Word: clothing
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Mass events are crude instruments, useful for delivering slogans and chants but not well suited to deciding subtle issues that confront environmental converts who are trying to translate their concerns into practice. Whether people should buy biodegradable or recyclable plastics or switch from disposable to cloth diapers will not be settled on April...
...individual sacrifices that we can make to sustain and improve the quality of life on our planet. Every Day is Earth Day, which bills itself as "the official New England Earth Day 1990 action guide," is chock full of such suggestions. And though some of them--such as using cloth diapers and not eating meat--are of questionable value, the importance of the idea of individual sacrifice cannot be overstated...
...like Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and George Inness. American art celebrated the dignity of everyday life and everyday people, stripped beauty to its bones, proving that art can be as frugal as the bare New England landscape, as simple as a bowl of oranges on a white table cloth...
...garbage glut has prompted thousands of parents to toss their disposable diapers and turn back to cloth. Their environmental awareness has fueled a rebirth for diaper services in hospitals and homes, sending revenues up 38.5% last year, to $250 million. Riteway Diaper Service of Brooklyn, N.Y., has had a 300% increase in demand over the past twelve months. Dy-Dee Service of Washington, D.C., kept more than 400 families on a waiting list late last year. General Health Care, which owns a string of 13 diaper services from New York's Long Island to Phoenix, is adding...
Baby boomers are discovering that cloth diapers are not the hassle or expense they expected. A diaper service typically costs $11 a week, in contrast to about $15 for disposables. Safety pins and pinpricks are passe, since today's diapers can be slipped into cloth wraps that fasten with Velcro. "Everything is there for you," says Maureen Medway of Ringoes, N.J., who relies on a diaper service for her newborn son. "There's no reason not to use cloth...