Category: Green news

I received an e-mail a couple of days ago from a real estate professional exhorting me–and probably a dozen other people–to check out Arya Residences by ArthaLand. Since I’m always ready to sneer, I was just about to do so until I came upon this portion of the e-mail: Setting a new standard at the…

I was looking up information on medical spas the other day and found Buttermilk Spa in New York’s Hudson Valley. Now how cool was it that I found an eco-friendly medical spa? Because that’s what Buttermilk is. Not only do they use organic and natural products–obsessively organic, in their words–but they also use renewable energy….

This creation by Design Hara is calling itself an eco-friendly PC, with its recyclable casing made from untreated cypress and rosewood and the front cover from sheep leather. Hmm, not entirely sure that ups its green qualities, but at least its insides can be taken apart from recycling purposes? Anyway. It mainly banks its eco-friendliness…

Hialeah, Miami, and Miami-Dade county are making the switch to eco-friendly, fuel-efficient garbage trucks, looking to cut carbon emissions by 28 tons a year. Apart from that, Hialeah also plans to switch to an automated garbage pickup system in the future.

Not carbon footprints, by the way; just your own. Brooks’ new shoe, Green Silence, is totally green and anything but silent. Its yellow and red color combination (about which I’m kind of doubtful) shows that green fashion doesn’t have to be dull or full of earth colors, guaranteeing that the shoes will catch people’s eye…

Could this be the world’s most primitive hotel? Who knows? Maybe there are more primitive hotels out there that are so into the primitive theme that they don’t have a website. But for now, Kolarbyn in Sweden is a contender for the title. The lodge features 12 forest huts with a wooden heater for each…

If you’re hungry for fruit, that is. Neighborhood Fruit has developed an iPhone application that will help you find readily available fruits in your neck of the woods. Did you know that there are lots of fruit trees on public lands? I didn’t, but this app will greatly help those who are on the lookout…

Did you know that there is such a thing as an EcoBroker? They’re real estate agents who have a thorough knowledge of green architecture and living, to put it simply, and the title is bestowed on real estate professionals who have achieved the green certification after undergoing the training program. I found out about them…

I tend to drink lots and lots of Coca-Cola, although lately, I’ve been able to go for five days without it. My sisters are not pleased about my habit, but oh well, I do my best. Apart from satisfying my thirst, it looks like Coke can serve a different purpose now, thanks to a discovery…

Okay, so I’m not really into netbooks, though gods know I need one, but this one by Sony is a pretty interesting piece of work. The eco-friendly Vaio has 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and can keep going for seven hours fully charged (hah, loads better than the three I get on mine)….