Author: The GU team

Los Angeles, Berkeley, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, and the County of Marin are part of the Green Cities California initiative! They’re starting out with a program to switch to 100% post-consumer recycled paper, which L.A. is finding hard to do with its paper needs, but hopefully, they’ll…

People are up in arms over a Chicago to London flight made by American Airlines. The airline’s crime? Flying with only five people on board. It does sound pretty scandalous, but when you think about how there would have been a ton more passengers who wouldn’t have been able to make their flight from London…

Here’s something I saw over the weekend. So SM is either using truly biodegradable plastic bags or they just thought slapping a “biodegradable” tag will make them look good. Which is which?

Cecile, her husband and I went to California last week. He rented a Toyota Prius Hybrid. Apart from the initial confusion as to how to work the seemingly space-age dashboard, it was a good experience. Pluses? Low fuel consumption, the hatchback design, the dashboard that displays information, quiet cabin and a quiet engine (it shuts…

If you can stand unclogging drains yourself without using chemical decloggers, I read about the Cobra wire drain Auger. For shallower clogs, Zip-It might just do the job. Here’s how.

Finished your taxes yet? File your taxes electronically and save not just time but also paper and postage. You’ll get your refund faster, and with direct deposit, save even more paper.

I used to be wildly obsessed with the idea of going to Brighton and Hove. That interest has pretty much gone away, but I was still pleased to see that they’re pushing for greener initiatives. Check out Transition Brighton and Hove.

Antibiotics, hormones and other drugs have been found in the water supply, supposedly because they pass through our bodies and gets flushed down the toilet. Water treatment plants do not remove all of the residue. One more reason not to dispose of medications down the drains.

Catholics out there, read Reuters‘ “Vatican lists ‘new sins’, including pollution”. According to the article, “ecological” offences are included as modern evils. Who also knew they were using photovoltaic cells in their buildings?