toys and rubber dog collars.  So all you fellow pet owners can help out the environment by making you and your pet not just friendly but eco-friendly!BARK FOR PEACE!!!

Share & Voice: Organic Sunscreen!

Hey all you Spring Breakers!

Break is just around the corner so I thought this would be a good thing to do a Share & Voice about since a lot of you might be going someone warm! If not, this is a good thing to know for summer..if it ever comes? Soleo Organics has an organic sunscreen that is made with all natural resources such as: grapeseed oil, macadamia oil, green tea extract, roman chamomile extract, sunflower oil, capric/caprylic triglycerides (plant oil derived), beeswax, theobroma butter, candelilla wax, lecithin, vegetable oils, and cucumber extract. Check it out! and Always Always Always wear sunscreen:)

Share and Voice: EnviroCool Blog Award!

Hey Everyone!

I recently was awarded the EnviroCool Blog Award from Kaileigh for my Blue Man Group post about Global Warming. Thanks Kaileigh...I was really excited to see that I actually won! It is now my turn to pass on this award to Heather for her Share&Voice post on TerraCycle and Spam.  This was a very interesting Share&Voice!  Terracycle makes some great things! Make sure you check out this Share&Voice. Good Job Heather!

All you have to do is pass this award along to other! Congratulations!! Great Job on your bog! Instructions are below...

Award Instructions

1. Leave a comment below so that I know you "picked up" the award.

2. Create a Share and Voice post that says you've received the award and indicate who the award is from (be sure to hyperlink).

3. Also indicate to whom you are going to pass on the award and why. Be sure to hyperlink the blogger(use main blog URL) and the blog title ( use specific URL for that blog post).

4. Copy and Paste these instructions at the bottom of your post.

5. Publish the post.

6. Visit each blogger you've awarded and leave a comment telling them they've won.

7. Continue the process..

Share & Voice: Blue Man Group on Global Warming

As some of you may be familiar with The Blue Man Group...they are a group of musicians that do crazy things(never talk) and always relate their shows to a certain topic...I saw them In Las Vegas and it was all about Global Warming! So i thought this would be perfect for what we were talking about. Check it out!

Share and Voice: Eco Friendly Makeup!

Ok so i love makeup..yes really girly I know but what can I say Im obsessed? I found out that Sephora( one of my favorite makeup stores) has some Ec0-friendly makeup going on. Check it out!!!

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Bottled Water vs. Tap Water: Just thought this would be a good thing to talk about on my blog........any interests?