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  • Club4Climate

    Club4Climate calls itself “a dance brand that looks after the environment,” encouraging people to dance to save the environment. Surya, Club4Climate’s first club, opened in London just this month and gave the city’s clubbers a taste of fun with an environmental twist. Surya features a piezoelectric dance floor which, with the presence of people dancing…

  • EcoFlip

    Call it the Craigslist for the environmentally inclined. EcoFlip is basically an online classifieds list with a greener twist. You can basically find anything there, from electronics to books to organic products of all kinds and even…an EcoMan or an EcoWoman? That sounds about right for people who are really seeking partners who are just…

  • 2nd Philippine International Motor Show to showcase more green vehicles

    CAMPI, or the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, is holding the 2nd Philippine International Motor Show on August 21 to 24. The event promises to focus more on green and fuel-efficient cars as a response to the more sluggish car sales this year, thanks to the increasingly ridiculous fuel prices. In the motor…

  • Dear Rice to Riches

    Today, I was able to enjoy one of your tasty rice puddings for the first time. I was even pleased to see that behind the counter, you had a colorful array of containers in various sizes. They look like pretty sturdy, reusable plastic containers, and they had me wondering if we had to return each…

  • Green your makeup kit

    You’d probably think it would be kinder to the planet to just skip makeup altogether and go bare-faced, but no one really wants to grapple with just that one option. Luckily, The Adventurous Writer shares some great tips on the eight eco-friendly ways for you to wear your makeup. My favorite tip has to be…

  • Hollywood’s green couples

    Ecorazzi is the ultimate leader when it comes to dishing out all the good green acts performed by celebrities in Hollywood and around the world and is probably one of the first sites to highlight this aspect of the environmental movement. InStyle also has a list of the top 12 celebrity couples taking greener steps…

  • Green-living tenants to be evicted from UK home

    I remember an episode of Garfield and Friends back when I was a kid when Jon Arbuckle tried to fight rising food prices by growing his own vegetables in his backyard. These days, we’re all thinking of having small vegetable plots in our own backyards, not just to deal with high food prices, but so…

  • How green is The Return of the Jedi?

    According to Earth First, it’s pretty green! Check out their post on all the The Return of the Jedi‘s eco-friendly details, from Princess Leia’s bikini to Emperor Palpatine’s lightning hands.

  • Sony releases a green Blu-Ray player

    Blu-Ray may be poised to kick DVD to the curb and cause all of us to groan in frustration over our DVDs and DVD players that are about to be obsolete and destined to be consigned to landfills in the future, but Sony is trying to soften the blow by coming out with the BDP-S350….

  • Rent green cars with eQocar

    EQO car rental company is proud of being committed to the environment, and is making sure everybody knows about this by launching eQocar, their luxury hybrid car rental agency. Rental vehicles available from eQocar include: Toyota Prius; Toyota Camry Hybrid; Lexus GS 450H; Lexus LS 600h L; GMC Yukon SUV; Tahoe SUV; Nissan Altima Hybrid;…