Author: The GU team

Now here’s something to show everyone how one person’s efforts can make a big difference. Liu Ying, a 78-year-old woman in China, has been making shopping bags since 1992 and giving them away to all her neighbors. She wishes everyone else would start seeing just how terrible plastic bags are for the environment, but she…

Can you blame me for falling in love with this one? Rebecca Potger has designed the Daylight lamp, which, much like my beloved Sun Jar, gathers daylight by day. All you have to do is put it outdoors and leave it upside down, letting the solar panels gather power. At night, bring it in, put…

If you’re a Net Impact member, you might want to start sharing your green ideas with the world. So if you want to develop a program or a system that will help your company, organization, or school operate in a more environmentally friendly way, get together with other Net Impact members and put your heads…

Times Square is famous for its bright neon lights attracting tourists from all over the world. It’s an amazing man-made sight to behold. I do wonder about its energy usage though. Sure, the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball went green last December. But I do hope that the Times Square area as a whole…

Presidents Day long weekend was spent painting our dining room. We got our paint from a nearby Sherwin-Williams store. We bought Duration Home® interior latex paint, which has their GreenSure™ logo (for more information on the GreenSure™ initiatives, click here). We were originally supposed to buy from their Harmony® line (also with the GreenSure™ logo),…

Tips from World Wildlife Fund: Make the switch to clean energy. Most electric power providers now offer an optin to purchase power from renewable sources generated by wind, solar and biomass. Plant local species of trees. Don’t buy furniture or decking made of tropical hard wood (e.g. mahogany) unless it’s got the Forest Stewardship Council…

Want something that can help make recycling simpler? Take a look at the Barcode Trashcan. All you need to do is swipe the item over the bin’s sensor and you’ll find out right away where it should go.

These days, the really badass gadgets are the ones that can be powered by renewable energy and can powered even while you’re on the go. That’s why things like photovoltaic bags leave people quite enthralled. Now there’s something that people can easily use and at the same time generate enough power to keep mobile phones…

Avoid using conventional jewelry cleaners because they contain ammonia, toxic to marine life and can irritate lungs. Try Purosol all natural cleaning solutions or eco-window cleaners. To clean metals, Greenfeet has Homewood metal polish. You can also brush them with non abrasive toothpaste.

I saw this on the Today Show. Instead of buying toys for your kiddies, why not rent them from BabyPlays? The downside would probably be the mailing part of it. Otherwise, it’s less wasteful since we all know when it comes to toys, children have a very short attention span.