Category: Green news

Ehehehe. So I’m way behind on the Valentine’s Day posting, but whoever said romance and dates should be limited to February 14? Romance is good for any day of the year. And if you can turn every date with your sweetie into an eco-friendly one, then that’s even better. This article, “Eco-friendly Valentine’s Day calls…

Happy Valentine’s Day to all! I read about this on Treehugger. Look for the Veriflora Certified label to ensure that the flowers you’re buying were sustainably grown.

TerraPass.com, a Green Unlimited friend, shared with us their Valentine gifts for those last-minute shoppers out there. Beginning with the Valentine’s Day e-card. What’s so special about it? “The new $2.95 card includes carbon offsets representing a 500 pound CO2 reduction, which balances out twelve days of manure emissions from a typical dairy cow.” Here’s…

We’ve had this clock in our house for quite a long time and I always thought it was just broken, so I wondered why we still had it around. When my mother finally took it in for repairs a couple of weeks ago, however, I discovered that it’s actually a wind-up clock. I was pleased…

I found this in my grocery store: Premium Sea Choice Selection seasoned wild Alaskan Salmon Burgers. They’re pretty good. The product came from a fishery certified by the Marine Stewardship Council as being a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

From Environment New York’s Anna Aurilio: This is not the type of “green job” I want to create through President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Click here to take action or read on to get the full story. The big coal companies want to build factories — factories that can cook coal at nearly…

If you’re planning to go on holiday pretty soon, it’s always best to choose eco-friendly destinations and accommodations. The Eco-Lodge Inn at Coyote Mountain in Costa Rica is one such getaway. The ecolodge carries out reforestation, uses a grey water system to water its fruit orchards, grows its own produce, has a completely spring-fed and…

On 22 April 2009, watch Disney’s Earth, a full length documentary from the creator of the Planet Earth series. It is the first feature from Disneynature.

We’ve mentioned green search engines quite a number of times–Blackle, Ecocho–and we love how the simple act of using a different search engine could make a difference in the environment. Other search engines offset their CO2 emissions and Blackle in particular swapped the usual white background to black, saying that white uses more energy. But…

Do you have old sports equipment lying around in your garage, storage room or even your own bedroom? Fear not, there’s hope! Option 1: Sports Gift collects used sports equipment and donates these to needy children all over the world. Option 2: Play It Again offers three choices on what you can do with your…