Category: Green news

I used to work in Coney Island, Brooklyn. At the time the Stillwell Avenue train station was still being renovated. I had no idea that they were building one of the most environmentally-friendly mass transit sites in the US. It is New York City’s first solar-powered subway terminal. Coney Island is now more than just…

So my mother and I have been itching to have a new house built for a while now. Plans are still very much up in the air at the moment, but we can dream, right? We’re hoping to move into a smaller house and we already have the layout planned, hehe. I’m planning to introduce…

I have to admit, I am semi-obsessed with cleaning products. I was sneezing like crazy while cleaning the bathroom yesterday. So everytime I’m in the grocery store, I spend a lot of time in the household cleaner section. Today Holy Cow products caught my eye. It is non-hazardous and biodegradable, with a cute logo and…

Just a heads-up for those of you who don’t know: World Environment Day is on June 5. I wondered how it’s different from April’s Earth Day till I saw that this is a United Nations-declared day. Ah. World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the…

I’ve been seeing a poster of SmartBikes somewhere along Quezon Avenue for a while now and I just checked out their website last week. Haven’t had time yet to stop by their showroom yet, but I can squeeze in some time next week. I did a double-take when I saw that the electric bikes were…

I finally did it. I ordered my water bottle from MySIGG.com! I bought this one. Blue = water. I blogged about my guilty bottled water usage before, but I have now taken that baby step to stop using and buying bottled water. It took awhile because I couldn’t really make up my mind what design…

As I was taking out the trash tonight, I realized that I use new trash bags. According to Pristine Planet, if every household in the US alone replaced just one package of 20 count drawstring tall kitchen bags made from virgin plastic with recycled ones, we could save over 45,100 barrels of oil – enough…

I was never into plants when I was younger. But there came a point in my years of existence when I thought, “why not give plants a try?” At first, I had no clue what to do. I would water, sometimes overwater. It was difficult trying to figure out how to make my plants survive….

Upgrading mobile phone plans often requires a new phone. Instead of throwing the old one away, you can give them to charities who want your phone for the cash they can fetch. In some cases, they can be refurbished for domestic violence victims or women at risk for abuse. To find a local phone retailer,…

Instead of tossing old batteries and obsolete portable electronic devices into your trash can, you can buy a Big Green Box that you can fill with electronic unwanteds and old alkalines. It comes with shipping prepaid to your recycling facility and you call UPS to pick it up. This will keep hazardous lead,mercury and other…