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  • Hollywood’s green couples

    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…

  • Green-living tenants to be evicted from UK home

    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…

  • How green is The Return of the Jedi?

    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.

  • Sony releases a green Blu-Ray player

    Blu-Ray may be poised to kick DVD to the curb and cause all of us to groan in frustration over our DVDs and DVD players that are about to be obsolete and destined to be consigned to landfills in the future, but Sony is trying to soften the blow by coming out with the BDP-S350….

  • Rent green cars with eQocar

    EQO car rental company is proud of being committed to the environment, and is making sure everybody knows about this by launching eQocar, their luxury hybrid car rental agency. Rental vehicles available from eQocar include: Toyota Prius; Toyota Camry Hybrid; Lexus GS 450H; Lexus LS 600h L; GMC Yukon SUV; Tahoe SUV; Nissan Altima Hybrid;…

  • Ecoagents

    I became aware of Ecoagents last week when I ordered food to go from Dallas BBQ. Dallas BBQ is an “Eco to Go” restaurant, which means that it is taking part in Ecoagents’ program aiming to get people to reduce packaging waste from takeout food, in turn saving the forests and the environment as well….

  • Green mosque opens in Manchester

    How inspiring is it to see that despite differences in religious beliefs, people can agree that protecting the environment is important? Everywhere, people are taking measures to be more eco-friendly, such as a mosque in Manchester, England that was built specifically to be environmentally friendly. The mosque features solar panels, under-floor heating and low energy…

  • Green gathering in Manila on July 28th!

    This year, July 28 is the date of the Philippine president’s State of the Nation address, an event that draws much criticism from political opponents, casual observers, and militant groups alike. Partido Kalikasan–literally, Nature Party, but is known as the Philippine Green Party–is holding a similar event on the same day. Partido Kalikasan (www.partidokalikasan.org), Philippines…

  • Mass transit to improve in the Philippines?

    Eventually. There are reports that the government is starting to take the idea of mass transit more seriously, paying special attention to Manila’s train system in particular. Efficient mass transit would be godsend to Manila, but I’m not entirely sure that buses and jeepneys, pollution- and traffic-causing as they are, would go away without a…

  • Mobile Edge’s Casual Tote

    A couple of years ago, I fell in love with a backpack offered by Mobile Edge, which is why I constantly visit their website to view their latest offerings. Today, I discovered the Casual Tote, which touts itself as an eco-friendly product. It flaunts an “eco-friendly natural cotton exterior,” but I wish they’d gone into…