Category: Green news

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…

Deseret News has a fascinating article talking about how cultural trends affect one’s food choices. For example, people with a more cosmopolitan influence tend to choose food with a global reach, while parents look for more healthful, pesticide-free foods and probiotics. “E-litists,” on the other hand, are heavily into the eco-friendly food scene. Take a…

And by good coffee, we mean eco-friendly, guilt-free coffee! Fast food giant McDonalds has secured endorsement from international environmental organisation Rainforest Alliance that guarantees the coffee served at its 484 McCafe outlets is made from beans grown under environmentally sustainable practices and socially responsible conditions. Nobody really associates McDonald’s with healthful, organic food and socially…

Planning to be in South Africa next month? Drop by the Jo’burg Wine Show and enjoy wine, discover different cuisine, and get a glimpse at the local organic movement.

Kudos to one of my favorites, HGTV, for their Change the World, Start at Home initiative. April 28 – May 2, 2008 was HGTV’s Change the World, Start at Home week. Baltimore, MD, Denver, CO, Twin Cities, MN and Washington, D.C. were the cities tagged to undergo revitalization projects courtesy of HGTV’s pool of talents…

Atlanta-based Green Express has the distinction of being the “First Courier Company in America to Drive Hybrid Cars”. So far, they’re still limited to Atlanta, but here’s hoping they’ll expand nationwide in the future. They might not be brown, but they’re definitely green.

UK-based Tightsplease sells eco-friendly hosiery, socks, and other “leg products”. Believe it or not, their eco-friendly socks came bamboo! Well, actually, a fiber from bamboo. How many stockings, tights, etc. can say that about themselves? Not many. Their website even has tips such as “Recycle Tights in the Garden“, for example, using the old tights…

My husband and I cleaned our bathroom tonight. We have the usual combo – shower curtain + curtain liner – and of course, I’m wondering if there’s an environmentally-sound replacement of this combo. Preferably no need for a curtain liner. I’ve heard of hemp shower curtains, but issues of mildew make me hesitant from trying…