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...Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks
...water, it’s also a lot of laundry detergent—over 280,000 ounces of liquid detergent, to be precise, given that the detergent of choice is doubly concentrated. Unfortunately, most of this laundry detergent, due to its chemical content, is extremely harmful for our beloved earth...
...what does that mean for those of us who care about the earth but would prefer not to smell like it? Luckily, eco-friendly detergents exist that are just as effective at cleaning clothes as their brand-name counterparts. According to the “Did You Know?” section of the label on vegetable-based detergent Seventh Generation, “If every household in the U.S. replaced just one bottle of 100 oz. 2x ultra petroleum-based liquid laundry detergent with our 100 oz. 2x ultra vegetable-based product, we could save 460,000 barrels...
...Seventh Generation—or any other eco-friendly brand, like Mrs. Meyers or Biokleen—in the immediate vicinity of the Square. In a laundry emergency, the only option is to run to CVS and grab the nearest brand, which tends not to be a bottle of earth-friendly vegetable derivatives. Moreover, eco-friendly detergents tend to be more expensive than generic detergents like Tide. At the least, a stigma exists amongst the student body surrounding such “organic” products, which are perceived...
...secretary of energy, speaking at the upcoming Commencement ceremonies, Harvard should ensure that we are green in as many aspects as possible. After all, we wouldn’t want to disappoint Steven Chu. But, more importantly, we wouldn’t want to disappoint the earth...