Author: The GU team

At work, we have a container of used pens, pencils and other writing supplies. Some of them were left behind by those who left the company. Others were randomly found in the office. I try to be good. I don’t go for the new supplies. I use black, blue and red pens (one each), one…

For fans of the musical “Wicked”, Elphaba the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West has these tips for living a greener life. And to celebrate the show’s 4th year anniversary, the Broadway company, in cooperation with the New York Restoration Project, is making a Wicked garden in Manhattan. The garden is scheduled to open on…

Hmm, now this is bound to create quite a buzz. American artist Spencer Tunick and Greenpeace Switzerland are working together on an installation on a Swiss glacier to help drum up global warming awareness. And get this–they’re using naked people. The page encourages people to “Expose yourself to the glacier without protection. Get undressed for…

Okay, I just couldn’t resist using that title. So Al Gore committed a blunder quite recently at his daughter’s wedding. I won’t viciously jump down his throat because I believe he’s done a spiffy job highlighting important issues the world should be taking notice of, but I will say that this could put a dent…

Trees For Life, one of the Green Army and DENR‘s pet projects, formally launched today at the La Mesa Watershed. Top notch. I know I’m critical of an environmental drive solely involving tree-planting projects, but yeah, you gotta applaud every effort. Planting for Trees for Life will go on for six months with the participation…

On Earth Day 2007, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a plan for charging car drivers $8 and truck drivers $21 a day to enter Manhattan’s central business district from 6 am to 6 pm. The money collected would be used to improve public transportation and roadways. Congestion pricing, already in place in London,…

Your bank has probably sent you an e-mail urging you to sign up for e-statements. In fact, you probably signed up for it already. If not, look at it this way: it’s yet another way to do your share in taking care of our environment. You’ll help reduce paper waste.

A study conducted by Starwood Hotels and Resorts found that most people drop their eco-friendly habits when they are in a hotel. They want their beddings and towels changed daily and are more likely to keep the lights on. On a trip to Singapore in 2002, Lynn and I found out that because of its…

Some of you must have already heard about certain sites that offer benefits for their users just by surfing the Internet as usual, like pay-per-surf plans. I recently found out that there are new search engines which offer incentives to people if they just do online searches. Getting paid to search sounds like fun, but…

Support green companies. Isn’t it great that more and more companies are changing the way they do business? For the longest time, the environment was ignored or sacrificed in the pursuit for profit. Now, more and more businesses are trying to reduce their environmental impact by minimizing environmental waste, implementing green practices, lessening pollution, recycling,…