What would you give for someone or something to helps you find safe, healthy, and sustainable products while you shop? How about simply scanning the barcode of the product and immediately see detailed ratings for health, environment and social responsibility for more than 50,000 products and companies. Making environmentally conscious consumer choices can be difficult when walking down supermarket aisles awash with hyper-marketed products. Enter GoodGuide , who has just released a new... Read Full Story
The advertising industry has been a source of entertainment for me for a large part of my life, I consider myself an armchair advertising fan. Those of you who discovered this green advertising site from one of my more general advertising sites will learn that the environment has become a major issue for me personally. This site applauds environmentally friendly, green advertising and the businesses that have chosen to care enough for the environment, and express it through their advertising... Read Full Story
What chemicals are in your baby shampoo? Was sweatshop labor used to make your t-shirt? What products are the best, and what products should you avoid? Increasingly, you want to know about the impacts of the products you buy. On your health. On the environment. On society. But unless you’ve got a Ph.D, it is almost impossible to find out the impacts of the products you buy. Until now… GoodGuide is an information clearinghouse for green consumers, integrating hundreds of databases that... Read Full Story
Green and black on one side...
...Black and green on the other
Plastic bags are so yesterday. The new (and responsible) thing to do is to use reusable cloth bags.
Plastic bags require oil for production and DO NOT break down in landfills for many many years. Additionally, as they do break down, they release harmful gasses and toxins into the environment.
We can all counter these negative effects by making small changes in our daily routines. Some tips include... Read Full Story
Gasometers or gasholders--huge storage containers for the gas used in heating and cooking--were built in many cities during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, when gas was a commercial byproduct of coal mining, steelmaking, and other industrial processes. Today, many of the old gasometers have been replaced by pipelines and tank farms, but a few are being adapted to new uses. In 1896 the Viennese authorities decided to invest in large-scale gas and electric utilities, so they... Read Full Story
If we take a look at all of the people walking around in the streets of urban centers today, and we think about all of that expended energy, the possibility of harnessing it is exciting. There could be an interface between our feet and the surface we’re stepping on. It could absorb that movement to generate electricity for the overhead lights and to heat up the coffee. POWERLeap is an urban flooring system that harnesses exerted kinetic energy to generate electricity. Its designer, 22-year... Read Full Story
How frustrating the constant and never ending search for green merchandise in our local stores. Many shops are carrying at least a couple eco-friendly products, but who has time to strip search the product labels of every item we pick up? As much as I love supporting my local economy, I find myself shopping online for most of my eco-conscious gifts and needs. It is much easier to find what I need with the help of those online directories. So when I heard a shop dedicated to supporting local... Read Full Story
Around the world, being eco-conscious has become a status symbol for consumers, partly replacing traditional status symbols that are now associated with pollution, waste and excess. Companies now creates eye-catching green brand/products, advertise the hell out of it and make it very recognizable to the masses, which in turn makes it easy for buyers to get respect from strangers. Eco-friendly goods and services sporting bold, iconic markers and design help socially conscious owners show... Read Full Story
Green burials is a growing trend amongst the older generations nowadays. It ensures that the burial site remains as natural as possible in all respects. Interment of the bodies is done in a bio-degradable casket, shroud, or a favorite blanket. No embalming fluid, no concrete vaults. We don’t usually expect graveyards to give us much besides a chance to express grief, but a small town in Spain has found a new use for them: energy powerhouses. It has placed more than 400 solar panels on top... Read Full Story
More than 2,6 billion of people around the world has no access to basic sanitation. That means that 40% of the Earth's population lacks even the most simple latrine to perform their needs. This causes contamination of fresh water and ground water because human faces contain viruses, bacteria, worms and parasites which kills and infects people with serious diseases. One child in the world dies every 15 seconds due to contaminated water. Designer Anders Wilhelmson, in collaboration with... Read Full Story
