Category: Green news

Here’s a little assignment for you, our dear readers: find out if your local newspapers and favorite magazines are using recycled paper. If they do, write and send them a short and sweet e-mail congratulating them for their efforts. If not, write and send them an e-mail requesting that they start using recycled paper. If…

I blogged about carpeting before, but right now, I’m in a bind. The nearby home improvement chain store’s offering $199 carpet installation. Sounds like a good deal, right? But when I asked about the carpets they offer, they’re synthetic. They’re not made of recycled materials. I was even told that after installation, there might be…

If you’re ever visiting or living in Scottsdale, AZ and in need of a manicure/pedicure combo, why not try Organicures? Thanks to the article “Nail spa promises an eco-friendly escape” from AZCentral.com for pointing me towards Organicures. However, I don’t think that I’ll be able to see it for myself and try out their services….

Good job, Costco, for your “Trade-In & Recycle Program“! I came across it purely by accident, but already bookmarked it. Just remember, CRT monitors, personal printers and fax machines are accepted for recycling only, not trade-in.

Everyone knows the health benefits of walking and biking. We also know the environmental benefits of not driving – you know, it saves energy and reduces pollution. I read somewhere (sorry, I can’t remember where it was) that by driving more or less 1,000 miles each month, about 100+ tons of carbon dioxide gets produced…

Sony took a beating in last year’s Greenpeace report on the green efforts of the top electronics companies, and clearly, the company felt the sting. This year, they’re doing a lot better, with some Sony Ericsson phones and a Vaio ranking decently in the organization’s electronics guide. They’re trying to step up their efforts, however….

I’ve been aware of Flock for sometime now, though I first heard of it as a “social web browser,” but I just found out that it now has an eco version. The eco-edition of Flock easily makes green news and tips available to you, helping you stay in step with the latest news on the…

As a Samsung cellphone user, I was so excited to read these two articles “Samsung Handsets Sport Corn-based Plastics” and “Samsung unveils eco handset duo“, only to be disappointed that it was for the Korean and Chinese markets only! Hey Samsung, how about us here in the US? You have users in the US as…

Admit it, we all love ripping into celebrities every time they do something good and green, assuming that they’re a bunch of attention-seeking hypocrites who just pay lip service to the environment in order to pump up their images and add more green to their wallets. Whether or not they’re doing it out of a…

Last year, Anya Hindmarch’s “I’m Not A Plastic Bag” bag was the toast of Hollywood, the fashion world, and the green movement. Celebrities who were eager to flaunt their eco-friendliness, genuinely eco-friendly, or who simply wanted to be trendy carried the tote around for some time, prominently displaying the “I’m Not A Plastic Bag” sign…