eco friendly

This is a great article on how one site is raising the question of Izzitgreen? Do the businesses we support recycle, or do our local coffee shops use fair trade coffee? These are some of the questions this site wants its readers to ask.

Store-bought play dough wastes time and money and trashes the planet with its synthetic ingredients and disposable containers. Cure rainy day blues with this simple recipe for homemade organic play dough instead!

What was most amazing about the green additions of Cotton Tree was how seamless they were. Our stay felt incredibly luxurious despite its lower impact; we certainly never felt that we were sacrificing anything to support a green endeavor.

I’m a bit of an electronic junkie. I’m always interested in hearing about the new, cool, gadgets on the market, and then when you add a “green” aspect into the design, I dig, dig, dig it! When I saw Vers 2x’s iPod speaker system, I fell for it hard.

Its the age old debate to why people will not buy “green” and that is, it costs too much! Well that is starting to not be the case as we see larger corporations adopting eco-friendly products and an overall consumer acceptance on the rise. It seems to me that there is no reason why buying eco-friendly products will just be a fad, but become the normal standard. With that being said, allot of people buy those old fixer’ upper’ kinda places, my parents included, and there is allot you can do to make your renovation a green one.

How would you like to ride to class, to the office or to the organic supermarket on a 100% electric zero emissions scooter?

Airline makes bold company wide green initiative.

Viewers of the Discovery Channel will be able to see textile recycling in action when the TV station visits US polyester yarn supplier Unifi to find out how it makes its 100% recycled ‘Repreve’ polyester yarn.

Consumer awareness is emerging at an all time high. People are concerned about what they are putting into their body, where their products are coming from, and how their products are made. This is a great time to be a consumer and we can only hope that people continue to make ethical decisions that will force companies to make ethical decisions. One of the more predominant issues recently surrounding the news has been the amount of BPA in products, specifically baby products. Well I am here today to give another BPA free update.

An interesting blog for people who want to be more conscious about their bodies and their environment.

There is no doubt that sustainability has to be achievable for the masses. In order for this world to become sustainable, people of all places and income levels need to have the option of sustainability available to them and that means big box stores need to largely get involved. Quite a few times now we have talk about Wal-Mart and their “green” efforts, but today I bear news about another big box store, Target.

How many paper cups hit the trash everyday to feed your coffee habit? Maybe this is the start of a solution...

With the growing awareness of renewable resources and sustainable technologies, Vodka distillers are coming out with some fabulous new eco-friendly vodkas. Read about 10 of them here.

Conventional cocoa used in Easter eggs is sprayed with toxic chemicals, uses child labour and involves traffiking people. This article shows how to make an ethical choice and offers alternative ideas to create a meaningful celebration that doesn't harm the environment, people or the planet.

The guitars in the Les Paul SmartWood Exotics series are made from tropical woods. The trees are harvested from managed, renewable forests certified by the Rainforest Alliance. A portion of all sales will be donated to benefit the Rainforest Alliance.