Wool packaging to replace styrofoam?
In what might be considered a pretty amazing achievement, UK organic food delivery firm Abel & Cole has replaced its polystyrene-insulated packaging with a sheep’s wool packaging called Woolcool.
Abel & Cole, which makes approximately 25,000 deliveries to customers every week, has begun using Woolcool packaging boxes across its range of [...]
For those visiting the Chicago area, check this out: A well-known Chicago museum just reopened its newly remodeled green home.
The Museum of Science and Industry’s briefly closed (for renovation) their environmentally friendly home exhibit.
The Smart Home exhibit closed Jan. 4 but reopened March 19. The home is on museum grounds and originally opened in May [...]
Here’s a question: I’m looking to possibly update the theme for simple + green. This blog is run via Wordpress.
Within that, something like this looks pretty cool: Custom WordPress Theme Software.
Does anyone have any experience with a company like that one, or feedback about them?
The custom work they do is pretty cool. Again, I’m looking [...]
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a number of new Green jobs for youths. What is this all about?
The governor on Monday announced the new California Green Corps, a statewide effort to train young adults between 16 and 24 years old to work in the state’s fledgling green-tech industry.
“It’s the kind of program President Obama [...]
In her 5 Simple Steps to Make Any Home a Green Home post, Maura Judkis notes things that many of us know will improve our carbon footprint:
Eliminate vampire power
Install a low-flow shower head.
Reduce amount of water being flushed by your toilet
Install a gray water system in your bathroom
Replace your conventional thermostat with a programmable one
There [...]
On this day of all things green, USNews.com has a list of 5 Things That are Green on St. Patrick’s Day.
Here are the five:
Beer
Food
Transit
River
Parades
The good thing? They add a green note to each. St. Patrick’s Day has become sort of a pre-Earth Day, due to its color association. And the fact that cities have made [...]
As the snow vacation thought has now drifted into my consciousness, I’ve found a few more places that we may be interested in visiting. Other than Stowe, Vermont or going back to Taos, we keep thinking about places like Colorado. We “accidentally” drove into Colorado while visiting northern New Mexico, and have laughed about it [...]
I’ll admit it - after a few years without a real vacation, the prospect of going to the snow is really appealing to me. The rain is really falling here in California. After a severely dry winter, we’re seeing record rainfall over the last 3 days.
Tahoe is packed with snow, but we’re thinking of doing [...]
Can Google give us insight into how homes use our energy, allowing us to know when our usage is peaking? They think they can.
The Google PowerMeter was unveiled today, according to Computerworld.com, among others. Designed to show consumers their home energy information in nearly real time, right on their computer, the tool is already being [...]
Here is an interesting story of how a company like onlinecheck.com can help people with simple businesses.
My wife is in the early stages of getting her design business off the ground. As you can imagine, this is not the ideal time in history to start a small business. She has been a designer for years, [...]
