Category: Green news

Environmental Defense just updated their list of sustainable seafood, adding more fish to the list! If you want to have the list of eco-friendly seafood with you at all times, in case you feel like having seafood for your meal, you can download a PDF of the seafood selector to help you make the right…

Ashmont Grill opened in 2005, and this year, the restaurant has already received recognition for its green efforts. Owner Chris Douglass was able to use sheet metal gathered from dumpsters and had it turned into cool decor and fixtures for the restaurant. And apart from that, Only locally grown produce is used at the restaurant,…

So we’re currently trying to reduce our meat intake, and like I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a total carnivore and will find this a challenging change. I’m shooting for lacto-ovo vegetarianism, because I still can’t go without eggs and chicken (baby steps, people, baby steps), so the first to go are burgers, steaks, and…

The Lifecycle Building Challenge was held last year and the big winner was Michael Berk, a professor at the Mississippi State University School of Architecture. His idea: an eco-friendly mobile home. And why not? If major building developments, residential communities, and houses are getting in on the green scene, why not something small like a…

I was sitting at the doctor’s office the other day and picked up a copy of US News and World Report. I found this article about Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed congestion pricing. What struck me was the possibility of implementing a system that’s already being used in the Philippines: prohibiting cars from being driven into the…

Are you from Australia or New Zealand and want to know where you can get some eco-friendly home furnishings? Style Plantation would be a great choice for you. They have everything from flooring materials, bedding, curtains, and more.

Companies usually say that they can’t go green because the changes will cost a lot, plus they’re not sure that they will get their investment back because consumers don’t really look for environment-friendliness in companies and products. So why gamble on something uncertain? Times are a-changing, though, and while people are keenly suspicious of excessive…

Greenprint Denver and Staples have teamed up to donate $10,000 to Tree by Tree – Mile High Million, a tree planting initiative launched in Denver, Colorado. “Staples really has made it easy for us to progress toward our goal of planting a million trees in metro Denver by 2025,” said Sara Davis, program coordinator for…

New mobile phone models are being released with alarming regularity, so it would be really nice if they had some really good features, right? Other than being able to make calls, send text messages, take photos, surf the Web, etc. Bike couriers in Cambridge will be setting out with pollution sensors and GPS units linked…

We all know how e-waste just piles up all over the world, and it’s getting even worse nowadays, what with model after model of mobile phones, MP3 players, computers, and cameras coming out every quarter. Something clearly has to be done, and if people don’t want to curb their urge for new gadgetry, another option…