Category: Green news
-
What to do with old jeans
I have a couple of old jeans here that are already looking quite tattered and, frankly, don’t really fit me all that well anymore and are just plain sloppy-looking now. Instead of doing away with them, there might be something interesting I can do with them. This article from The Dallas Morning News offers some…
-
Who was Fired?
From Anna Aurilio of Environment New York: “New York Governor David Patterson fired the head of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Commissioner Pete Grannis, last week after a DEC memo was leaked to the public showing that Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget cuts would hinder the agency’s ability to keep polluters in check. If the…
-
Keep NY Water Clean
From Environment New York: Here in New York, it’s easy to take our great drinking water for granted. But if gas companies are allowed to drill near our drinking water, it would pose a huge threat to this priceless resource. Help us get a proposal in Albany over the finish line that will protect our…
-
Win a trip to Sri Lanka with Zhena’s Gypsy Tea!
Are you a frequent customer at Tully’s Coffee and do you love the many flavors offered by Zhena’s Gypsy Tea? Well, they’re eager to give you a great big thank you by giving you a chance to win a trip to Sri Lanka from January 7 to 14, 2011, where you can explore some wonderful…
-
The Green Chamber of Commerce launches second chapter
The Green Chamber of Commerce, a network of businesses dedicated to sustainable business practices and focusing on pushing for greater public policy with regards to the environment, launched in 2007, with its first chapter located in the San Francisco Bay Area. This August, the Chamber is beginning its expansion, with the second chapter based in…
-
Oceanopolis
Anybody here addicted to Facebook? Raise your hand *raises my hand* Rather than loving the site because it gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with people and see what they’ve been up to, I keep coming back to it because of the games; I’m particularly addicted to Mafia Wars and Restaurant City, and…
-
Thank you card
From Environment New York: On June 10, New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand stood up to oil companies and other big polluters by helping defeat an attempt to roll back the Clean Air Act. The defeated resolution, sponsored by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, would have stopped efforts to hold oil companies and other…
-
Save the turtles
From Credo: News has just emerged from the Gulf Coast that BP is burning endangered sea turtles alive. A boat captain who has been leading efforts to rescue the endangered turtles says BP has blocked his crews from entering the areas where the animals are trapped, effectively shutting down the rescue operation. BP is using…
-
Who are the world’s greenest consumers?
The results might surprise you. Even with Americans beating the drums and calling for everyone else to start living in a greener way, the U.S. has ranked last in the Greendex 2010: Consumer Choice and the Environment — A Worldwide Tracking Survey–for the third year in a row. Topping the list out of 17 countries…
-
thingloop
If you’ve ever bought a book or a DVD, read or watched it once, and decided you didn’t really like it all that much, you’ve probably regretted plunking down the cash in the first place, especially if you find out that your friend, brother, sister, or coworker owns the same thing and could have lent…