Articles tagged “Bring Your Own”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Quiz: How Not-Green is Your Gym? By Brian Merchant IN Food & Health Nov 3 2008 OK, so your gym probably doesn't run on solar power and electricity produced by the exercise bikes you're working out on like the Green Microgym in Portland. But just how green, or not-green, is your gym? See how it stacks up against the following questions, and make your own conclusion. + READ MORE

How to Eat a Waste-Free Lunch By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Oct 29 2008 Somebody once said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That guy obviously didn't have many friends. That's probably why he was so bitter and cynical about lunch-freeness. Lunches whether they are paid for or not should at least be waste-free. + READ MORE

Greenvention: The Wearable, Reusable Coffee Cuff By Brian Merchant IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 2 2008 It's a cuff that slips around your to-go cup of joe when you're satisfying a caffeine craving, and an elegant earth-toned bracelet to wear around town when you're not! Innovations like the Coffee Cuffs made by Bentwood are the best kind of Greenventions: they're made eco-friendly, they fulfill a huge demand, they're reusable, they're clever and inventive—and they just plain look sharp. + READ MORE

3 Ways to Fly Green With Eco-Smarter Business Travel By Megan Cohen IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 30 2008 Airplanes are major contributors to the global carbon emissions equation, so it's greenest to try and reduce your business travel. However, if you do have to hop a flight, there are steps that you can take to make your trip a big gentler on the planet. Sometimes a telephone call or a video link-up with a client or a vendor just won't do, and you need to be there in person to get things done. When that happens, you can still make some green choices about how you travel that will help reduce your carbon footprint. + READ MORE

Make Stuff Happen: Make Your Own Chopstick Carrier By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Sep 17 2008 Bringing your own chopsticks to restaurants instead of using disposables is smart and green, and it's easy and stylish when you can tote 'em in your own recycled chopstick carrier! Here's how to whip up a cool little origami... + READ MORE

Get Green in a Month : Week 1 By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Jul 29 2008 On Greenovate, Emily Johnson embarks on a renovation plan to green up a 2,650 square foot home in one month. While a month doesn?t seem like much time to tackle a major project, read how you can go green by just making one simple change each day. Dine in. If you frequently call upon the services of your local restaurant... + READ MORE

BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 3 2008 Bringing your own bag to the supermarket is a great way to take back your closet space and be a friend to the environment. + READ MORE

Bagging the Bag: A Revolt Against Going Green By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 1 2008 Blair and I have been friends ever since I moved to New York. We both hosted a talk show when the Oxygen Network first launched. It was a two-hour live daily talk show, so you can imagine how much time we were forced to spend with each other. Thankfully, she's the funniest, sweetest, meanest person I've ever met. She may not be nice all the time, but she will always be honest. And I'd rather have that any day?Nice is overrated. + READ MORE

Ready, Set, Green, Week Two: Bag It By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 I am so over plastic bags. Ever since the day the cashier used four bags to pack three items, I've been trying to avoid using them whenever possible. The only problem is, I can never remember to take my own bag along with me. So this week I've been working on carrying a medium sized canvas tote: big enough for a few groceries, a stop at the library, and a run to the drugstore, but not ridiculously oversized. + READ MORE

Drive-Through Alternatives By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 12 2008 In Wa$ted, fraternity brothers were feeding themselves almost exclusively with fast food. Once factoring in the separate car trips and the unnecessary idling in drive through lines, these eco-criminals have room for improvement. + READ MORE

Bring Your Own Takeout Lunch Box By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health May 2 2008 You're a savvy eco-consumer: You bring your own mug to the coffee shop and your own bags to the supermarket. How about kicking up a tasty notch and toting along your own lunch box, too? + READ MORE

Make Your Books Greener: Start a Library at the Office By Michael Graham Richard IN Work & Connect Apr 30 2008 Obviously, the greenest book is the one that you don't buy. But there is one way to make the books that you already own greener: Start a library at your work place. + READ MORE

Bring Your Own Chopsticks By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Feb 8 2008 According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, roughly 63 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks are churned out each year in China alone; the vast majority of those have a one-way ticket for the trash can. The Carry-On Chopsticks (9.95) from Backcountrygear.com are made from stainless/birch, and collapse... + READ MORE

Bring Your Own: Workplace Essentials By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Jan 18 2008 Unless your commute just requires going across the hall to the home office, going to work every day requires a commute (by bike, if you can). Don't forget a plate (for easy reheating later) and some real flatware, so you don't have to partake of the disposable plastic your favorite take-out place always piles on you. + READ MORE

Use Less Stuff: 10 Little, Big Things You Can Do By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2007 Free Range Studios and Annie Leonard, the co-coordinator of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), have made a 20-minute short about the underbelly of our production and consumption patterns, as well as how they tie up with a large number of environmental and social issues.Buy green, buy fair, buy local,... + READ MORE

Reduce Airline Waste, Bring Your Own By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 2 2007 Airlines in the United States throw away enough aluminum cans every year to build 58 new 747s, according to the National Resources Defense Council. You can also tote along your own SIGG or other reusable bottle to fill up with water on the plane (so you don't have to rely on those little plastic cups to stay hydrated), + READ MORE

Discover, Find, Use Compostable Bags and Packaging By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 2 2007 Composting your organic waste (once you've built your compost spinner) is a great way to cut back on your contribution to the waste stream, and extend the usefulness of your used jack-o-lanterns, orange peels, grass clippings, raked leaves and coffee grounds. No problem; the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has... + READ MORE