In a bid to save 70,000 tons of carbon emissions each year, Ireland announced today that it is planning to pass legislation banning incandescent light bulbs from store shelves. The ban is expected to be in place as soon as early 2008.
Ireland has become the first nation to propose legislation banning the outdated bulbs. Several [...]
Capital Hill cafeteria food is about to undergo a change, according to an SFGate article published today, Pelosi leads the House to go organic in its cafeterias.
According to the story:
Under Pelosi’s signature “Green the Capitol” initiative, the House cafeterias today will get a full-blown makeover to the very latest in organic and locally grown cuisine [...]
Adapted from a recipe in The New Laurel’s Kitchen: A Handbook for Vegetarian Cookery and Nutrition: the world’s very best lentil soup recipe. Enough to warm a chilly family on a Sunday in December. Our 2-year olds love this, so it is certainly a favorite of mine! This is a little thinner than the standard, [...]
Here at simpleandgreen.net, we tend to plan out the books we read. My interests run the gamut, and include a good dose of fiction. Nowadays, I tend to gravitate towards all the ways we can improve our environment and lives. Right now I’m putting together the list of books I really want, and these top [...]
Are we, as consumers, asking the right questions about why something we buy is ‘green’? According to this article, It’s Not Easy Being Green, we may be a little blinded to what we need to know:
“When you only look at the raw materials to ask if something is really green, you are like the [...]
Interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal: That Giant Sucking Sound May Be Your New TV
The news is that flat-panel TVs, especially plasma displays, require much more energy than most consumers expect. Did you really think your TV would use more electricity than your refrigerator?
Key takeaways:
Consider that a 42-inch plasma set can consume more electricity [...]
Ever consider this possibility? Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer, recently announced an eco-friendly phone: The Nokia 3110 evolve.
Here are the main facts:
1. “bio-covers” made with over 50 percent renewable materials.
2. packaging: comes in a box made of 60 percent recycled materials. The box itself is also smaller, allowing more units to be shipped [...]
From Hallmark to ClickZ, everyone is touting e-cards. It’s not a new concept, but one that is continue to grow in popularity.
But what can someone do if they want to send business-like e-cards.
In today’s article, Make It a Green Christmas With E-Cards, Karen Gedney lists not only why she sends e-cards to during the holidays, [...]
We stumbled across a show called The Eco Zone Project. Created by Eco Zone Media, it’s hosted by Daisy Fuentes (model, designer, MTV VJ) along with the Green Team:
Simran Sethi: from The Green on the Sundance Channel and Ethical Markets on PBS.
John Bruce: founding partner of Super-Interesting LLC, an architectural and design practice.
Ryan Sutter: founder [...]
Tees For Change is the latest in an array of very impressive companies that I’ve stumbled across.
Their motto is ‘Sustainable tees on a mission’. And that suits them perfectly.
All tees are fair trade and made under sweatshop-free conditions from 100% organic cotton or 70% bamboo/30% organic cotton.
Organic cotton is good, since it is cultivated without [...]
