green & environment
A Greener Concert.
By aldis at 26 August, 2008, 1:55 pm
- A long list of concerts spanning the globe. Check.
- Countless plane tickets. Check.
- multiple Semi trucks filled with equipment. Check.
- Large Lighting and Sound arrays that consume thousands of Amps of power. Check.
- thousands of rabid fans each with their own vehicles driving up to several hours to the venue. Check.
Sounds like a recipe […]
McCain blows a lot of hot air on wind energy
By rachel at 26 August, 2008, 1:27 pm
Presidential hopefuls are notorious for making promises they can’t keep. So what makes Republican candidate John McCain any different from other elected officials who have jumped on the environmentally-correct bandwagon?
Let’s just say that if you’re going to be disingenuous about supporting tax breaks for solar and wind power, at least be smart enough to realize […]
green bus stops
By sarah at 21 August, 2008, 1:35 pm
Leave it to the Sunshine state to use solar power to fuel a collaboration between outdoor ad company Fuel Outdoor, and Miami’s Metro line. Under a new agreement, Fuel is harnessing the state’s most prolific but chronically under-used resource to give the city 600 new bus stops for free. Metro users will get shelter them […]
Read More >>needy hands are better than landfills
By sarah at 19 August, 2008, 7:43 pm
The Sunday afternoon shadows are falling across your front yard, and you’re staring at the mounds of stuff your garage sale’s best efforts didn’t eliminate. Next step: a quick trip to Goodwill, then the dumpster, right?
It’s Monday morning at the office, and you’re standing in front of a large pile of old monitors and telephones, […]
Selling Climate Change
By rachel at 19 August, 2008, 12:27 pm
Corporate America and the nonprofit community are merging Together for the greater good - and what cause could be more worthy than combating climate change?
Together is the most progressive effort yet by businesses to directly link their environmental campaigns to the products and services they put out. The site pairs ideas on how to fight […]
a gap in the sustainability concept
By nora at 13 August, 2008, 3:25 pm
Marketing companies are scampering through the land of sustainability searching for the golden ticket to provide that magical message for the marketing blurbs placed their green designed products. The difficulty, according to Sustainable Minds, mainly falls within impossibility to define “green” and to quantify and measure sustainability. Therein lies the challenge of […]
Read More >>did that laundry detergent just hit on me??
By sarah at 12 August, 2008, 6:21 pm
I’m not used to lines like “I Promise I’ll be Gentle”, or “I Care About You, Baby” when strolling through the home cleaning product section at my local super market. Especially not when coming from the cleaning supplies themselves. A laundry detergent whispering sweet nothings like, “I’ll Make Everything All White”, or a very forward […]
Read More >>IKEA: Solar panels coming soon!
By sarah at 12 August, 2008, 4:37 pm
Swedish home furnishings mega-presence IKEA translated the pop culture DIY theme into the furniture industry, with light, easy-to-assemble furniture and modern, playful designs affordable for someone on any budget. Leave it to them to introduce Do-it-yourself concepts to the green movement. Recently, IKEA launched their own GreenTech fund, with plans to invest $77 million into […]
Read More >>Drop the stick, dangle the carrot
By rachel at 7 August, 2008, 4:27 pm
Carrots: the new weapon of choice for eco-conscious consumers.
What’s one to do in the fight against the Big Bad Corporation? According to Carrotmob, the answer is not in more boycotts, petitions, or even legislation, but rather to create incentives (”carrots” - get it?) for corporations to be more eco-friendly. And that’s by hitting […]
enlightenment on fluorescent bulbs
By nora at 6 August, 2008, 3:55 pm
In a global interest in efficient energy-saving effort Professor Hui from the City University in Honk Kong university put into light the limit of fluorescent light bulbs and their damaging consequences on our environment.
Far from raising any controversy, his tone is set nonetheless while underlining and questioning their lifetime, the toxicity of their components, and […]
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