Author: The GU team

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Do you live with people who leave the lights on in practically every room? Sure, you can remind them to turn off the lights when they leave the room. I read about a “Lights Off Fund” somewhere while surfing the net. Every time someone at home forgets to turn off the lights, they have to…

I’ve been threatening to buy a new mobile phone for ages, and have been in love with a particular phone since last year. So just to check things out, my boyfriend and I headed to Greenhills last weekend to see what they have and how much phones cost these days. And we stumbled onto this…

From Better World Club: Many appliances still use up energy even when switched off. For example, 25% of the electricity a television set uses is consumed when it is not even on. The only way to ensure that your appliance is not using power is to unplug it. You can also plug it into a…

As briefly mentioned in my previous post, I read that biodegradable items do not really break down in landfills. The landfills are packed so tightly that there is little oxygen and few microbes that are supposed to speed up the biodegradation process. The materials also may not break down because of the processing they went…

Should you buy and use products labeled “biodegradable”? According to About.com, there are no specific guidelines for companies to follow before they can label a product “biodegradable”, and no organization overseeing the use of such claims. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) states that only products that contain materials that “break down and decompose into…

Here’s another one of them scary games that will make you cringe about your lifestyle: Consumer Consequences. This should be a wake-up call and should get you to start living more simply. I don’t really think it’s entirely appropriate for where I live, especially since few to no recycling facilities exist, households usually contain more…

Here’s a GreeNYC television ad.

From PIRG:Hundreds of thousands of people spoke up to stop BP’s increased dumping into Lake Michigan and affirm that the Lake is our gem and source of drinking water, not a corporate dumping ground. BP pledged to avoid increasing its pollution, but the fight isn’t over.Not only does BP’s discharge permit remain on the books…

On the 6th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy, I was curious to see if the new Freedom Tower will incorporate any green design. I found this article on Treehugger that says the new World Trade Center will be the first building in the world to have wind turbines at the top to provide some of…