http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuse-moving-boxes-moishe.html Need to find moving boxes or want to donate ones for people to reuse. Check out Moishe's Box Exchange online listing service. Need to find moving boxes or want to donate ones for people to reuse. Check out Moishe's Box Exchange online listing service. Green Moving Green Packaging Zero Waste Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT Matt McDermott http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuse-moving-boxes-moishe.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/green-materials-guide/building-blocks-straw-bales.html Straw is a waste agricultural byproduct, compressed into blocks and bound with polypropylene string. It can be either load-bearing or as an infill wall material. Straw is a waste agricultural byproduct, compressed into blocks and bound with polypropylene string. It can be either load-bearing or as an infill wall material. Green Building Green Building Supplies Green Packaging Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/green-materials-guide/building-blocks-straw-bales.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-gift-giving-guide.html Green gift giving shows you care about your loved one and the environment! Find out more about green gift giving in How to Go Green/: Gift Giving. Green gift giving shows you care about your loved one and the environment! Find out more about green gift giving in How to Go Green/: Gift Giving. Green Gifts Green Packaging Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:17:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/green-gift-giving-guide.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/future-sustainable-shopping-walmart.html You may have heard some noise being made about the Wal-Mart Sustainability Index--it's an initiative that will eventually rank every product on the retail giants' shelves so every customer will know exactly how green it is. So how is this going to affect shoppers? And does it mean you can feel good about heading to WalMart again? You may have heard some noise being made about the Wal-Mart Sustainability Index--it's an initiative that will eventually rank every product on the retail giants' shelves so every customer will know exactly how green it is. So how is this going to affect shoppers? And does it mean you can feel good about heading to WalMart again? Carbon Footprint Electricity Energy Green Packaging Greenwashing Toys Waste Disposal Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:30:00 GMT Brian Merchant http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/future-sustainable-shopping-walmart.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/wasted/episode-wrap.html Cigarette butts, chewing gum, and plastic wrap: Is this the worst the Weas can throw at us? Cigarette butts, chewing gum, and plastic wrap: Is this the worst the Weas can throw at us? Episode Guides Green Home Green Packaging Television Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/wasted/episode-wrap.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-tea-loose.html Drink your green tea loose, organic, and Fair Trade. Drink your green tea loose, organic, and Fair Trade. Green Packaging Health Organic Tea Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:30:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-tea-loose.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-ecofriendly-milk-consumer.html Look at a glass of milk, and you might not think there's much to it. It's white, it's available everywhere, and it comes by the gallon. But hiding behind many of the labels and homogenized gallons are a myriad of green issues that can make it tricky to navigate all the choices that go with finding a green glass of milk. So, how can you be an eco-friendly milk consumer? Look at a glass of milk, and you might not think there's much to it. It's white, it's available everywhere, and it comes by the gallon. But hiding behind many of the labels and homogenized gallons are a myriad of green issues that can make it tricky to navigate all the choices that go with finding a green glass of milk. So, how can you be an eco-friendly milk consumer? Animals Antibiotics Cancer Carbon Footprint Dairy Food Safety Glass Green Packaging Health Organic Organic Foods Penny Pinching Plastic Recycling Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:46:00 GMT Collin Dunn http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-ecofriendly-milk-consumer.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/easy-ways-cut-consumption.html Consumption costs you money and the more simply you choose to live the more money you can save. And no matter how eco-friendly the products that you buy are, they still come with packaging, they still take energy to make, and they are often still trucked from somewhere. My biggest/most obvious eco-friendly tip of the year is the less stuff you consume (buy or in the case of energy and water, use), the easier on the planet. Consumption costs you money and the more simply you choose to live the more money you can save. And no matter how eco-friendly the products that you buy are, they still come with packaging, they still take energy to make, and they are often still trucked from somewhere. My biggest/most obvious eco-friendly tip of the year is the less stuff you consume (buy or in the case of energy and water, use), the easier on the planet. Consumption Green Family Green Packaging Responsible Shopping Zero Waste Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT Sara Novak http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/easy-ways-cut-consumption.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuses-bubble-wrap.html Say your latest online purchase arrived at your doorstep and was packaged in bubble wrap. Or you just moved, unpacked, and have a mountain of bubble wrap in the middle of your living room. There are 9 reasons to resist the incredible temptation to jump into that pile to hear the satisfying popping noises. That bubble wrap is still really useful! Say your latest online purchase arrived at your doorstep and was packaged in bubble wrap. Or you just moved, unpacked, and have a mountain of bubble wrap in the middle of your living room. There are 9 reasons to resist the incredible temptation to jump into that pile to hear the satisfying popping noises. That bubble wrap is still really useful! Do It Yourself Green Packaging Reduce Reuse Recycle Reuse Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:45:00 GMT Jaymi Heimbuch http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuses-bubble-wrap.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuses-phone-books.html Here are 14 ways to make your old phone books useful again. Here are 14 ways to make your old phone books useful again. Books Carbon Footprint Composting Dairy Fruit Furniture Gardening Glass Green Packaging Kids Lawn Care Newspapers Paper Recycling Reuse Storage Sustainable Fabrics Waste Disposal Water Windows Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT Colleen Vanderlinden http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/reuses-phone-books.html