Category: Green news

Good luck Mr. President Barack Hussein Obama! May your presidency be blessed.

We ran out of automatic dishwashing liquid today and ended up buying Seventh Generation’s Automatic Dishwasher Gel. I checked online for options. I’m even planning to buy all of them to give them all a fair trial and then post my reviews here. We’ll see how it goes. However, I’d still like to hear from…

I was happy to read this news from HotelsMag.com: “Non-Profit Eco-Resort Planned For Palawan“ “The Cacao Pearl will occupy an entire private island, with 124 acres of lush rainforest and towering coconut trees fringed with over a mile of pristine beaches, according to its operator, Cacao Resorts. This new approach to resort-communities is nestled within…

From our reader, Chris: I used a tie-dye shirt for one and have a few pictures of it. I also made one from an Adidas tee shirt and it did not turn out as well. The bottom is not as good, the handles (shoulders) are a little thin and the logo is on the end….

We’re about a week into the new year and mobile phone manufacturers are already coming up with green products. We hope this will be a trend that keep on going for the rest of the year. A few days ago, Motorola launched its eco-friendly phone, the Moto W233 renew. The phone is made with plastic…

During a slow, wintry day at work this week, we were cleaning out our facility and my boss said I could take the towels we don’t use anymore and use it as rags at home or something. I remembered Cecile mentioning before that animal shelters are always in need of towels, blankets, and other items….

I saw this on The Doctors yesterday. Apparently, you can save your baby’s umbilical cord so they can harvest the stem cells for future illnesses in your family. If you didn’t do that at birth, a pulled tooth can also be a source for the precious stem cells. A company called Stem Save has a…

I recently acquired a new camera and have been pretty obsessed about keeping it in tip-top condition all the time, so this particular find is very interesting. Purosol is said to be an eco-friendly lens cleaner, described as …an advanced cleaning formula that was originally developed for NASA and the U.S. military to safely clean…

For a while now, some people have been predicting that the eco-bubble is sure to burst pretty soon, much like the dot-com bubble of the early 21st century. For 2009, though, the outlook for the eco-movement is still pretty positive. Read more.

Gas prices may be lower than it’s been the past several months, but thanks to the worldwide recession, more people are opting to stay in most days rather than go out–keeps them from using up gas and blowing money on stuff they don’t really need that much. Staying in sounds like the eco-friendly way to…