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DIY Solar Powered Speakers!
2008-05-14 01:43:00 These guys made a really cool solar powered sound system that you can carry with you next time you are boppin’ on the streets. With the solar speaker there is a direct correlation between the harnessed power available and the use of that power. The auditory output of the device becomes a divining rod of energy. ... More About: Electronics , Solar , Speakers
10 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
2008-05-13 17:00:00 Apparently, we are all caught in a world where our current situations are hard to cope up with. We have been advised to consider an eco-friendly lifestyle but apparently most of us are not well-versed on how to go about it. We know of a few but the real problem here lies in the fact ... More About: Lifestyle , Tips , Friendly
Grow your own organic lemons
2008-05-13 17:00:00 There is nothing like growing your produce, but to grow something like an organic lemon would really take something else wouldn?t it? You would have thought so, but Viva Terra have come up with their own miniature organic lemon trees. These can be grown inside or if you have the weather for it, outside, but wherever ... More About: Food , Home and Garden , Trees , Organic , Lemons
Beer cans into beer jewellery
2008-05-13 16:00:00 Most cans are quite nice to look at, they are brightly coloured and have some interesting designs on the outside too, so making them into a piece of jewellery would be a sensible move. This is why it is no surprise to find these Beer Can Cuffs from Elsewares. The metal on the tin is very ... More About: Jewellery , Consumerism
Grow your own mini garden
2008-05-13 15:00:00 It is nice to grow your food, but what if you do not have a garden or the space in order to fruit and veg? Well this would have been a problem for many people and certainly a lot of work if you had a plot of land somewhere. But all that has now changed with ... More About: Environment , Food , Garden , Mini , Grow
Green Cars: Eco-friendly or Profit Friendly
2008-05-13 08:21:00 I have made some previous posts over the past weeks about green transportation and while we all know that this is the trend that most people look at these days, again let me shoot back the question: ?Are Car Manufacturers really eco-friendly or looking it as a profit opportunity for their companies to rack in ... More About: Cars , Green , Auto , Profit , Friendly
Saving the Ozone Layers with Eco-Friendly Air Conditioning
2008-05-13 03:00:00 Most people today look towards air conditioning as a form of added bonus when it comes towards working effectively and living leisurely. Apparently, these AC units also have a bearing when it comes to Ozone layer depletion and such should be addressed as well. Blue Star has taken that step in installing Variable Refrigerant Flow ... More About: Friendly , Saving , Conditioning
Vegetarian SummerFest 2008 Coming
2008-05-12 20:36:00 “The event vegetarians look forward to all year”, that is a quote from organizers of the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Vegetarian Society, Vegetarian SummerFest. Vegetarian SummerFest takes place this year, on June 18 through the 22nd, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania at the University of Pittsburgh. Some of the fest highlights include: International Vegan Chef - ... More About: 2008
Bike Riding Cows
2008-05-12 19:04:00 This is my favorite find from the weekend. Tim from Teecycle has come up with a cool green idea. He has started up a recycled tshirt shop and blog. Through the blog he profiles an array of recycled tees. I particularly like the Bike Riding Cows Tee, which ironically Tim doesn’t model. See, Tim also ... More About: Green
Could there be an eco vodka?
2008-05-12 16:00:00 Well according to the makers of Vodka 360 there certainly could be and why not? Just because it is alcohol does not mean that the product and every thing about has to be totally un green. Vodka 360 is made by the McCormick Distilling Co and they have really gone to town on their green credentials, ... More About: Food , Drinks
Green Wave Festival
2008-05-12 15:00:00 Brighton in the UK is to hold their first sustainable eco festival called the Green Wave Festival . It will be held in the largest green space in the city, Preston Park and will be taking place on Saturday and Sunday the 5th and 6th of July 2008 the festival will be open from 11 am ... More About: Environment , Water
Google?s green mouse
2008-05-12 14:00:00 It is sometimes hard to think of a mouse being green, how could be? Well this one has been made for Google and so will no doubt have some credentials that will be second to none and in any case who are we to argue with Google in the first place. The recycled mini wireless mouse ... More About: Electronics , Office , Batteries , Green
Wearing Green or Just Colored Green
2008-05-12 00:00:00 When it comes to endorsing eco-friendly clothing and fabrics, there is a big distinction on whether it is really eco-friendly or not. When you say wearing green, you can either look at it as a green themed apparel or something that is really made from something green like due consideration for raw materials used and ... More About: Clothing , Green
Eco-friendly Transportation or Profit
2008-05-11 21:24:00 If you talk about eco-friendly vehicle manufacturing these days, you have to consider the direction to which most companies are leaning on: environmental concerns or profit. Apparently, this is something that will run into the minds of consumers today. Are we really getting what is due when we buy supposedly eco-friendly vehicles today? Are they ... More About: Cars , Transportation , Auto , Profit , Friendly
Canada?s Eco-friendly Locomotives
2008-05-11 00:00:00 Don?t look now but it seems Canada has added another eco-friendly feather in its cap with the testing of two environmentally friendly locomotives aimed at to provide eco-friendly delivery services around Ontario Canada. Moving services are an obvious need in Canada these days and apparently they are one type of service that can easily be directed ... More About: Friendly
More Eco-Friendly Services Wanted
2008-05-10 22:15:00 Being eco-friendly is not only limited towards getting products which are ready made and aimed at eco-friendliness as well. These are perhaps the things that are easy on the shelves but these days, even services need their share of eco-friendliness as well since people are getting wiser and more inclined to be able to be ... More About: Services , Friendly , Wanted
Green Communication Calling All Subscribers
2008-05-10 00:38:00 Most cellular phone users are having a hard time determining just how they can go green. For sure, it is not entirely up to them. The whole eco-friendliness practice they can do with mobile phones in the market today is limited towards purchasing units that are supposedly and certified eco-friendly. That is about it. Now when ... More About: Electronics , Cellphones , Communication , Earth , Green
May 10: World Fair Trade Day
2008-05-09 20:01:00 How will you celebrate “World Fair Trade Day” this year? It falls on May 10, and every year the mission of WFTD is to pay homage and create awareness of fair trade products, ideals, and practices. Many organizations from across the globe create workshops, have conferences, hold fairs, and other events to gather people and start ... More About: Fair Trade
Companies Using Eco-friendly as a Marketing Tool
2008-05-09 19:38:00 Effective business practices today need the proper updates as far as latest trends in marketing and promotion is concerned. Among the leading indicators that can really boost the popularity of most companies and manufacturers today is adding that green certification and awareness that everyone is going crazy about. Let us face it. Even if there ... More About: Marketing , Business , Companies , Tool , Friendly
The bag for the environment
2008-05-09 17:00:00 These bags have been specifically designed by Beth Springer with the environment in mind; there are not many items that you can say that about. By using reclaimed leather, this cuts back on wastage and treatment, while the lining has been produced from organic hemp linen. It has strap that can be moved to change the ... More About: Environment , Bags , The Environment
Radio charged by hand or sun
2008-05-09 16:00:00 The Dynamo Solar Radio , which could be very useful in many different situations, like emergencies, camping and even travelling around where there are no means of either plugging in to the mains or charging up by any other method. This radio has its own rechargeable batteries, these can be charged by using the solar panel, but ... More About: Batteries , Hand
Lantern that is wound up
2008-05-09 15:00:00 With so many solar powered lamps on the market, which give off a basic low level light its great to see a new product on the market that promises to provide some decent light but without any solar power at all. This lamp has been designed by that great engineer and inventor Trevor Baylis who invented ... More About: Weather , Garden , Camping , Buildings
Can Paint Ever Be Eco-friendly?
2008-05-09 08:32:00 Paint, an obvious compound we use to beautify most of our rooms and surroundings has been getting its share of criticism on how its composition can become eco-friendly. Apparently, there have been efforts to make them eco-friendly and this is done through the components used in mixing them up. But the fact remains that many ... More About: Friendly , Paint
DIY Organic Pizza Kits
2008-05-08 21:41:00 In Loudonville, NY two brothers from an iTalian entrepreneurial family, and Sienna College students, have come up with the idea for a DIY Organic Pizza Kit. The brothers, Matt and Michael DeFazio, developed an interest in organic foods, after their sister (Alaina) took an endocrinology course in college, and learned how food affects the body. She ... More About: Kits
Commercial Eco-Friendly Hangers
2008-05-08 21:28:00 Here is a great alternative to people and businesses that sell apparels and clothes. Often, the issue of looking for hangers to be able to display their clothes for sale can bring large headaches and apparently this new eco-friendly line of hangers will really be a good product that can assist them in selling their ... More About: Commercial , Friendly , Biodegradable
Bags made from recycled paper
2008-05-08 19:00:00 This is a real great take on the paper bag; of course this is not your average paper bag. You would not be getting one of these down on the local grocery store or maybe you would! But these bags are very special they come in red and white or brown and pink. The bag is ... More About: Shopping , Bags , Home and Garden , Paper , Made
Natural cork cuff
2008-05-08 18:00:00 This is a nice piece that is suitable for both men and women, a cork cuff made from 100 % recycled materials, it is also totally recyclable too. Being cork naturally it is fully proof, flexible and really unheard of being used for jewellery which makes the material great for it has not real competition, because ... More About: Women , Jewellery , Natural , Cork , Recyclable
Furniture made from cardboard
2008-05-08 17:00:00 Could this be the furniture of the future? Well it is what students at the University of Idaho think; they have been producing these pieces of green furniture for a project that has been named Re-Furnished. Cardboard in itself may not be totally eco friendly, but when it has been recycled then it takes on a ... More About: Furniture , Home and Garden , Made
Jennifer Anniston Joins Elite Eco-Friendly Living Group
2008-05-08 06:00:00 Taking her cue from other actresses such as Julia Roberts on how to live green, Jennifer Anniston has taken a giant step towards living green. Aniston has reportedly had an eco-friendly home built in Malibu, California and from all indications she will be Roberts? neighbor. Her new home will boast a solar heating system, drought-resistant ... More About: Living , Celebrity , Ocean
Making Palm Oils Sustainable
More articles from this author:2008-05-07 23:24:00 Palm oil mostly originating from Asia has had its share of controversies connected with the whole eco-friendliness issue today. Apparently, people today look more towards the havoc that it has done rather than what it can do to help make the environment greener. Palm oil has been blamed for deforestation and for driving species such ... More About: Environment , Cosmetics , Palm , Oils , Deforestation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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