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How to Pack a Zero Waste Lunch

Sara Novak — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:30:00 GMT

As we head into back to school season consider taking the planet and your wallet into account by packing your own lunch. Brownbag it without using a brownbag and read these ways to bag a zero waste lunch.

Meet Belinda David-Tooze, Owner of Envirosax Reusable Bags

Jessica Root — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Envirosax reusable shopping bags are popular for their tiny, compact design—but we had no idea that he mastermind behind them all is incredibly larger than life. Belinda David Tooze, the founder, always had an avid interest in design, fashion, and textiles. When she mixed that with her early exposure to travel, culture and nature—Envirosax evolved—a business that reflected her commitment to environmental philosophies.

60,000 Plastic Bags are Being Used This Second: Help Slow it Down

Jessica Root — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:31:00 GMT

We've all been bombarded with green tips to bring our own canvas bags. On an intellectual level, we get it: plastic bags suck. But do we really truly, deeply understand the serious implications of them—enough to put our intellectual understanding into action?

6 Habits To Green The Way You Work

Matt McDermott — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Are you as tired as I am of being told to make sure you turn off your computer, use recycled paper and bring your own coffee cup? Not that these aren't worthwhile things to do to make your office or home workspace more eco-friendly; they are, and do them. But what I want to talk about is something that isn't about changing your workspace, it's about changing you: Picking up habits that can save you time and energy and ultimately make you a greener worker.

10 Disposable Things You Never Have to Buy Again

Collin Dunn — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:30:00 GMT

One of our favorite green philosophies goes something like, "Less stuff = more good." While that seems simple enough, cutting back on the amount of stuff you use every day can be trickier than it sounds. One of the easiest ways to do this is to cut back on the disposable stuff you buy. Here are then things that you never have to buy disposable again.

Don't Forget Your Towel

Josh Peterson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT

According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the towel is the most "massively useful" thing you can bring along when you are traveling across the galaxy. The Guide goes to say that "You can wrap [the towel] around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta.wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat...wrap it around your head to ward off noxious fumes.any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it...win through, and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

Paper or Plastic?—If You Have to!

Sophie Uliano — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Okay, so there are many occasions when you reach the checkout and have either forgotten all your reusable totes or you don't have enough for the enormous shop you've just done. What's a green girl to do? We get right back to the ubiquitous "paper or plastic" question. So which is the better choice?

Human Hair Fertilizer, Understanding CSR Reporting, Bring Your Own Bike Lane, and Eating Beans without Side Effects

David DeFranza — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:45:00 GMT

Today on TreeHuggger: Human hair fertilizer, understanding csr reporting, bring your own bike lane, and eating beans without side effects

Keep Plastic Out of Your Kitchen

Collin Dunn — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Plastic is one of those materials that seems to have infiltrated most parts of our lives. While it can be pretty unavoidable in places, you don't have to settle for using plastic everywhere, especially in the kitchen, where it's use not only chokes our landfills, but can make us sick. Here are five easy actions to take to ban the bag (and the rest of the plastic junk) in your kitchen.

Buy Green: Grocery Tote Bags

Emma Grady — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:30:00 GMT

Find it easier to just say "paper" or "plastic" at checkout? This stylish roundup will encourage you to never leave the grocery store with paper or plastic again.