June 2009
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Serving Sustainability →
noraleah:
Mark Bittman serves up three recipes for the seafood-lover who is concerned about her impact on the world fish and shellfish populations. He writes:
THE three fish represented in these recipes have different stories: lobster stocks have recovered after a rough spell, thanks to sound management in Maine and Atlantic Canada; mackerel, though delicious, has never been popular and...
May 2009
4 posts
Why Does Green Matter? →
A new report by the Global Humanitarian Forum shows that 300,000 people per year are dying as a result of the climate crises-a number they believe will double in the next 20 years.
US wants to paint the world white to save energy →
“Making roads and roofs a paler colour could have the equivalent effect of taking every car in the world off the road for 11 years”
Vegetarian for Just One Day
-kristen:zoelulu:wideeyedhippiechild:singasong:awesomerandomness
inspiri:
If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:
● 100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months;
● 1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year;
● 70 million gallons of...
April 2009
20 posts
“I really wonder what gives us the right to
wreck this poor planet of ours.”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
HAPPY EARTH DAY, FELLOW TREE-HUGGERS!
Don't Miss "Frontline: Poisoned Waters" →
Airing tonight, PBS 9-11 PM
Payless Shoe Store Introduces an Eco-Friendly Line →
With Green-friendly shoes for under $30.00!
The new line, Zoe & Zack is made from organic cotton, recycled rubber and elastic, hemp, water-based glues and faux suede and leather.
Making this story even better…and honestly, is that possible? For every Zac & Zoey item purchased, Payless will contribute $1 to The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees Campaign
“The good Earth—we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Keeping it Cool
With Easter almost over we can be sure that summer is well on it’s way. Which would make now the perfect time to make sure the cooling in our homes is efficient as possible.
A few ways to do this, if you haven’t already: Replace your air filters. Common sense on this one. Dirty filters trap air, making the system work harder overall.
Add weather-stripping where needed. This keeps...
Awesome Green Furniture of the Day
The Brave Space Design Tetrad Flat, on Nimli.com
Okay, this one is a bit pricey (5 blocks are $1315), but it’s made of renewable bamboo and all-natural paints. Not to mention…its a tetris bookshelf. The inner-geek in me is so happy about that. And the nagging “I want to redecorate every 3 weeks” voice in my head is loving its versatility.
That’s all I have...
The Associated Press: Empire State Building going... →
With a goal of cutting energy by 38%, this will be a massive overhaul. Hopefully, the project will be documented well enough to give us all some good ideas on retrofitting our own homes.
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Another reason to Green-over your business
Or, another way to convince your boss to. It turns out, and this should be no surprise, that greening a business will actually increase productivity. Here are just a few of the ways that it can do this: Ventilation: First of all, a building that has been LEED or Energy Star Certified creates a work environment that reduces absenteeism. As someone who works in a germ-trap full of cubicles, I...
Return to Origins Recycling Program
Cosmetics are some of the common products to be overlooked in our daily recycling. Origins wants to help with this problem. With their Return to Origins Recycling Program, you can bring all of your empty cosmetics containers, of any brand, to your local Origins store or counter and they will send them to a central location to be recycled.
This is a really great idea. I know that I collect the...
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By the Way
I forgot to mention that there are no pictures from the Green Expo in Sacramento, because it was completely a let down. Took us 15 minutes to get through the whole thing, which is sad really. It shows that green is growing, just not quick enough. I promise, next time, I will find a good one.
The 5 Greenest Laptops →
Finally! A “most green” list that all of us geeks can love.
(via:EcoGeek.com)
Lenovo Thinkpad X301 The Lenovo Thinkpad X300 was one of only 15 notebooks to receive the EPEAT Gold certification, a sophisticated standard by which a device’s components pass evaluation in terms of eco-friendliness. Its successor, the X301 follows the same standards, but comes with faster and even more...
Man makes beer-bottle hot water heater →
And with that, the whole green movement jumps to a new level…
Going to the Green Expo tomorrow
So excited! I am taking the day off work for it. Stay tuned for pictures!
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“All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life,...”
– Wangari Maathai Noble Peace prize winner, Deputy Minister of Environment, founder Green Belt movement in Kenya
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March 2009
15 posts
Earth Hour 2009----Bigger than last year! →
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“Greening existing buildings is more challenging than new construction. Consider...”
– Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
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Buy one, give one to a really good cause for free →
Sunnight Solar Lights…which carries solar powered flashlights great for outdoor usage… runs a program where, when you buy one of their lights for yourself, you can donate one to one of several worthy charities of your choice.
How to Green-up your sex life →
Who knew?
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Northeastern US to Suffer Most From Future Sea... →
However much the oceans rise by the end of the century, add an extra 8 inches or so for New York, Boston and other spots along the coast from the mid-Atlantic to New England. That’s because of predicted changes in ocean currents, according to a study based on computer models published online Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
An extra 8 inches — on top of a possible 2 or 3 feet of sea...
RainBarrelSouce.com has a really good selection... →
These are great for catching rainwater so that you can use it later in your landscaping.
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10 Things You Can Do at Work
We hear a lot about what we can do at home to help reduce our carbon footprint. Since most of us spend just about as much time (which, yes, feels like twice as much time) at the office, here’s a good list of 10 things we can do at wor.
Created by Conservation International:
1. Turn off the lights. Remember to hit the switch on your way out for that well- deserved lunch break. The energy...
