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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Our little family is growing...
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Modern Hippie Mag welcomes Steve McAllister acclaimed author, filmmaker, and musician. Steve will be featuring articles focused on “feel good” principles and how to stay positive and motivated. His endeavors include InkenSoul Press, a publishing company focused on delivering literature and information that promotes commerce, charity, creativity, spirituality, and environmental sustainability. His most recent novel, The McAllister Code is being released via serial email…very innovative and eco-friendly!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Are "Greener" Fireworks Better?
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Traditional fireworks are made up of fuel and an oxidizer, (usually perchlorate salt - an oxygen-rich chemical made up of chlorine and oxygen), both of which are toxic compounds. Put it all together, add some serious heat, and the heavy metals in the fireworks produce color. Ooo, ahhh. The entire concoction is fired into the sky using a propellant, generally gunpowder, you know...the stuff in bullets. However exciting this may sound, what goes up must also come down...into the air, nearby water and ultimately into our soil.
Scientists now know perchlorate can interfere with the way the body takes iodide into the thyroid and can disrupt the gland's regulation of metabolism. In developing fetuses and newborns, iodine (the body reduces iodide to iodine) deficiency can cause mental retardation.
Also, some of the heavy metals that make fireworks colorful may also be poisonous when heated. For example, antimony, which is sometimes used to produce the color white, can harm the lungs, heart, stomach and other organs. Barium, which provides a green hue can also be toxic to the heart and "does something really nasty to your insides and gastrointestinal tract," said Michael Hiskey, an explosive chemist and co-founder of DMD Systems, a pyrotechnic research and development company.
DMD Systems currently produces a line of fireworks that are perchlorate-free and contain about one-tenth the amount of barium used by traditional fireworks. Hiskey's formulation uses nitrocellulose as fuel and nitrates as oxidizer, thus avoiding perchlorates altogether. This reaction produces only stable gases like carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen, cutting down considerably on the metal oxides and potassium chloride that are released from more traditional fireworks as smoke.
Because eco-friendly fireworks produce less smoke they are more visible and the colors more vibrant. Presently many theme parks and concert venues use the eco-friendly fireworks produced by DMD Systems. Whether you can expect to see them explode at a local 4th of July celebration comes down to cost and demand. Voice concerns to your local officials, and perhaps you can make a difference in your town.
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Zumbox delivers paperless mail online!
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If all U.S. households received and paid their bills electronically, the country would save 16.5 million trees annually. That’s the amount of lumber needed for 216,054 single-family homes. Wow, that’s a lot!
Introducing Zumbox! Zumbox enables people to go paperless with all their postal mail - bills, statements, catalogs and more - thereby reducing their environmental impact. What used to only be sent as paper mail can now be sent without the paper. With Zumbox, any person or business can send mail electronically to your street address. Zumbox users can even request exclusive paperless delivery, which notifies the individual mail sender of their preference. How’d they do that? They’ve created a nationwide paperless postal system with a Zumbox for every street address in the United States, including yours! Pretty cool, huh? Zumbox users can send mail as well!
The alternative Postal System-no paper, no scanning, no delays. Save trees, help the environment, go paperless with Zumbox!
How can Investing in Green Companies Grow the Green Economy?
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It is obvious how buying directly from a green company makes a big difference in growing the green economy. You are directly supporting that company. Then how does investing in green companies grow the green economy? Since when we buy stock it is usually in the secondary market, which means it does not go directly to the company. However, when more people buy stock from a green company, the share price is pushed up and creates more value for the company.
Another reason to buy from green, progressive and proactive companies, is to avoid profiting from the evils of greed, violating the planet and people, etc. If enough people stop buying stock in companies with “questionable” practices, their stock value will go down. This directly hurts the corporate officers, which usually hold a large amount of the stock. When they are affected in this way, they have a strong incentive to look at their business practices and possibly improve their corporate citizenship.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
New!! Finance & Investment News!!
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Big welcome to investment advisor Cherie G. DiNoia President of Shelby Financial Group!! Cherie has graciously agreed to share her finance and investment expertise with Modern Hippie Mag.
Cherie specializes in Socially Responsible and Sustainable Investing. She is dedicated to educating individual investors and business owners regarding comprehensive financial management using a platform of socially responsible investments.
Shelby Financial Group is passionate about empowering their clients to use their financial resources to make a profound and lasting difference in the world. Shelby Financial Group is a proud member of Green America as well as the Social Investment Forum.
I’ve personally known Cherie for the past two years and can say that she is one of the warmest, genuine and honest women I know. I am tickled "green" to have her on board! Thanks Cherie!
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