Articles tagged “Consumption”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Avoid These Wedding Eco Demons for a Greener Wedding By Sara Novak IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 22 2008 Wedding budgets can get ridiculous and I know because I just got married. Costs get out of control incredibly fast, almost as fast as your carbon footprint. With a few easy steps you can control your impact and save tons of money to spend on your first down payment. Remember what's important, getting your friends and family together to celebrate?not the plastic parting gifts. + READ MORE

Get Green in a Month - Week 4 By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Oct 16 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. Here are your tips for week four of your eco-transformation. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Trash for a Year By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 14 2008 In most ways, Ari Derfel is a normal guy. He enjoys hanging out with his friends, cooking with his girlfriend, and practicing yoga. But he has begun a radical project that has transformed his life, and his apartment, into something very unusual. + READ MORE

How to Get Happy Without the Prozac—Natural Cures for the Blues By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Oct 10 2008 Sometimes we're happy, sometimes we're sad and for some of us exerting control over this would be fabulous. If you've got the blues here are some of my favorite remedies for getting back into a happy balance. + READ MORE

Hand Crank Power, Common Electronics You Can Power Yourself By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Oct 8 2008 Cell Phones, flashlights, music players—things like these are practically necessities in the 21st century. Just about everyone has them, yet they suck up electricity, drain batteries, and create waste. So how about a hands-on solution? + READ MORE

Skateboards Make a Come Back: How to Find and Use Yours the Green Way By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport Oct 8 2008 Not into riding your bike? Is the walk a little too far? Why not think out of the box when it comes to your morning commute? Skate boarding used to be all the rage when I was growing up, a great way to let loose after school. But recently my friend bought a skate board for his morning commute. + READ MORE

How You Can Eliminate a Floating Trash Mass Twice the Size of Texas! By Leslie Billera IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 3 2008 there's a floating pile of trash twice the size of the state of Texas in the Pacific, the concept of ugly took on colossal new proportions. This giant floating landfill even has its own name: the North Pacific gyre. What's the top dog in this waterlogged garbage disaster? + READ MORE

4 Easy Eco Friendly Halloween Tips By Josh Peterson IN Food & Health Sep 15 2008 Halloween is all about conspicuous consumption, and unlike Christmas, it does nothing to hide this fact. On October 31st, children and child-like adults dress up in costumes and wander the streets begging for candy. Remember those old vinyl costumes with the one-size-fits-all mask that held to your face by a thin piece of unprotected elastic? First of all, vinyl is a problematic material and probably shouldn't be worn as clothing. Secondly, have you ever seen anyone reuse one of those costumes? By the end of Halloween night, those flimsy suits were most likely in tatters. Those costumes might actually be the least sustainable product on the planet. + READ MORE

Did You Know?: Save More By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 8 2008 Marketers often tout tinier versions of regular-sized food as fun-sized or snack-sized. A candy bar by its very definition is a snack. So how can a smaller candy bar be considered more snack-sized? Wouldn't it be a snackier-sized or resized snack? Besides for posing a threat to the English language, these tyke-sized treats pose a threat to the environment. + READ MORE

How Lightly Are You Treading on the Planet? By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Aug 29 2008 So, you think you're doing everything you can to help the environment, but how are your lifestyle choices really adding up? Several eco-footprint calculators are available to test just how well you're doing. But which to choose? + READ MORE

Join Paul McCartney in Meat-Free Monday By Leslie Billera IN Food & Health Aug 19 2008 Cutting back on meat?even one day a week?could help save the environment. Don't take our word for it...ask Sir Paul McCartney... + READ MORE

Who Needs Starbucks?: Brew Your Own Coffee By Trevor Reichman IN Work & Connect Aug 12 2008 A couple of years ago, the news of Starbucks closing 600 of their doors would have been shocking. Today, it is just another weekly headline about a large corporation topping out. With energy prices reaching new records each day, and with alternatives unavailable at a level of mass consumption, people are saving where they can. Coffee is first on that list for many Americans. + READ MORE

How Direct Signature Equals Bigger Footprint By Kati Stevens IN Work & Connect Aug 11 2008 Do unto others as you?d have done unto yourself. One of the best ways to help the environment is to help others conserve energy. You already know how to give your gifts an eco-friendly cushion, but how to limit the carbon footprint your gift obtains on its route from you to your recipient? + READ MORE

Glass Making: It?s Only Getting Greener By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 31 2008 When it comes to organization, Rachelle is not the only one undergoing a green overhaul.Until the glass industry goes green, here are some steps you can take to make your glass consumption more eco-friendly: Buy products made from recycled glass. + READ MORE

Greensburg Glossary: Fossil Fuel By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 27 2008 Strictly defined, fossil fuel is oil, coal and natural gas that originates from decayed plants and animals. Most scientists believe it’s time for humans to address their addiction to fuel derived from decayed plants and animals and help fossil fuels go the way of the dinosaur. + READ MORE

Little, Little Boxes By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jul 25 2008 Micro-dwellings reduce the residents' ecological footprints to the tiniest possible minimum. The next time you're at a moment when moving houses is an option, think about the eco-impact of heading to a new place that has one or two bedrooms fewer than your current residence, or giving up some inches and slimming down to... + READ MORE

Obama's Color: GREEN By Elizabeth Seward IN Work & Connect Jul 21 2008 Some things in life aren't exactly right but they are easy. He believes in investing in research, bio-fuels, renewable energy, cleaner coal, and a whole lot more. He understands that clean energy is a must and is equipped with a game plan of how to make it come to pass. + READ MORE

Research That Fish Before You Eat It By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 17 2008 There are quite a few anglers out there who enjoy pan-frying a catfish over a campfire in the dusky twilight.Fish swimming in these waters will absorb the mercury into their bodies.Anyone who catches and eats these fish will risk contaminating themselves with second-hand mercury. + READ MORE

Celebrate National Downshifting Week By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jul 7 2008 Today marks the start of National Downshifting Week here in the U.S. It's a week-long celebration of addition through subtraction; taking a little more time and expending a little less effort, in an attempt to enjoy some of the finer, slower things in life. And it's a great way to further incorporate some green habits into your life. + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Camping Trip By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 4 2008 The Great Outdoors: It's still there, lurking at the edge of our cities, and every now and then, we load up coolers and cars and venture out to spend the night, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We sing songs and tell tales of phantom hitchhikers. It is usually a good time. + READ MORE