Category: Green news

Where do prepaid cards for prepaid phones go afterward but to the trash? Cellphone companies that sell prepaid phones and prepaid cards should offer a card recycling program. Make the cards smaller. Better yet, have an option to have it prepaid online or over the phone – using a different phone to call them, of…

Did you know that Costa Rica has a Certification for Sustainable Tourism (C.S.T.) program? According to their website, “The Certification in Sustainable Tourism Program – CST – is a product of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT). CST was designed to differentiate tourism sector businesses based on the degree to which they comply with a…

Most people have unworn, or gently worn shoes at home. Clean out your shoe closets! Donate your new and old shoes to Soles4Souls and help disadvantaged people in the United States and all over the world.

Lynn and I were wandering around Hudson the other day and found a store selling soy wax candles. Orla candles are made from soybeans, non-toxic and last longer.

Donate your old eyeglasses at LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, Target Optical, Sears Optical and BJ’s Optical. Give the Gift of Sight cleans, repairs and gives them to needy people overseas during international missions. The program also provides new glasses, eye exams and free vision screenings to underprivileged people in North America. You can visit…

Not that we’re obsessed with porn-related news or anything, but don’t you find it fascinating how porn can be used to promote environmental awareness? In this case, however, it’s nothing scandalous. Isabella Rossellini stars in the Sundance Channel’s Green Porno, a series of hilarious, but informative short films about the mating habits of bugs.

Yeah, our eyes bugged out at the sight of that site, too. Fuck for Forest (NSFW) is on the lookout for erotic activists who want to help protect the planet with “revolutionary porn,” encouraging people to submit their photos and videos–yes, that kind of photos and videos–to help raise awareness and generate support for the…

New homes in Hawaii are now required to have solar water heaters. More and more women are starting to turn to menstrual cups for their monthly needs. I don’t think I can go that far yet, though I’m a huge fan of Gladrags’ pantyliners. Get some tips on greening your laundry.

I hope you’ve all heard the dangers of using plastic wrap. Alternatives? Aluminum foil, cellophane and wax paper.

I’m especially sensitive about my teeth, though I could certainly stand to take better care of it. Commercial toothpastes just get me paranoid now, what with their dyes and all the other ingredients, some of which have been reported to cause cancer. So recently, I’ve been on the lookout for ingredients to help me mix…