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Green Glossary: Product Service System (PSS)
"In order to achieve sustainable society, it is necessary to transform industrial structure to the one that does not reduce the Earth's resources," they say at Enviroscope. "Under this circumstance, a business model of 'not selling goods, but selling services' has been expected as a measure of co-existence of business and the environment. This idea is called Product-Service Systems or PSS."
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What Does Car-Sharing Have to Offer?
Who Can Benefit from Car-Sharing? Let's look at the hypothetical story or Mr. and Mrs. X. They both live together in the city. Because of the huge hassle of rush hour traffic and expensive parking spots around town, they both commute to work using public transportation and walk to nearby stores when they need to buy something.
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Dress for Less with Borrowed Duds
The thrill of wearing someone else's clothes comes early—who hasn't played dress-up with mom's evening gowns or high heels as soon as we could walk? And the fun of shopping someone else's closet rarely goes away as we get older; if anything, it's more fun to borrow your best friend's designer shoes or your sister's perfect night-out shirt once you're finally old enough to appreciate them.
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Green Glossary: Tool Library
Did you ever notice you can never find a butt marker when you need one? That's when a tool library comes in handy.
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Top Green Concepts for Community Living
A green community is an amorphous enough concept that it might not be the first thing that pops to mind when you consider the idea of living green. Things like buying local, organic food or improving your home's energy efficiency might be more obvious after a cursory thought, but engaging in a greener community will give you access to more resources, save you some money, keep you from accumulating so much stuff, and help you be greener on an individual level, too.
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How to Go Green: Public Transportation
Public transportation, while maybe not as enjoyable as commuting in your own personal vehicle, does ease congestion, reduce emissions, and give you plenty of quality time to people watch, as well as get to know your "neighbours." In addition, public transportation allows you to relax, read or nap during that commute instead of fighting and stressing and feeling the road rage. So, what do we mean by public transportation? Well, for this article we are focusing on buses, trains, planes and ferries/boats, whether used for the daily commute or just to get around. For those of you interested in leaving that car at home, these tips discuss the merits of public transportation as well as offer suggestions for how to expand and improve public transportation in your community.
