Author: The GU team

Engineer Gerry Caroro has been assembling vehicles and tinkering with electric bikes since he was in high school, but he only had the chance to push through with it sometime between the years 2000 and 2001. And so he launched G Car Motors Philippines. The company has already manufactured electric cars, trikes, and bikes, the…

If you’re like me, you have old CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or empty printer cartridges lying about. According to Worldwatch Institute, each month over 45 tons of used CDs are discarded worldwide. Discs are made of recylable materials and yet most end up in landfills. If there isn’t a local recycling center near you, GreenDisk…

It is common practice to flush expired medications down the toilet or a drain to prevent accidental ingestion. But when they enter the sewage system, wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove pharmaceutical compounds. Regardless of the level of treatment, most conventional treatments are not effective in eliminating these man-made pollutants . When disposed…

A few months ago, I discovered G Car Motors, a small company manufacturing electric cars. They have several models out right now and they’re mostly small, colorful things, as you can see in the picture. They also offer motorbikes, which runs on batteries and by pedaling. It’s great that someone in the Philippines is actually…

I really wanted this bag for myself when I first saw it a few months ago. It’s cute, it’s cheap, and it sends out a strong message. Unfortunately, despite its good intentions, it’s been experiencing some backlash recently due to the fact that it’s become more of a fashion statement and a way for people…

Summer’s almost here so for you travelers out there: according to AAA, the Hertz car rental organization has a “Green Collection”, which means they have EPA fuel-efficiency ratings of 28 mpg or higher.They include more than 35,000 cars, such as the Buick LaCrosse, Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata and Toyota Camry. The fleet of vehicles are…

I love hearing about and talking about green products and issues, but I’m gonna look at myself with the ol’ critical eye and ask, “How green am I, really?” We’ve never used washing machines and clothes dryers to do our laundry at home. I’m trying to help that along by encouraging the use of detergent…

Sitting at home sneezing and sniffling on a gorgeous sunny day, I wondered if climate change could be making my allergy symptoms stronger. Sure enough, I read that elevated temperatures and more carbon dioxide are making allergy seasons worse. Plants are flowering earlier, advancing the onset of spring. Increase in greenhouse gases stimulate pollen production…

For more information on global warming, check out: We only have one Earth. Who else will take care of it but us?

Spotted two weeks ago at the Metro North train station: a billboard advertising a program called The Green, which airs Tuesday nights at 9 on the Sundance Channel. It is television’s first regularly scheduled program dedicated entirely to the environment.