Category: Green news

The city of Manila needs all the greenness it can get, and yesterday, the Arroceros Forest Park was formally reopened! Mayor Alfredo Lim overturned a decision by former mayor Lito Atienza to build over the park. At 10:40 a.m., Lim attended a thanksgiving Mass organized by Winner Foundation for the reopening of Arroceros Forest Park….

Have tickets to Live Earth? Use mass transit, the shuttle or carpool. For Live Earth New York at Giants Stadium, click here for more information. There are links for Tokyo and London as well. Check the website for carbon offsetting tips.

Man’s best friend can also be the earth’s best friend. Aside from using all natural pet care products, biodegradable poop bags and toys made from recycled materials, here are more suggestions.

I have some items at home that I have no idea how or where to dispose of properly. A quick online search brought me to The Green Community and the following tips: Call your city government to find out about hazardous waste collection or disposal sites, or the Environmental Defense Fund at 1800-CALL-EDF. The EPA…

Being summer and all, I am in a vacation state of mind. My favorite traveler Samantha Brown of the Travel Channel went on the hunt for ecofriendly vacation spots. One of the places she visited here in the U.S. was the Papoose Creek Lodge. The ecolodge made it to Conde Nast’s Traveler Green List. It…

Someone left a comment on this blog–which I haven’t yet published, owing to the fact that it’s clearly a tactic to promote the commenter’s religious website–saying that global warming is a scam. Given all the evidence pointing to global warming, one would hardly call it a scam, but let’s play along and pretend that it…

From the July/August 2007 issue of AAA NY Car and Travel: In a study conducted by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Honda, Toyota and Nissan are 1-2 and 3 in terms of reducing smog-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases. They are using environmental technology in all their vehicles while the losers are installing it piecemeal…

Did you know that half or even more than half of what we throw away is packaging? Now if only all of them are recyclable, we’d be helping reduce those mountains of trash. Before you buy something, eyeball the amount of cardboard, plastic and/or other materials used for the item. Be conscious of overpackaged materials….

I was watching The Colbert Report last night and he mentioned this New York Times article about freegans. They aim to lessen their impact on the planet and buy nothing to minimize their support of corporations. Freegans pick through dumpsters and garbage bins to find food, clothing, books, etc. Speaking as a germophobe, this seems…

I just spotted an article on Inquirer which talks about how earthworms can help ease up the urban waste problem. Vermicomposting refers to the process of using earthworms to turn organic waste into vermicompost — also known as vermicast, worm compost, worm castings, worm humus or worm manure — a high quality natural fertilizer and…