Category: Green news

If you want to bring your own bag and there aren’t any being offered in shops in your neighborhood, just take a leaf out of Yu Xiuqin’s book. Sixty-year-old Yu Xiuqin always gets the attention of other shoppers, some of whom laugh, when she goes shopping. Yu totes a large bag made of worn-out blue…

The researchers at Georgia Tech have come up with an amazing idea: capturing carbon emissions and keeping them from being released into the atmosphere in the first place, and instead of starting with huge manufacturing plants to try out their idea, they’re starting at a small scale, with something that aren’t as big as factories,…

I’ve never set foot in Canada, much less had a bite to eat at Harvey’s, but I figured you will be interested to know that this fast food chain has launched its environmental makeover, starting with its branch in Hamilton, Ontario. It makes use of solar shades, a good recycling system, and is also taking…

Nearbio is a website that provides locations of biodiesel stations or pumps. You can even get directions using your computer or cellphone. Their biofuel route wizard can help you plan your biofuel stops on your next road trip.

Stew Leonard’s is now promoting reusable bags. I saw it tonight when we went there.

Mobile networks are taking responsibility for the environment in a bigger way apart from taking back and recycling their phones. Global warming might make the waters of Antarctic particularly inviting to sharks–and cause havoc to the ecosystem! Environmentally friendly textiles are slowly, but surely getting the attention of designers. I’m very happy to see piña…

Eco-Limo – get around LA, SF, or DC in one of seven car options, including a Lexus 400h or Mercedes E320 ($45-$85/hr). Elite Green Car – chauffeurs you around Atlanta in a Lexus RX 400 ($56/hr). Green Limousine – a biodiesel Ford Excursion helps you hit the slopes in CO ($70-$80/hr). Green Car Limo –…

I stumbled upon this bit of good news (“Virgin Flies Biofueled Jet From London”) from our airline industry. Kudos to Virgin Atlantic! Here’s hoping other airlines will follow suit. The second paragraph of the article (see below) was just a bit annoying to read: Some analysts praised the jumbo jet test flight from London to…

Saw this on Common Ground: If you need eco-related movies, Green Planet Films lets you order DVDs online and they’ll mail it to you. You can keep it for a month then send it back for free. It’s like Netflix for the green consumer.

Well well well, you do pick up something new everyday. I wouldn’t have thought that there was a contest at all for the title of eco-friendly orange juice between canned frozen orange juice and non-concentrates in cartons. Check out Slate’s The Green Lantern if you need this issue cleared up as well.