Category: Green news

According to Ideal Bite, if you buy coffee everyday in disposable cups, you are creating about 23 lbs of waste annually. And you’re not just getting coffee: styrofoam disrupts your hormones, and the chlorine used to bleach paper containers creates carcinogens. So bring your own reusable containers. Some cafes apparently even offer discounts to people…

From Ideal Bite: You can be energy-conscious and raise money for good causes when you search online. Goodsearch donates 50% of revenues to a charity of your own choosing. Catch Tomorrow raises funds for public schools in your state. Blackle‘s black background uses less energy than the traditional white. If you want more color, the…

As the holidays approach, I encourage everyone to make wishlists. We all receive gifts that we don’t want or need and end up having to return it to the store. That uses energy, not to mention our precious time. Otherwise we end up keeping these gifts at home in case the giftgiver stops by and…

I don’t know a whole deal about Singapore, so it’s very interesting to see a blog devoted to environmental issues in that country. Check out the Midnight Monkey Monitor.

Turkeys are the centerpiece of any Thanksgiving dinner, and once upon a time, nobody thought twice about or had any issues with buying a hefty turkey. Today, it’s more important than ever to make environmentally friendly food choices, and Turkey Day can greatly increase the United States’ carbon footprint. Slate’s The Green Lantern has some…

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From Greenpeace: Two electric-powered Jeepneys or E-Jeepneys will start plying Makati City’s streets today as part of a pilot testing phase to fine tune the innovative transport’s adaptability as a commercial public transport in the country’s premier business district. The E-Jeepneys, presented to the public in a press launch in the city last July 4…

Ecorazzi has come out with a great list of gifts you can buy for the holidays this year, all green and celeb-approved. Click here to view the list.

If you get along with your neighbors, how about going in with them on purchases like snowblowers, lawn mowers, camping gear or other seasonal equipment? You can also share tools that you infrequently use. You’ll save not only cash but also natural resources required for the production of such items. Learn to borrow, share and…

Worn-out shoes? Instead of buying new ones, you can bring them to a local cobbler to put in new heels or soles. Repairing them uses up less material than making a whole new pair. Same thing with clothes. Just bring them to a tailor or dry-cleaning place that makes alterations. Nike has a Reuse-a-Shoe program…