In 2007, the Shaklee Corporation added another "first" to its list of environmental achievements, when it became the first consumer products company to offset 100 percent of its U.S. CO2 emissions, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program. Shaklee buys 100 percent green or renewable power to meet its purchased electricity needs.
Bill Wehrum, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s office of Air and Radiation said, “EPA applauds Shaklee for its environmental efforts through our Climate Leaders and Green Power Partnership programs. By committing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and purchase renewable energy, they are leading by example.”[14]
I like a company like that, and Oprah does, too. She recommends their ecologically sound Get Clean Kit of household cleaners,[15] which she has featured five times on her show. Shaklee products have also been featured in Time Magazine,[16] Woman’s Day,[17] O at Home, [18] Better Homes and Gardens, [19] Family Circle,[20] Natural Health,[21] and others.
I figured that Oprah and all those magazines couldn’t be wrong, so I got myself a Get Clean Kit to try for about $150. [22] The Shaklee Corporation says this kit takes the place of over $3,400[23] worth of the ready-to-use, supermarket variety cleaners we are all familiar with! That’s not a typo. Three thousand, four hundred dollars. Wow! This is partly due to the fact that, when buying ready-to-use, supermarket cleaners, consumers are paying for the high content of water in the product to be both packaged and shipped.
Replacing the standard household fare with the Get Clean Kit of highly concentrated products keeps 108 pounds of packaging waste from entering the landfill, and it also eliminates 248 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. What a win-win solution: easy on the pocketbook, effective products (lots of national brands are out-cleaned by Get Clean Products),[24] and what a gift for the planet. And the products actually work: I was even successful with using the Basic H2 product to remove an old bloodstain from fabric!
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Choose a Culinary Strategy that Supports Personal and Planetary Health
Gail Davis Rhamy, author of So Now What Do I Eat? The Complete Guide to Vegetarian Convenience Foods and Vegetarian Food for Thought, and the gastronomic mastermind behind Vegan Culinary Creations,[26] teaches both restaurants and individuals how to "green their cuisine."
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