Category: Green news

So my router went wonky earlier, which meant I had to find the installation CD and reconfigure the darn thing all over again. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the CD anywhere and thought things were starting to look bleak when I thought of searching for the setup wizard online. Thankfully, it was available on the LinkSys…

Now I’m no coffee drinker, but this has me quite worried: The local barako coffee is on its way to extinction. One thousand two hundred bags of this coffee are being exported every year. But in five years, the barako coffee plant could become totally obliterated. One hundred thousand barako trees must be planted to…

I heard about this book, Making Kind Choices: Everyday Ways to Enhance Your Life Through Earth- and Animal-Friendly Living, written by PETA President and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk. I can’t wait to read it. It’s about kindness towards the earth and all its creatures. (Thanks Amazon!)

This came under my radar a little late, but that doesn’t make this bit of news any less interesting! A hypersonic jet designed in Britain is currently being conceptualized, and is being touted as a super-fast way for passengers to fly from the UK to Australia in five hours or less. It’s to be fueled…

Seventh Generation issues this warning:The chemical Bisphenol-A is a hormone-disrupting chemical found in polycarbonate water bottles and food containers, food and soda can linings, toys, CDs and DVDs, eyeglasses, and dental sealants. When exposed to acidic substances in certain foods, heat, washing, the BPA may leach out into your food or liquids. It mimics estrogen,…

While looking for hotels in San Francisco, I came across the Hotel Triton. Not only do they have eco-friendly rooms, they’re even pet-friendly!

Mother Earth and Uncle Sam: How Pollution and Hollow Government Hurt Our Kids, studiesthe U.S. government’s failure to protect public health. Seventh Generation summed up the book: Here’s a toxic tale of woefully under-funded programs, a cold-hearted over-reliance on bean-counting cost-benefit analyses, distorted science and other truth-twisting, special interests run amok, gutted regulatory authorities, and…

Long before Rachael Ray was touting EVOO, Mediterraneans knew the health benefits of olive oil. Using organic olive oil will reduce your exposure to pesticides. Organic olive groves emit less CO2. Be healthy and earth-friendly.

Brava IBM, Nokia, Pitney-Bowes and Sony! These companies have joined forces to create the Eco-Patent Commons (EPC). It is an archive of previously private patents for earth-friendly technologies. They are hoping to encourage other scientists, researchers and other enterprising individuals to build upon these technologies and come up with new ideas for protecting the environment….

What used to be given away freely is now something you gotta pay for. Starting this May in the UK, Marks and Spencer will be charging people 5p for each plastic bag they use, hoping to encourage more people to bring their own bags. Not all the customers are happy, though. Some think they’re simply…