Category: Green news

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),…

Tips from World Wildlife Fund: Make the switch to clean energy. Most electric power providers now offer an optin to purchase power from renewable sources generated by wind, solar and biomass. Plant local species of trees. Don’t buy furniture or decking made of tropical hard wood (e.g. mahogany) unless it’s got the Forest Stewardship Council…

Want something that can help make recycling simpler? Take a look at the Barcode Trashcan. All you need to do is swipe the item over the bin’s sensor and you’ll find out right away where it should go.

These days, the really badass gadgets are the ones that can be powered by renewable energy and can powered even while you’re on the go. That’s why things like photovoltaic bags leave people quite enthralled. Now there’s something that people can easily use and at the same time generate enough power to keep mobile phones…