Category: Green news

Spotted over at Grist: Oregon-based company Clean Air Lawn Care is open for franchising! Introducing Clean Air Lawn Care, an environmentally-friendly, national lawn care company based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Think of us as a lawn care company for the affluent, busy and environmentally conscious. We’re changing the world one lawn at a time, and…

If you use air fresheners, read the results of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) investigation that found hormone-altering chemicals in air fresheners. How about making your own?

Want to feel pretty like Maria in West Side Story? Make sure you don’t feel dizzy or funny though. The Breast Cancer Fund has a free information card listing carcinogenic ingredients in beauty products. Get it here. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a What Not to Buy list. Feel pretty and sunny instead.

We’ve all heard of the Atkins or the South Beach diets. What about the 100 mile diet? According to their webpage, the average North American produce have travelled at least 1500 miles. So in 2005, Allison Smith and James McKinnon decided that for a year, they would only buy their food and drink from within…

Environment America asks you to sign a petition to Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer, George Stephanopoulos, Bob Schieffer and Chris Wallace so they’ll start querying the presidentiables about global warming and our energy future. Sign here!

Since I became interested and aware about environmental issues, product packaging is one of the things I’ve started to eye more carefully. I’m pretty pleased with Sony Ericsson, because the amount of packing materials has been reduced and even the box size is considerably smaller. Seagate Freeagent Go, on the other hand, makes decent use…

I’ve been trying to get a small proofreading business off the ground lately, and I obtained my first customer yesterday! Once upon a time during my earlier proofreading jobs, I had to drive to the company’s office, get my printed copy of the document, and do the work right there. But happily, there’s a much…

Greenwashing is the act of misleading consumers regarding a company’s environmental practices or a product’s benefits to the environment. Here are the results of Terra Choice‘s study of environmental claims in North America. They identified 6 sins of greenwashing: Hidden trade-off: advertising a product as green based on a single attribute e.g. using recycled paper…

I love this article explaining why distance learning is better for the environment. For one thing, university campuses use a lot of energy and resources, and even those schools with lots of green spaces aren’t always all that green. The article brings up the matter of electricity use, paper use, and the commute to school,…

It’s not owned by Google, but it is “powered by Google Custom Search”. Even Treehugger got wind of and had a post about it. Whether or not Blackle really lives up to its promise, I recommend you check it out.