Category: Green news

Those who are familiar with the “Knight Rider” would, of course, know KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand). NBC recently showed a two-hour movie of “Knight Rider” that showed a more modern KITT. Now KITT stands for Knight Industries Three Thousand. I admit, KITT is not real. But come on, isn’t it just fun that he’s…

I saw a pamphlet for an aquatic continuing education course at the Desert Pain Institute in Arizona. It caught my eye because aside from using Feng Shui and Biogeometry principles, it is supposedly a green building. So if you’re in the area and need Physical Therapy and other treatments for chronic pain, check it out.

Now here’s something to show everyone how one person’s efforts can make a big difference. Liu Ying, a 78-year-old woman in China, has been making shopping bags since 1992 and giving them away to all her neighbors. She wishes everyone else would start seeing just how terrible plastic bags are for the environment, but she…

Can you blame me for falling in love with this one? Rebecca Potger has designed the Daylight lamp, which, much like my beloved Sun Jar, gathers daylight by day. All you have to do is put it outdoors and leave it upside down, letting the solar panels gather power. At night, bring it in, put…

If you’re a Net Impact member, you might want to start sharing your green ideas with the world. So if you want to develop a program or a system that will help your company, organization, or school operate in a more environmentally friendly way, get together with other Net Impact members and put your heads…

Dear Computer Companies, Thank you for making laptops lighter and desktops streamlined. Thank you for SFF desktops and LCD flat panel displays. Thank you for your recycling and trade-in programs. Thank you for the different designs and styles that allow us to express our individuality. Now, why not focus on making computers more energy-efficient? How…

Join the Conservation Action Network (CAN), an electronic advocacy network so you can let your voice be heard on environmental issues. You can send faxes or emails to the president, Congress members, corporations, newspaper editors, foreign governments, state legislators.

Times Square is famous for its bright neon lights attracting tourists from all over the world. It’s an amazing man-made sight to behold. I do wonder about its energy usage though. Sure, the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball went green last December. But I do hope that the Times Square area as a whole…

After reading “The Eco-Foods Guide: What’s Good for the Earth is Good for You” by Cynthia Barstow (borrowed from the library, of course), I am now looking into the Community Supported (or Shared) Agriculture. A Google search for CSA farms led me to the Local Harvest website. I didn’t find a CSA farm in our…

Presidents Day long weekend was spent painting our dining room. We got our paint from a nearby Sherwin-Williams store. We bought Duration Home® interior latex paint, which has their GreenSure™ logo (for more information on the GreenSure™ initiatives, click here). We were originally supposed to buy from their Harmony® line (also with the GreenSure™ logo),…