Category: Green news

Planning to buy or change your furniture? Why not try InModern? Their furniture is FSC-certified and easy to assemble.

BusinessWeek.com’s article “Urban Eco-Transport to Hit the Street” reported about “fleets of nonpolluting electric scooters known as ‘light electric vehicles,’ or LEVs, a new type of urban transport” to be produced by Ultra Motor for Stuttgart, which will be available for rent. Go Stuttgart! Go Ultra Motor! This is a development I welcome wholeheartedly. I…

Would you have wanted to go to a middle school that has been built green inside and out, and has facilities in place to make sure that everything is eco-friendly? I personally think that would be really amazing, plus it’s enough to give you a sense of pride in your school. The North County Middle…

What is Planet Green? According to Planet Green’s website: “Planet Green is the first and only 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network with a robust online presence and community. Launching in June 2008, on-air content will reach 50 million homes with more than 250 hours of original green lifestyle programming. Both online and on-air, Plant Green’s content…

I used to buy a bag of 100 tealights. Until I started wondering what to do with the metal cups after the candle inside it has been used up. The thing is, you can’t use just one tealight – the light it provides is just not enough. So what are the options out there –…

Hollywood star Brad Pitt has most recently been involved in rebuilding New Orleans, and it looks like he’s set to add a new item to his list of accomplishments. Brad has been tapped to design a green hotel in Dubai. He says, “Whilst acting is my career, architecture is my passion,” Pitt, who is also…

If green architecture’s aim is to meet LEED standards, then colleges are shooting for what they refer to as SEED or Student Experiment in Ecological Design. College students are doing everything they can to reduce their carbon footprint, starting with decreasing their waste output in the cafeteria and greening their dorms by taking shorter showers…

How eye-catching is this? LIVING LOUNGE CHAIR: Crazy Krejci’s Eco Ball Garden Chair via Inhabitat’s website. It’s pretty cute, but I do wonder how much it costs?

Thanks to Los Angeles Times‘s article “Green and Greener: Valley Village’s new eco-shop” for leading me to Green and Greener. According to Green and Greener’s website: “Green and Greener offers a range of green living services to support homeowners, businesses and contractors in living, working and building green including: Interior and Landscape Design Green Living…

On June 28th, Dulwich, London is playing host to an eco-awareness event for families called The Green Parenting Show. The event will provide lots of ideas for the family trying to be more eco-friendly and also give them a look at some of the greenest products available. The News Shopper is holding a contest that’ll…