Snippet from Earth911.com: 5. DIY lava lamp Now you don’t have to take a trip to that creepy Spencer’s store in the mall to go back to your teenage years. OK, we’ll admit that this design from Simple Earth Media doesn’t have the zing that your old $40 lamp had, but it’s no doubt a [...]
A snippet: Myth #4: One person can’t make a difference. Does it really matter if you don’t recycle or if you throw your food waste away instead of composting it? Yes. Much of what is in our landfills could have been reborn as a new product had it been reused. According to the EPA, 63.9 percent [...]
For perhaps the first time a study is showing that consumers are willing to spend more in order to go green. According to a new report from Burst Media consumers are not only willing to pay more to go green, but that 90% have made changes to their lives to be more green. Past research [...]
There are a lot of reasons why online retailers should start seeing green in a whole new way: Conserving energy and supplying environmentally sound products and services is good for the environment and the bottom line. Large retailers like Target, Wal-Mart and The Home Depot naturally use a lot of energy and produce a lot [...]
Compared with cars and trucks, it’s fairly easy to cut energy consumption and subsequently reduce emissions attributed to buildings. But that’s new buildings, of course. Most of the buildings on the planet were built before green building became popular and no one has plans to tear the old ones down and replace them. For older [...]
With more than 50,000 eco-friendly and organic products to discover, check out why Greenzer.com is a great source for information and products to make your world more eco-friendly! From the site: “We list products that are screened and have an environmentally responsible or socially responsible attribute. You can use the search box any time find [...]
Small Step #1: Change the way we look at energy usage – Artificial lighting accounts for 44% of the electricity use in office buildings. Try to utilize natural light if possible and encourage smart office energy use. – Make it a habit to turn off the lights when you’re leaving any room for 15 minutes [...]
To celebrate, a collection of links from around the web: Earth as Art 2: http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/index.php/collection/earth_as_art_2 Earth Day Network: http://www.earthday.net/ See collaborative efforts from all over the United States: http://www.earthday.gov/ NatGeo: http://greeneffect.nationalgeographic.com/ CalParks Restoration and Cleanup: http://www.calparks.org/programs/earth-day/ If you have an online store and want to do your part on earth day, convert your traditionally hosted [...]