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A Lively Pair of Flip Flops
GreenZoneOnline | 13 hours ago by GreenZone Online
Walking through a plot of fresh grass in your bare feet feels glorious, right? But what if you could saw a patch of grass into your flip flops? Would you do it? I don’t think I would be game for such footwear, but apparently the creators over at Kr read more
Google’s $10 Million Investment in Geothermal Indicates the Gre…
BusinessPundit | 18 hours ago by Rob
From Clean Technica: Google.org announced yesterday that it is investing $10.25 million in an energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The funding will also go towards geothermal resource mapping, information tools, and a geotherm read more
Hall Street Storage Making (Green) Waves
Green Brooklyn | August 19th 2008 by Green Brooklyn
You remember our good friends -- and GBK sponsor -- Hall Street Storage, right? Latest is that the self-storage industry has been contemplating the very green practices pioneered by Hall Street Storage owner Jeffrey Sitt. The industry mag Inside Sel read more
Do Jaffa Oranges With Carbon Label Make Them Green Oranges from t…
Green Prophet | August 18th 2008 by karink
The Aware Eco-Friendly Disposable Utensils
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | August 15th 2008 by Max Lee
For the catering and fast food chains in operation in the world today, here is a good alternative as far as plates and utensils requirements are concerned. Surely, there are a lot of requirements for these items since business in the food industry no read more
Are E-books Green?
GreenZoneOnline | August 15th 2008 by GreenZone Online
The concept of an e-book makes sense – you have the ability to read hundreds of books, magazines and newspapers on a digital reader, all while saving the more than 20 million trees that are cut down per year to produce books in the U.S. But you are read more
Food Co-op Updates: Bay Ridge Co-op To Meet (8/19), Greene Hill F…
Green Brooklyn | August 15th 2008 by Green Brooklyn
The in-the-process-of-forming Bay Ridge Food Co-op will be meeting on August 19th. More information about the co-op can be found here. Contact David Marangio at bayridgefoodcoop@gmail.com for more info about the meeting and to get involved. Rememb read more
Coming soon: Duane Reade Eco-tote!
Ecological Promos | August 15th 2008
Businesses of all shapes and sizes recognize that corporate contributions to the green movement are much needed. Signs like this one, photographed in front of a Duane Reade in New York City, show that many take the commitment seriously and are workin read more
Announcing YRG Sustainability Consultants’ Fall LEED Trainings
Green Brooklyn | August 14th 2008 by Green Brooklyn
YRG Sustainability Consultants is excited to announce that we will be hosting a training on the new version of LEED for New Construction, version 2009 (formerly known as LEEDv3), in January 2009. Early-registration begins today! We also have two read more
Brandi Carlile Sounds Like Money
BusinessPundit | August 14th 2008 by Rob
I was sitting at the kitchen table when I heard it. My daughter shouted as I leapt from my seat. “Brandi Carlile! Mom, it’s Brandi Carlile! There on the screen was the Cadillac logo backed up by the aching vocals of one of my new favorite read more
The Business Pundit Energy Plan: Electrification, flex power, and…
BusinessPundit | August 13th 2008 by Rob
By now, 99% of us are aware of the problem. Cheap oil, whether due to peak oil or not, is over. Starting now, we need to wean ourselves off this expensive fossil fuel and find something sustainable. That is, an energy system that: a) Is not subject t read more
Prince Charles Disses Big Corporations and Genetically Modified F…
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | August 13th 2008 by Max Lee
Prince Charles is not known for his tactfulness, which is probably a good thing. This time he has ripped into the industry behind genetically modified foods, those big corporations who see an opportunity like hunger and invest in producing crops to f read more
Power from the Sky
Living In A Toxic World | August 12th 2008 by Fe Butterfly
Retailing in North America has come to be dominated by the chains with large stores. To improve there green credentials and their bottom line they are looking to the sky for power. Solar power is probably the next big thing in retailing and with go read more
Green Advertecture the Latest in Sustainable Advertising
BusinessPundit | August 11th 2008 by Rob
. Blogger Andrew Fine has uncovered a piece of green advertecture: A 1,000-square foot wall on the side of Pure Yoga on 86th Street in New York. They call it a “living wall”, and it is indeed alive. The wall is watered by a computerized read more
Green, From the Inside Out: The Benefits of Indoor Plants For Yo…
Eco-Coach: Green Your Life at Home, Work & Play | August 9th 2008 by Anca
Research has shown that indoor air pollution is the cause of many of our common and even more serious ailments; from headaches, fatigue, and toxic and allergic reactions, to asthma, infections, and “sick building syndrome”, etc. Research has also read more
Amazon Doing More Harm than Just Waste
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | August 9th 2008 by Max Lee
Packaging is perhaps one of the most controversial practices as far as doing business today is concerned. We have seen a lot of companies vying to make eco-friendly moves. One company, Amazon, is being chided for its manner of packaging in delivering read more
A Fresh Idea on Frozen Food
GreenZoneOnline | August 7th 2008 by GreenZone Online
In the fall of 2007, Contessa Premium Foods opened the first environmentally responsible, LEED-certified frozen food manufacturing plant in world. Known as “Green Cuisine,” the plant is carbon neutral. So, what is LEED? Standing for, Leadership i read more
The Lucky Cat Hosts Hillbillywolf Documentary Fundraiser (Thu Aug…
Green Brooklyn | August 7th 2008 by Green Brooklyn
Tonight is the 4th night of 4 nights of music at Lucky Cat, to raise funds for the documentary called Hillbillywolf. Hillbillywolf follows a group of eccentric chicken farmers, musicians, new moms and misguided children through sin and redemption, b read more
Green News from Big Companies
Living In A Toxic World | August 7th 2008
I am usually not that interested in "green" stories from big companies. However, I found two yesterday that I think will have broader impacts.The first is Nissan testing a new electric vehicle and a hybrid. Generally not a big deal since many car c read more
Simple Living and Operating a Sustainable Green Business
Sustainablog | August 6th 2008
“Simple living” continues to garner much pop culture hype, sparking books, magazines and a slew of self-help opportunities to assist you to declutter, scale back and slow down. Environmentally conscious and sustainable living fall under t read more
Bryant Park Goes Green Again: Think Green! Go Green! Stay Green!…
Green Brooklyn | August 4th 2008 by Green Brooklyn
Get Your 'Discuss' On As with last year's successful discussion on how to be green in the city, the good peeps at Bryant Park "go green" again for the 2nd annual greening panel. Bryant Park “Go Green” Panel Discussion Wednesday, August 6, 200 read more
Using Gas and Glass for Profitable Business
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | August 3rd 2008 by Max Lee
In the food business, gas and waste are two of the high needs that owners would have to worry about. Hiring someone to carry out the garbage and getting rid of spoiled oil are two things that they have to cater to and this cycle and innovation that h read more
Anheuser Brewing the Eco-friendly Way
Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | August 2nd 2008 by Max Lee
Beer giant Anheuser is joining the eco-friendly gang with its commitment to do its part in brewing beer the eco-friendly way. Starting 2009, Anheuser will start producing beer using alternative fuels, a good way to go about the shortage we have in fu read more
Turn your Passion into your Green Business
Sustainablog | July 31st 2008
Schools don’t foster it. Most parents advise against it. Corporations crush it. Passion, often, unfortunately, ranks as an optional side dish on the buffet of life. If you can find a job that provides the staple meat and potatoes, lucky you. De read more
Going Green at the Office - Tips to Help Your Business Go Green
Simply Good Tips | July 31st 2008
While in the past many people were not thinking about the environment, especially at work, increased awareness of the importance of conservation and saving the environment has even made business owners begin to take a second look at practices they ca read more
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