We are about to end a year in which ‘Green’ news, topics and business went to a whole new level.
High-profile green endeavors, new products, new awareness, Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize, chiefly for his work on ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and global warming awareness.
The country and world is seeking simpler lives in the face [...]
San Francisco was the site of a carbon-neutral benefit event last week:
the 3rd annual fundraiser for the local branch of Global Green, the American branch of Green Cross International, founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993. The benefit netted $350,000.
Guests gathered for cocktails and a fashion show at $250 a ticket (patrons paid $5,000 each for [...]
Better hurry if you plan on cashing in on several green tax breaks. As of December 31st, many Green tax breaks will be ending.
The Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 allowed homeowners to take a one-time tax credit of up to $500 for doing things like installing new efficient windows, insulation and heating and cooling [...]
The obvious route to the holidays is to match everyone’s frenetic pace:
Shopping!
Parties!
Drink/eat too much!
Why not take it slow? Why not find imaginative ways to spend time, money and energy?
Make gifts, rather than buy everything: especially as our kids get older, we’ll be able to take advantage of this. This can be anything from a special [...]
My wife has been reading this book and raving about it. I’ve picked it up about 9-10 times in the past week, but have not yet finished it: The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough (American Institute Architects) explores, in visual and written terms, options for those of us looking to live in a simpler [...]
Here it is as last, the Eco Media Player. OK - what is this, and what does it do?
How is this powered?
The eco windup system means that you never need to worry about running out of power or wasting environmentally harmful batteries. One minute of winding gives up to 40 minutes of play time [...]
According to an energy law passed by Congress on Tuesday, the US will be phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2012.
This is an extremely positive move, echoing similar laws enacted by Ireland and Australia. What does this mean for consumers?
The benefits:
* Reduce electricity use - ninety percent of the energy that an incandescent light bulb [...]
Holiday package deliveries are getting Green: United Parcel Service has leased 42 plug-in electric cars and trucks made by Zap of Santa Rosa to deliver smaller packages in Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Novato, San Jose and Santa Cruz during this busy holiday season.
Noted in an article in today’s SF Chronicle, UPS will be offloading [...]
Seth Godin wonders if the local and organic movement isn’t going down the wrong path.
In a blog post entitled “Getting sad at Whole Foods (more vs. less)” Godin questions if looking at our choices by how little impact the food and products we buy have on the environment is the right tack.
For me, local [...]
As heard in a PG&E radio spot. You’ve heard this before, but it still gives pause:
“If every house in California changed out and installed 1 CFL bulb, it would be like taking 40,000 cars off the road for 1 year”
With CFL bulbs available everywhere, how could the change possibly be easier?