Category: Green news

I saw conservationist Eugene Cussons on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this past Wednesday. He is the host of Animal Planet’s new show, Escape to Chimp Eden which premieres tonight, 08 February. He is Chimp Eden’s managing Director and the Jane Goodall Institute’s Rescue Director. It is horrible what humans are doing to not…

Seeing the Grand Canyon is an experience like no other. Environment America says that in the past 5 years, mining companies have staked 805 claims within 5 miles of the park. Toxic chemicals from mines could endanger the park and its wildlife. Sign the petition to help preserve the Grand Canyon for future generations.

For some reason, any environmental initiative launched by our government makes me snort with laughter. So sorry, I can’t help it. Anyway, the government has just announced plans to scrap incandescent bulbs altogether by the year 2010. I wholeheartedly approve. No, seriously. It’s just a mystery to me how they plan to implement the ban,…

We’re all familiar with the concept of telecommuting, which is simply called working from home by most of us. Benefits have been touted for this working method (check here), but did you realize that working from home is also good for the environment? I’ve done my fair share of working from home, but I never…

The HumanCar Imagine™ LMV will be unveiled on Earth Day this year, and even though that’s a few months away, the HumanCar is already receiving a lot of attention because it definitely brings to mind the vehicles in The Flintstones (They’re not just eco-friendly, but also provide a great workout. You can bet that the…

Here’s something that has people hotly debating its usefulness: the ecobutton. Each time you take a short or long break, a phone call, go for a meeting etc. you simply press the ecobutton™ and your computer is put into energy saving ‘ecomode’ which ensures that both your computer and monitor draw only the same nominal…

Not that I know anything about car racing and all, but I do know that driving–whether you do it for a race or just as an everyday thing–packs on the carbon emissions. Two guys have thought of creating an eco-friendly sports car, though. Paul Andrews and Bill Meeson converted two Honda Hybrids into cars suitable…

How cool is this? Apparently, in Nicaragua, it costs a lot to make calls from mobile phones, which is why people must troop to call shops where they can make phone calls. But Llamadas Pedaleadas is taking the call shops to the people, and better yet, the bikes use renewable energy, which then powers the…

Who knew that those little stickers on fruits and veggies actually meant something? Well, the good folks at Ideal bite did. You can find out if the produce is genetically modified (GM). A four-digit number means it’s conventionally grown. A five-digit number beginning with 9 means it’s organic. A five-digit number beginning with 8 means…

With the announcement of the Macbook Air, DVice thought it would play around and came up with idea of Macbooks based on the other three elements. MacBook Earth: Greenest laptop ever. The MacBook Earth has no electrical cord — save the planet with this wind- and solar-powered notebook. The phosphorescent screen consumes mere nanowatts, and…