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Support eco-causes with a tee
There are all sorts of eco-companies out there that support causes you care about or practice some eco-goodness when you buy a tee from them. Following are some good picks if you want to literally wear your heart on your sleeve…
Tiny Revolutionary gives $1 from the sale of each of their tees to children’s charities like Engineers Without Borders and Ethiopian Orphan Relief. I like their retro-like Be the Change tee for kiddos, but they carry baby and adult goodies too.
Tees for Change – plant a tree when you buy a tee, for example their ‘today matters’ bamboo jersey, DREAM [...]
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Eco-Crafts – Thanksgiving Place Cards
If you’re setting a fancy table for Thanksgiving, all the better, because you’re likely using real dishes and cloth napkins – both eco-friendly choices. BUT, what about the place cards? Well, you’ve got some options which include making your own or buying some eco-friendly options. Here are some ideas.
Store bought eco-friendly place cards:
If you’re going to purchase route look for non-toxic and recyclable materials and look for products that serve the purpose (or many purposes) for the long haul. I LOVE these Bird Cheese Markers (shown above) from Beehive Kitchenware – yeah they’re cheese holders but if you stick [...]
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Green Your Thanksgiving
I know Halloween hasn’t even hit yet, but Thanksgiving is a big event and can take some planning. Luckily, there are some easy ways to green your Thanksgiving.
Look for “USDA organic,” not “Free-range” turkeys. While Free Range may sound good the term means little according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You’ll have much better luck finding a chemical free bird if you go local – i.e. choose a turkey raised at a local farm. To learn more about labeling read, Unscrambling Organic Eggs, which yes, I know is about eggs, but if you replace the word “egg” with “turkey” [...]
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Green Your Thanksgiving
I know Halloween hasn’t even hit yet, but Thanksgiving is a big event and can take some planning. Luckily, there are some easy ways to green your Thanksgiving.
Look for “USDA organic,” not “Free-range” turkeys. While Free Range may sound good the term means little according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You’ll have much better luck finding a chemical free bird if you go local – i.e. choose a turkey raised at a local farm. To learn more about labeling read, Unscrambling Organic Eggs, which yes, I know is about eggs, but if you replace the word “egg” with “turkey” [...]
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Green & Spooky Halloween Round-Up
Need some last minute Halloween tips before the big day? Here’s a list of resources, crafts, and recipes that will help you create a spooky, fun, and green Halloween – even at the last minute.
Spooky eats & treats:
Healthy & Fun Halloween Treats
Last Minute DIY Organic Halloween Treats
Healthy Green Halloween Snacks
17 Halloween Cupcake Ideas
Where to get eco-friendly Halloween treats
Crafty fun:
Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas
6 Eco-Friendly Halloween Crafts For Kids
5 spooky recycled crafts for Halloween
Halloween Crafts for Kids!
Extra tips for the greenest Halloween yet!:
Eco-Friendly Non-Edible Halloween Treats
Homemade Green Halloween Costumes for Babies
Green Your Halloween Party
Everything you could [...]
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Green & Spooky Halloween Round-Up
Need some last minute Halloween tips before the big day? Here’s a list of resources, crafts, and recipes that will help you create a spooky, fun, and green Halloween – even at the last minute.
Spooky eats & treats:
Healthy & Fun Halloween Treats
Last Minute DIY Organic Halloween Treats
Healthy Green Halloween Snacks
17 Halloween Cupcake Ideas
Where to get eco-friendly Halloween treats
Crafty fun:
Oodles of Free Recycled Halloween Craft Ideas
6 Eco-Friendly Halloween Crafts For Kids
5 spooky recycled crafts for Halloween
Halloween Crafts for Kids!
Extra tips for the greenest Halloween yet!:
Eco-Friendly Non-Edible Halloween Treats
Homemade Green Halloween Costumes for Babies
Green Your Halloween Party
Everything you could [...]
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Solar Projects Battling for Water
Construction of renewable energy projects has revealed some serious environmental issues that will have to be dealt with as we speed toward a clean energy future. We recently wrote about the conflict between land conservation efforts and renewable energy projects in deserts out west. Land that is ideal for solar energy production is also pristine land in need of protection.
In California, a similar conflict is arising between solar projects and water conservation. Solar farms demand a lot of water, a resource that is stretched very thin in the arid areas where they’re being developed. A large solar farm can use upwards of 500 million gallons of water a year for cooling purposes and there are currently 35 big projects slated for development in California desert.
A “dry cooling” technique exists that uses 90 percent less water than “wet cooling,” but it’s more expensive and reduces the efficiency of the solar plant. Even so, some plants are giving in and going the dry route.
Solar plants are fighting with state regulators to get the water they need. Some are succeeding, while others are failing. Just with land conservation, there doesn’t seem to be one right side here. Ideally, a new technique for cooling will be developed that doesn’t require large amounts of water or a dip in efficiency.
via Green Inc.
Bright Doling Out Advice to Army, Automakers
Bright Automotive, best known for its 100-mpg IDEA plug-in utility van, announced a new $1.4 million contract with the U.S. Army to build a plug-in hybrid for non-combat use. The PHEV will be designed to cut Army fuel consumption as well as to demonstrate how an EV could potentially feed power back to the grid. The project is part of an Army initiative to explore how bases could eventually run off-grid.
The Army contract isn’t the only way that Bright is lending its expertise these days. The company has also launched eSolutions, a consulting program where they will provide automotive manufacturers knowledge on how to develop EVs. The company will give guidance on design, engineering, energy storage, propulsion, conversion systems and how to green operations.
Bright is hoping these new endeavors will speed up EV development around the world.
via Autoblog Green
Dell Plants Solar Trees in the Parking Lot
Dell is doing it again, this time on-site, with a series of solar trees that will not only help power it’s headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, but also serve to charge electric vehicles parked there. Of course, there aren’t currently any electric vehicles parking in the Dell lot, but hopefully that will change in the next few years.
The solar trees were put in place by Envision Solar, who’s work we’ve seen at Google Headquarters previously.The Dell installation will provide 130,000 kW/h per year and shades the parking spots of the 56 employees who get to the lot first. Everyone else gets punished for being late by having to park in the sun.
The project uses more than Envision’s technology though. The charging points are provided by Coulomb Technologies while the solar panels themselves were manufactured by BP Solar. All together, they made themselves (and Dell) a pretty sexy-looking parking lot. Hopefully we’ll see a lot more of these in the future.
Via Jetson Green
The Best Shower Filters Of 2009
I just replaced my shower filters, so I thought I’d update my best shower filter review from earlier this year. Each update to the review generates a lot of useful comments. So I’m incorporating what I’ve learned from those comments into this latest review.
Why filter your shower? Well, because your skin is really good at [...]
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