Articles tagged “Newspapers”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

10 Alternative Packing Materials By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Apr 1 2010 Forget packing peanuts. Pad packages with reusable materials or things that would otherwise end up in the trash or recycling bin. + READ MORE

From Data to Headlines: Scientist Explains How Research Becomes News By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Dec 25 2009 Scientist Rachel Pike explains the road from climate research to the headlines you read over breakfast. + READ MORE

What to Do with Old Eyeglasses, Printer Cartridges and Mobile Phones? Charitable Recycling By Care2.com IN Work & Connect Oct 28 2009 Our municipal recycling charts tell us all about juice cartons and newspapers, but eyeglasses and mobile phones? + READ MORE

Seed Saving Tips: Harvesting Heirloom Garden Seeds for Next Year By Derek Markham IN Home & Garden Sep 16 2009 One way to virtually guarantee that the seeds you sow will be around for you year after year is to harvest and save the seeds from your heirloom vegetables for next year's planting. Seed saving isn't that hard to do, but there are some things to remember when starting out. + READ MORE

14 Reuses for Phone Books By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Sep 3 2009 Here are 14 ways to make your old phone books useful again. + READ MORE

How to Ripen Green Tomatoes By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Aug 18 2009 Here's what you can do if you have green tomatoes and the forecast calls for frost. + READ MORE

The Green Message Behind Michael Jackson's Death By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Jun 26 2009 Many of us are saddened over the loss of Micheal Jackson, such an important thread in our cultural DNA. But will Neverland Ranch and all of its stuff outlive his long lasting legacy as King of Pop? + READ MORE

Reuse Old Newspapers to Make Your Own Cat Litter By Stephanie Sharpe IN Home & Garden Jun 25 2009 Want to go green in the kitty litter department? You can purchase eco-friendly cat litter or recycle plastic kitty litter containers. But you can do one better. Skip the purchasing and packaging: make your own cat litter. This is a great way to keep your litter eco-friendly and reuse old newspapers. + READ MORE

Obama Swats a Fly Ninja-Style; PETA Gets Fired Up (Video!) By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Jun 19 2009 When I found out that Obama swatted the now famous (albeit dead) fly ninja-style during a recent interview on CNBC, I didn?t exactly throw up my arms in a celebratory ?Hurray!? However, I didn?t think it necessarily required neither the recent media frenzy nor the cutting comments from animal activist group, PETA. + READ MORE

Mulch with Newspapers By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2009 Reuse, in most cases, is a fair bit greener than recycling. That's not to say recycling isn't green. It's green and it is awesome. But reusing an item significantly reduces the overall footprint of the item. It takes energy to recycle but much less than the energy it takes to create anew. + READ MORE

Donate Old Newspapers to Help Animals By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Apr 7 2009 Print newspapers may be going the way of the dodo. Did you call your local wildlife rehab center? Those folks are also looking for donations of old newspapers. + READ MORE

Reading Newspapers Can Be Greener than Getting News Online By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Mar 31 2009 It seems clear cut, right? But the gist is this—depending on how long it takes you to read the news online, you're likely using a decent amount of electricity while you do. + READ MORE

Digital Newspapers—Should You Make The Change? By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Mar 20 2009 Some folks insist on reading actual, printed on paper, newspapers. They're traditional and comforting. So I understand why some folks insist on reading newspapers the traditional way. But I do wish more people would consider whether reading their newspaper online is greener. + READ MORE

Fashionable Uses for Old Newspaper By Heather Sperling IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 16 2009 The recycling industry is struggling. Newspapers are in trouble, too. "How do I support the tangible, local delivery of essential daily news without adding to the piles of recyclables piling up in warehouses across the country?" you ask? Upcycle that newspaper, I say. Make it into something that makes everyone feel good: fashion. + READ MORE

How to Write a Green Letter to the Editor By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Work & Connect Mar 3 2009 Now is the time to call your community members to action when it comes to combating climate change. The local news paper can be a surprisingly effective tool with its letter to the editor section. In fact, the letters section is one of the most widely read sections of a newspaper. + READ MORE

Fly on a Zero Emissions Airline, Print Your Own Money, Read the Dead Tree Blog, and Find the Best Green Jobs By David DeFranza IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 27 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Fly on a zero emissions airline, print your own money, read the dead tree blog, and find the best green jobs + READ MORE

Share Your Newspaper with Your Colleagues By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Jan 27 2009 Newspapers. Although they do seem to be more of an obsolete part of society with each digitally-advancing year, they are absolutely still an interwoven part of our news system. Each day on the subway, I see countless numbers of people reading their newspapers. Most of them are dressed professionally, on their way to work I'd guess. + READ MORE

How To Fall In Love With Your City Again By Elizabeth Seward IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 15 2009 Sometimes what you need to do more than anything else is fall in love with the city in which you live again. It's easy to daydream about vacation trips you could embark on, but a lot of people find themselves doing this before they've really explored their own cities. I know because I am one of those people. + READ MORE

Enter CRAFT Magazine's Sewing with Nature Contest By Jessica Root IN Home & Garden Jan 15 2009 If winter's snowflakes or a recent vacation to sunny Florida has you sewers inspired to re-create nature, here's a fun project for you. CRAFT magazine has teamed up with SINGER, the famous and old-school sewing brand, to host The Sewing with Nature Contest. + READ MORE

Send Holiday Gifts with Eco-friendly Materials (Video) By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Dec 11 2008 Bill Nye, guy of science and host of Stuff Happens, would like us to rethink the way we package and ship our presents this year in a new Planet Green Holiday Highlight. Polystyrene peanuts, for decades the the standard in loose-fill packing, are bad for the our ecosystems. They also make Bill sneeze. + READ MORE