Household cleaners are downright scary. The chemical residue from ordinary household cleaners is enough to put fear anyone who is paying attention. These have been linked to promoting everything from cancer to learning disabilities. Laundry detergents pose the same question: how safe are these chemicals I’m readily exposing myself to?
Here are some reasons to consider [...]
We had a recent discussion at home about getting a leather chair. My wife is a designer, and found something she thought might look great in our front room.
I balked: “Not interested in a leather chair”.
She countered: “You wear leather shoes”. True, I do for work. There was no true challenge to her point… except: [...]
We received a postcard mailer from Aveda today. Included in that is the news that Aveda is the first beauty company manufacturing with 100% certified wind power. How cool is that?
How does this work? According to their site:
Funding of new wind turbines generates enough wind energy to offset 100% of the electricity use by their [...]
Winners of last night’s leg of the Amazing Race (CBS) each won a 4-passenger electric car. In an unusual twist, they didn’t announce the maker of car. In all cases of prizes through any media (TV, radio, internet) branding and product placement are always part of the package.
According to the Amazing Race section on the [...]
Recently, our cache of rechargeable batteries began to lose their ability to be charged. It has been a good 2-5 year run for most of them. But we use them in enough items (TV remote control, wireless mouse, phone) that this is becoming a problem.
Buying new ones is easy. How do I recycle the old [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s a quick simple + green tip for the holidays: looking for a different approach to eco-friendly holiday cards? Night Owl Paper Goods has the perfect idea.
These are sustainably harvested yellow birch cards. That’s right: wood!
They claim that you can write on these as you would any other card (pen, pencil or marker).
Night Owl Paper [...]
