Category: Green news

What green businesses will be big in 2008? If you’re interested in getting more involved with the environment and sustainability, take a look at Sustainable Life Media’s list of up-and-coming green businesses you can consider in 2008.

Live in Chicago or Seattle? Turn to A Fresh Squeeze for some local information on green living. Red Jellyfish provides news and interesting products, the profits of which go to the environmental groups they support. Ever had something in your house and wondered, “How can I recycle this?” This website will show you how you…

Have you ever sat down and started to think about the ways many other things in the world could be much more eco-friendly? You can get a chance to throw your ideas around with friends by playing Play Rethink. Each card in the game poses a question/challenge for you to come up with environmentally friendly…

Spotted on Jackson Free Press: Eco-Resolutions to Live By. Kelly Bryan Smith has listed down some pretty realistic changes she’s going to make in her life every month in order to become more environmentally friendly. It puts me in mind of my own green resolutions. This year, I think I did fairly well. I managed…

Yesterday, my boyfriend and I headed out to Manila to go on the Manila Bay Cruise. It’s an extremely cheap date at PhP120 for a ticket, which is $2.85, and you can get tickets the Metrostar Ferry terminal beside the Shrine of Jesus Christ near SM Mall of Asia. The trip takes about an hour…

Here’s a company that walks the walk. Haworth, a company which makes flexible workspaces, has started making its operations and its products more environmentally friendly a few years ago, committing to reducing their emissions and making sure they use eco-friendly materials that are not wasteful. Earlier this month, they unveiled their showroom in the Pershing…

This is kind of old news, having been published a couple of months ago, but it’s still interesting nonetheless. A European study conducted showed that organic is indeed a better option. Professor Carlo Leifert, the co-ordinator of the European Union-funded project, said the differences were so marked that organic produce would help to increase the…

People are increasingly learning how all this development and our structures are affecting animals. About time, too (although some people use this love for animals as a way to protest against wind turbines that may kill birds). Even light can have a negative effect on wildlife, I’m surprised to know, so it’s a good thing…

Who knew that a company like Furnature existed? Why isn’t a company that manufactures chemical-free furniture and mattresses more well-known like those national furniture retailers? It should be out there for everyone to know. I only stumbled upon Furnature’s website today. Check out their “Why Furnature” page. I surfed some more and saw them in…

Best Buy’s Magnolia Home Theater stores are now carrying eco-friendly media consoles courtesy of Maria Yee. The consoles are made of environmentally friendly materials, including BambooTimbre, Yee’s patent-pending, eco-friendly technique that flattens, layers and bonds bamboo culms in defined patterns. All Maria Yee products are hand crafted with a proprietary process rooted in stringent environmental…