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  • NVEY ECO’s organic makeup collection

    I’m getting ready to get rid of my old makeup stuff, but I have no idea what to replace them with. Until I came across NVEY ECO (for more information about them, go here). Happily, Sephora sells their organic eye shadow, which will make it easy for me to give it a try. I hope…

  • The Wire: Eco-Friendly Mousepad

    Can a mousepad be eco-friendly, you may ask? Check out The Wire: Eco-Friendly Mousepad. The website tells me that the mousepad’s made of recycled rubber. By the way, the image is from the HBO Store website.

  • “Driven by the planet: The latest affordable automobiles are as eco-friendly as hi-tech hybrids”

    We all know how cars contributed to the global warming problem. So when car companies try to do good, I feel like giving them a little pat on the shoulder. After all, they can very well say, “oh, just sod it!” and go their merry way. They can even say, “it wasn’t me!” But here…

  • Father’s Day gifts from TerraPass

    In case you guys haven’t decided yet what to give your dads and/or husbands, hop on to TerraPass website and check out the following cool stuff from their Father’s Day gift selection like: LED Tire Alert Pressure Indicators Kill A Watt EZ Electricity Meter Fuel Cell Car & Experiment Kit Trevor Baylis Eco Radio Solio…

  • InModern

    Planning to buy or change your furniture? Why not try InModern? Their furniture is FSC-certified and easy to assemble.

  • SUVs? No! LEVs!

    BusinessWeek.com’s article “Urban Eco-Transport to Hit the Street” reported about “fleets of nonpolluting electric scooters known as ‘light electric vehicles,’ or LEVs, a new type of urban transport” to be produced by Ultra Motor for Stuttgart, which will be available for rent. Go Stuttgart! Go Ultra Motor! This is a development I welcome wholeheartedly. I…

  • Green middle school being built in Vero Beach

    Would you have wanted to go to a middle school that has been built green inside and out, and has facilities in place to make sure that everything is eco-friendly? I personally think that would be really amazing, plus it’s enough to give you a sense of pride in your school. The North County Middle…

  • Discovery’s Planet Green goes on air!

    What is Planet Green? According to Planet Green’s website: “Planet Green is the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community. Launching in June 2008, on-air content will reach 50 million homes with more than 250 hours of original green lifestyle programming. Both online and on-air, Plant Green’s content…