If you’re ever in the New York Hudson Valley area, visit the Franklin Delano Roosevelt historic site but also stop by Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill. It is the only U.S. national historic site dedicated to a First Lady. Shop at the Val-Kill Fair Trade Store which sells items such as bags, shirts, wallets, jewelry made by…

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My cheap umbrella finally fell victim to the vicious wind and rain in New York City this past weekend. I trooped to Target and found this Eco’brella from Totes. Its cover is made from 100% recycled PET plastic bottles and the frame is from 70% recycled materials. The handle is bamboo. My favorite feature is…

From Environment New York: What if every new building built in America was a green building? What if every new home, new school, new office and new factory used no more energy than it could generate itself through solar panels or another source of clean, renewable energy? Now — and this might really strain your…

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Today, we can’t exactly have everything we own made out of wood, but it’s still becoming a more popular and fashionable material to use in the electronics scene. If laptops can be made with wood (not exactly THE best idea, but oh well), why not smaller gadgets? This flashlight‘s casing is made from beech wood…

Best Buy has always had an electronics recycling program, but I was pleased when I saw that they not only accept CD, DVDs, ink cartridges, rechargeable batteries, cell phones, CDs, PDAs/smart phones but gift cards at their recycling kiosks in-store. GIFT CARDS! I remember using up the balance on a gift card at a store…

From Environment New York’s Anna Aurilio: “Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has finally heeded our call to protect our pristine national forests from imminent logging and roadbuilding. Yesterday Vilsack issued a directive which requires his personal approval for any new logging, drilling, or roadbuilding in nearly 50 million acres of these treasured forests. Of course,…