Category: Green news

In China, as in everywhere else, plastic bags cause quite a lot of headache, especially when they’re not being disposed of properly. But 71-year-old Han Fushan has found a different use for them, turning used plastic bags into kites. Each kite takes up to two days to complete and only 15 cents to make, with…

I’m a big fan of “South Park” and Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but I’ve never really pegged the two guys as being environment advocates, but apparently they are. They have a ski home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with ceilings made of Douglas fir timbers that came from a rail trestle along the Great Salt…

The HP LaserJet P2055 dn and LaserJet P2055 n were unveiled to the world two days ago. How green are these monochrome printers? Apparently, they offer 50% energy savings compared to other printers and support automatic duplexing, helping you save paper.

Haven’t you ever wished that more shoe stores would offer greener footwear? It turns out that if enough people clamor for them, it will happen. Eco-friendly footwear has sprouted up in 12th Street Shoes, located in the district of Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington. The store now carries product lines such as Groundhog; RocknSocks, makers of socks…

I ran into this link about eight new eco-friendly villas in Tennessee’s Montgomery Bell State Park and showed my sister. We immediately agreed that we had no interest in going to rural Tennessee, but changed our minds when we saw what the villas look like. Does that look like a villa for a state park…

Hotel reservations website Agoda has published its list of the top 10 eco-friendliest resorts in Asia. Among those that made the cut are The Orchid Hotel in Mumbai, India; Banyan Tree on Indonesia’s Bintan Island; and El Nido in Palawan, Philippines *pauses to beam proudly* Not sure why an Australian hotel is on the list,…

Hankering for a taste of adventure and to experience the great outdoors in other parts of the world? You should make ekoVenture your first stop. ekoVenture works with more than 450 tour operators around the world in order to help you plan your adventure/holiday. You also get to see people’s reviews of the different tour…

Protect future generations. Join Seventh Generation’s virtual Million Baby Crawl. Click here to tell Congress to reform policies on toxic chemicals. You can even create and customize your own little crawler. (photo from Amazon)

I lost most of my clothes, things, and books in a fire at our house last year, and when Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana swept through the Philippines on September 26, many houses were swallowed up by floods, and I know quite a few people who were affected, with most of their belongings ruined by floodwaters–and those belongings…

We don’t know about that, but Vancouver has recently snapped up eight of these fuel-cell babies as part of the 4,600-car fleet for the 2010 Winter Olympics in the city. People are currently abuzz at the possibility that the auto industry hasn’t turned its back on fuel cells. Just think: Water coming out of the…