Category: Green news

(photos from the Daily Mail) For twenty years, Lewis Gordon Pugh has been swimming in the world’s five oceans to draw attention to climate change. On 15 July 2007, the lawyer -turned-World Wildlife Fund ambassador became the first person to swim long distance at the geographic North Pole in minus 1.8C waters. He swam 1…

I was watching The Today Show this morning and there was this segment on deciphering eco-friendly labels. If you are searching for earth-friendly forest products like lumber and paper, look for the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) logo. The FSC is a non profit organization that certifies timber companies that meet standards for sustainable forestry. Home…

Casa Sugar has a green tip right now that made me laugh out loud when I saw it: wash and reuse your plastic bags! I’m not laughing in a disparaging, derisive way, it’s just that it’s something my mother has always done, and which I’ve done a few times myself. And why not? If your…

Make a difference while shopping. You can log on to Buy Change and purchase items like soap from Afghanistan, salad dressing created by inner city children, handbags made by women and children who have escaped or have been rescued from sexual exploitation and slavery. The most interesting is the paper made from elephant poo. Due…

Be oven-wise. Stop opening it to check food. Heat escapes, wastes energy and slows down cooking. Switch it off before your meal is ready. The temperature in the oven would still be hot enough to finish cooking the food. Put a lid on it. Saucepans, I mean. It’ll heat the food quicker and you’ll use…

At work, we have a container of used pens, pencils and other writing supplies. Some of them were left behind by those who left the company. Others were randomly found in the office. I try to be good. I don’t go for the new supplies. I use black, blue and red pens (one each), one…

For fans of the musical “Wicked”, Elphaba the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West has these tips for living a greener life. And to celebrate the show’s 4th year anniversary, the Broadway company, in cooperation with the New York Restoration Project, is making a Wicked garden in Manhattan. The garden is scheduled to open on…

Hmm, now this is bound to create quite a buzz. American artist Spencer Tunick and Greenpeace Switzerland are working together on an installation on a Swiss glacier to help drum up global warming awareness. And get this–they’re using naked people. The page encourages people to “Expose yourself to the glacier without protection. Get undressed for…

Okay, I just couldn’t resist using that title. So Al Gore committed a blunder quite recently at his daughter’s wedding. I won’t viciously jump down his throat because I believe he’s done a spiffy job highlighting important issues the world should be taking notice of, but I will say that this could put a dent…

Trees For Life, one of the Green Army and DENR‘s pet projects, formally launched today at the La Mesa Watershed. Top notch. I know I’m critical of an environmental drive solely involving tree-planting projects, but yeah, you gotta applaud every effort. Planting for Trees for Life will go on for six months with the participation…