Author: The GU team

TerraPass.com, a Green Unlimited friend, shared with us their Valentine gifts for those last-minute shoppers out there. Beginning with the Valentine’s Day e-card. What’s so special about it? “The new $2.95 card includes carbon offsets representing a 500 pound CO2 reduction, which balances out twelve days of manure emissions from a typical dairy cow.” Here’s…

We’ve had this clock in our house for quite a long time and I always thought it was just broken, so I wondered why we still had it around. When my mother finally took it in for repairs a couple of weeks ago, however, I discovered that it’s actually a wind-up clock. I was pleased…

I found this in my grocery store: Premium Sea Choice Selection seasoned wild Alaskan Salmon Burgers. They’re pretty good. The product came from a fishery certified by the Marine Stewardship Council as being a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

From Environment New York’s Anna Aurilio: This is not the type of “green job” I want to create through President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Click here to take action or read on to get the full story. The big coal companies want to build factories — factories that can cook coal at nearly…

If you’re planning to go on holiday pretty soon, it’s always best to choose eco-friendly destinations and accommodations. The Eco-Lodge Inn at Coyote Mountain in Costa Rica is one such getaway. The ecolodge carries out reforestation, uses a grey water system to water its fruit orchards, grows its own produce, has a completely spring-fed and…

We’ve mentioned green search engines quite a number of times–Blackle, Ecocho–and we love how the simple act of using a different search engine could make a difference in the environment. Other search engines offset their CO2 emissions and Blackle in particular swapped the usual white background to black, saying that white uses more energy. But…

Do you have old sports equipment lying around in your garage, storage room or even your own bedroom? Fear not, there’s hope! Option 1: Sports Gift collects used sports equipment and donates these to needy children all over the world. Option 2: Play It Again offers three choices on what you can do with your…

In a recent press release, EcoBabyWorld shares that Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend Camilla Alves received a fantastic gift basket containing eco-friendly baby products. These products are exactly the type of thing EcoBabyWorld’s CEO needed when she had to take care of her own newborn’s dry skin. EcoBabyWorld’s carries various eco-friendly baby products, from bath…

From Environment New York: In the next few days Congress is going to vote on the economic recovery package that everyone’s been talking about for the last two months. For the environment, the big question remains: Will Congress vote to create a stronger, more sustainable economy by investing in green jobs and a green economic…

Literally. Pixxlz prides itself on printing green, using soy- and waterbased ink and recycled paper. But it’s going to get even greener thanks to their purchase of Sri Lanka-based Mr. Ellie Pooh paper, which is–dun da dun–made of elephant dung. The paper is not made from trees in any way, and the company’s president Lindsey…