Category: Green news

Do you get a receipt after withdrawing cash from the ATM? Do you keep them? Just wondering. I withdrew money today from an ATM and didn’t get a receipt. I mean, I chose not to. There were TONS of receipts littering the ATM’s vicinity. I felt bad seeing all those little scraps of paper, but…

From Ideal Bite: Save water by installing dual-flush toilets. These give you the option of a low-water flush (for number one) and one with more water (for number two). You can even check with your city district if they’ll reimburse you the cost of dual flushers. Rebates may also be available in your area. And…

from Ideal Bite: 50 million pounds of plastic toothbrushes end up in U. S. landfills annually. Use recycled (Preserve ) or replaceable head toothbrushes (Fuchs Ekotec, Radius Source) to maintain good dental and environmental health.

How about reducing your carbon footprint by walking around in Ecosneaks? Simpleshoes makes footwear from sustainable materials such as bamboo, cork, organic cotton. They even recycle automobile tires into outsoles and plastic bottles for laces and pedbeds. Bags, sandals , t-shirts and caps are also available.

Seventh Generation offers chlorine-free diapers, wipes and training pants. They don’t contain fragrances, latex or other toxic chemicals. Chlorine-bleached materials contribute to dioxin pollution, thus increasing the risk for cancer, birth defects and reproductive disorders. Go to Weegeneration to find non-toxic baby products and raise a healthy child.

Do you live with people who leave the lights on in practically every room? Sure, you can remind them to turn off the lights when they leave the room. I read about a “Lights Off Fund” somewhere while surfing the net. Every time someone at home forgets to turn off the lights, they have to…

I’ve been threatening to buy a new mobile phone for ages, and have been in love with a particular phone since last year. So just to check things out, my boyfriend and I headed to Greenhills last weekend to see what they have and how much phones cost these days. And we stumbled onto this…

From Better World Club: Many appliances still use up energy even when switched off. For example, 25% of the electricity a television set uses is consumed when it is not even on. The only way to ensure that your appliance is not using power is to unplug it. You can also plug it into a…

One day before the start of this year’s United Nations General Assembly, world leaders had a carbon-neutral summit on climate change. It was meant to pave the way for talks in Bali, Indonesia this December, where nations will discuss post Kyoto Protocol emissions rules. The Kyoto treaty expires in 2012. On “The Daily Show with…

from Ideal Bite: For those special occasions, send cards made from sustainable paper or even better, e-cards. Only a small percentage of the 2.65 billion cards purchased in the U.S. annually are made from recycled paper. Pop-up Mountain cards, Letterfu, Sappycards, Loop Doodlespark Notecards offer earth-friendly alternatives.