October 7, 2008
In Hummelstown, Pennsylvania the local car wash run by Zimmerman Automotive Services, has something innovative taking place. Something new and something green.
When you go to wash your car, all the water you see is being re-used. The owner has decided to recycle the dirty water to reuse in other areas of the car wash.
It goes into filtration, three filtration tanks. I use it for spot free rinse. I use it for chassis rinse. I just keep turning
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October 5, 2008
Have you guys heard of Eco Salon? This is a relatively new green blog, and (like Keetsa) it features lots of neat eco friendly products, news, and tidbits.
Today i found a lovely jakaranda wood serving tray handmade by artisans in Kenya. The weaving is attached to the serving tray by hand, and it qualifies as a fair trade product.
Which means the Kenyan artisans who produce it, are paid a fair living wage. (via Eco Salon)
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October 1, 2008
The singer Justin Timberlake likes to play a round of golf when he has the time, but soon he can play on his own eco friendly golf course, to be known as Miramichi Lakes.
The golf course is not brand new; in fact, the golf course was in some trouble before Justin stepped in and saved it. Once completed it is expected to be granted Platinum LEED certified green course standard, the first of its kind in the USA.
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September 30, 2008
A new eco friendly product has just come out which will help you make your Sunday car wash a tad more green. The biodegradable waterless car wash produced by Bayes, is non toxic and as such won’t seap ugly chemicals into the sidewalk.
Right now you can score a free set, at green gossip blog, Ecorazzi. They are giving away several sets of the waterless car wash to 5 random readers. You must leave a comment on their blog, and answer this que
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Ok, i realize that might not have been the BEST title, but i’m trying to highlight the awesome green gift guide at Gifts.com
At Gifts.com, they have a series of categories to find what you’re looking for. They have more categories and guides than most online retailers. This is what is so very cool about this site.
Let’s say you are in the market for a present for your eco friendly neighbor. You head on over to the green portal
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September 29, 2008
One way that banks can go green is to introduce eStatements. By introducing paperless statements, trees water and energy are conserved. Not too mention the costs (to the bank) associated with shipping monthly paper bank statements.
Many banks have already jumped on this bandwagon, and it is always good to read of yet another one that has incorporated eStatements. The latest one to do so, is my local bank, Renasant.
Not only has Renasant Bank ad
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The fast food chain McDonalds are having a green moment with many of their high street stores being given a green makeover and many of their products having a green background that leaves only one major problem for the food chain.
Waste! The fast food industry generates a huge amount of waste. Now twelve stores are taking part in trial where their waste is taken to a local composting plant. If this proves successful then it could be rolled out n
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September 26, 2008
An outfit in Wisconsin is in the midst of their annual drive to collect old jeans and turn them into insulation. Yes, the insulation that warms and protects homes.
This is the good green work of Fair Indigo, based in Wisconsin.
Need a reason to get rid of that old pair of jeans that you’re keeping around ” just in case?” Instead of filling up a landfill, turn them into something far more useful: sustainable and eco-friendly hou
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September 25, 2008
These may look like a basic design, but in reality, there has been a lot of work put into the production and sourcing of this product. Because they use recycled plastics, organic cotton, cork, hemp, jute, bamboo, recycled tires and inner tubes, natural rubber crepe, latex and felted wool to make these shoes.
Specs:
The women’s Toepaz contains no animal by-products or even regular animal products.
Vegan friendly and veggie friendly.
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With a new baby on the way, the last thing that an eco friendly mother is going to want is to be wasting time checking out all of the baby furniture for quality and green qualifications. Fortunately, there are some furniture makers, which go out of their way to make eco friendly products.
One of these companies is Oeuf, who are a Brooklyn based firm who design and build furniture that is good for the kids and the planet too. In fact, everything
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September 22, 2008
When Jen’s basement flooded, she was told she’d have to replace her carpet - but with enough research she found a company that professionally dried and cleaned it, then reinstalled - saving her a bundle of cash and saving the dump from a bundle of carpet.
This is one example of carpet recycling and or upcycling. Who is Jen? Jen is a co-founder of Ideal Bite, a daily eco newsletter that covers green tips and resources. The focus of tod
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September 19, 2008
There are those musicians who smash their instruments up at the end of performance and those who if they heard you say that their performance was a load of rubbish then they really get annoyed.
However, this is Joao Ricardo and his music is literally a load of rubbish, because his instruments have been made from what other people have thrown out. He takes old computers, shopping trolleys, vacuum cleaners and just about anything, that he can la
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September 17, 2008
Not only is it good for you, it is also good for the planet too, yet for all of its great features, there is one which seems to have past us by, hemp being used for food! The part used comes from the seeds and is high in nutritional values.
Features:
Balanced, high concentration of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids
Strong digestible protein profile
Plentiful fibre
Abundant vitamins and minerals.
A rare plant food source of the R
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September 16, 2008
Do you have sensitive skin? Do you sometimes wish you could just get rid of the commercial cleaning products (such as pictured on the right) you use to clean your toilet bowl, and instead use a natural toilet bowel cleaning solution?
Well, wish no more. Make the eco friendly switch and use natural cleaning remedies to wipe, deodorize, and clean your toilet bowl. Green Home Hints has a wonderful all natural cleaning solution that is easy, inexpen
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There is a lot about eco friendly bags and there are also many places to buy these bags nowadays. So with so many options, where is the best place to go if you want an eco friendly bag?
One such store is the Five Accessories online store, this where there are literally bags made from trash and other sustainable materials all at reasonable prices.
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September 15, 2008
It’s strange having technical items that are green it is especially strange when the item is a webcam, but after looking at the image it is clear that this is not your average webcam, although the price is rather on the high side.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Lens: 5 lens.
Interface: USB1.1/2.0
Focus range: 5.0 cm - infinity.
Frame Rate: CIF (352*288) format, up to 30fps;
Special designed face tracking function
Colour: RGB24 (true colour: 24b
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September 14, 2008
It is probably one of the worst things that can happen, being made homeless by a natural disaster and it is normally for the most in need that are left out in the cold. But one organisation may have come with an answer. A dwelling made from reused wooden shipping pallets.
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These temporary shelters by I-Beam measure ten feet by twenty feet and uses up eighty wooden pallets to complete at a cost of around $500. But these are not just temporary
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September 12, 2008
The green T Shirt is really taking off these days, with many designers taking up the challenge to bring in new designs and styles for the fashion conscious eco friendly person to feel comfortable with.
Being made from 100% organic cotton and green inks this Volcom Playing V.Co- Logical T-Shirt could not be any better, well it can. One per cent of the sales will be going to 1% for the Planet (a global movement that donates to environmental organi
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It seems that the older generation are more likely to embrace the eco friendly lifestyle their younger counterparts, this is according to a survey by ICOM information and communications. The survey found that nearly sixty two per cent of those mature people surveyed use some sort of eco friendly product.
It is women aged between fifty five and fifty nine who are more likely to use green products than the average consumer is, although male aged b
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September 11, 2008
In accordance to legislation formulated by the European Union, the UK’s Driving Standards Agency has made some subtle changes to the UK driving test. These new additions will check the driver’s fuel efficiency during the test as well as the stopping and mirror use.
Although these learner drivers will not actually fail the driving test for not being green, the examiner will give the driver a detailed assessment of their green driving skills.
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