Category: Green news

Whenever summer rolls around, it’s always easiest to cool off by turning up the air conditioner full blast. These days, though, I think people are more wary of doing that thanks to the threat of high electricity bills and even because of the guilt they’ll feel about their energy use. So some people opt to…

Not long ago, we all heard that Brad Pitt was helping build an eco-friendly hotel in Dubai. Today, Pamela Anderson is taking on the same responsibility, with a green hotel being planned in Abu Dhabi. Singer Sheryl Crow is coming out with her own clothing line–one that is eco-friendly. The collection, Bootheel Trading Co. by…

Disposable anything, from cutlery to diapers to razors, used to sound like such a great, convenient idea; today, it just makes a lot of people cringe at the thought of all those things heading for the landfills. Here’s a razor that might make you feel less guilty, though. The Preserve® Triple Razor, with its 100%…

Club4Climate calls itself “a dance brand that looks after the environment,” encouraging people to dance to save the environment. Surya, Club4Climate’s first club, opened in London just this month and gave the city’s clubbers a taste of fun with an environmental twist. Surya features a piezoelectric dance floor which, with the presence of people dancing…

Call it the Craigslist for the environmentally inclined. EcoFlip is basically an online classifieds list with a greener twist. You can basically find anything there, from electronics to books to organic products of all kinds and even…an EcoMan or an EcoWoman? That sounds about right for people who are really seeking partners who are just…

Today, I was able to enjoy one of your tasty rice puddings for the first time. I was even pleased to see that behind the counter, you had a colorful array of containers in various sizes. They look like pretty sturdy, reusable plastic containers, and they had me wondering if we had to return each…

You’d probably think it would be kinder to the planet to just skip makeup altogether and go bare-faced, but no one really wants to grapple with just that one option. Luckily, The Adventurous Writer shares some great tips on the eight eco-friendly ways for you to wear your makeup. My favorite tip has to be…

Ecorazzi is the ultimate leader when it comes to dishing out all the good green acts performed by celebrities in Hollywood and around the world and is probably one of the first sites to highlight this aspect of the environmental movement. InStyle also has a list of the top 12 celebrity couples taking greener steps…

I remember an episode of Garfield and Friends back when I was a kid when Jon Arbuckle tried to fight rising food prices by growing his own vegetables in his backyard. These days, we’re all thinking of having small vegetable plots in our own backyards, not just to deal with high food prices, but so…

According to Earth First, it’s pretty green! Check out their post on all the The Return of the Jedi‘s eco-friendly details, from Princess Leia’s bikini to Emperor Palpatine’s lightning hands.