Articles tagged “Green Design”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Choose a Greener Sleeping Bag By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 17 2008 Sleeping bags don't seem to get a lot of green scrutiny-they're part of the outdoors experience, right? You use them for backpacking, camping, and other pro-environmental activities—they must be green. Not so, necessarily. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Tamasyn Gambell, Eco-Luxury Textile Designer By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Nov 13 2008 Made with beauty, people, and the earth in mind, UK designer Tamasyn Gambell's scarves are eco-luxury worth investing in. In this interview, she explains how she set out to embrace slow fashion that values skill and craft in design and production. + READ MORE

Get Down to Green Business at Opportunity Green By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Nov 7 2008 Live near L.A.? Head over to UCLA this weekend (November 8-9, 2008) to get down to business-the green way—at Opportunity Green. The eco-conscious business conference's mission is to, "Create innovation, collaboration and inspiration amongst industry leaders and the next generation of thought leadership to develop and implement sustainable business solutions." + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Episode: Wellesley, MA, Attic Fan Installation By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Nov 5 2008 Today, Steve sees the one of the greenest homes in Chicago: a museum exhibit that features the latest in eco-technology. Then, Steve does some rock bustin' at a quarry which has a unique stone that is only found in... + READ MORE

Learning about Labels: Energy Star vs EPEAT By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Oct 31 2008 When it comes to being green, lots of people look for the labels, and the most visible and popular label is the Energy Star label from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency.All EPEAT registered computers are Energy Star, but not all Energy Star computers are EPEAT because instead of just saving electricity, EPEAT... + READ MORE

Get Glam in These Gorgeous Green Dresses By Leslie Billera IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 30 2008 Now that your collection of organic tee shirts is piled high (complete with gym-ready messages about saving the planet), it's time to take a peak at the more glamorous side of green... + READ MORE

Planet Green Interview with Alter Eco's Rick Byrd, Part 2 By Kati Stevens IN Alter Eco Oct 27 2008 While Darren, Boise, and Angela may have been the faces of this season of Alter Eco, the man who ran the transformation of a 1920s Los Feliz casa into a LEED-Platinum gem was Rick Byrd, a real estate developer... + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Episode: Albuquerque, Green Fixer Upper By Team Planet Green IN Renovation Nation Oct 24 2008 Today, Steve visits a house that blends ancient Asian style with cutting edge green technology. Otherwise known as "Santa Fe-sian" design. Plus, what do you do when your window's too small? Steve has the answer. Check out the Planet... + READ MORE

5 Reuses for: Fast Food Wrappers By Natalie Cook IN Home & Garden Oct 15 2008 Are you the titan of takeout or the queen of quick meals? If you eat out more than you eat in, you may want to get a little crazy and a lot green with five fast food wrapper reuses. These ideas may even make you feel good about going out. + READ MORE

A Fridge-less Kitchen, Wind Up Shavers and Sustainable Sushi By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 14 2008 Design a kitchen without a fridge. Get a clean shave with the wind-up Piranha Dynamo shaver. Bike ride in a shopping cart? All this and more today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

G Word Episode: Green Brick Road By Team Planet Green IN G Word Oct 14 2008 We're turning the ash from burning coal into eco friendly bricks; We're visiting to a green beer brewery; Daniel interviews astronaut Garret Reisman on the International Space Station. Checkout the Planet Green Schedule to catch this episode of Green... + READ MORE

Planet Green Interview with Alter Eco's Rick Byrd, Part 1 By Josh Peterson IN Alter Eco Oct 14 2008 Planet Green recently interviewed Rick Byrd of Alter Eco and Byrd Development in an attempt to learn more about green home improvement. He was kind enough to answer our questions about eco-friendly home building. Get some expert advice before... + READ MORE

How Think Green Media Can Help You Market Your Product By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Oct 10 2008 Think Green can market your product with pay-per-click advertising, direct mail, and blogs. They work with organizations whose goals range from protecting our oceans to companies who produce natural and organic products, but a sense of social responsibility is a must. + READ MORE

Is the New Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bike Right for You? By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2008 Yes, there are more electric bikes coming out this year than ever before, which means that you are going to get your pick of the litter, but it also means that the litter is going to get pretty confusing. You've got multiple designs, battery's, motors, features, and price tags. + READ MORE

Living with Ed Episode: Bill & Mario's Makeovers By Team Planet Green IN Episode Guides Oct 7 2008 Ed tries his own unique bathroom design with an electric hand dryer. He later goes to give green advice to the entire family of filmmaker Mario Van Peebles. Checkout the Planet Green Schedule to catch this episode of Living... + READ MORE

G Word Video: Revolving Energy By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 6 2008 As we walk to and from work, in and out of our favorite lunch stops, and up and down the subway stairs, we expend a lot of energy. What if our doors, staircases, and sidewalks were engineered to harness some of that energy and turn it into electricity that could power buildings? + 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

Buy a Cradle-to-Cradle Diaper Bag—Give to Charity with Purchase By Leslie Billera IN Home & Garden Oct 1 2008 scoop up the Wee Generation Eco-Diaper Bag and declare yourself the winner of the all time coolest green baby gift at the next baby shower you attend. Before we go on to tell you the red carpet mommies and poppies that love it, we'll start with the best thing about it... + READ MORE

3 Reasons Building a House of Stone is Eco Friendly By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 29 2008 Some of you might be thinking about building a house. Remember the Three Little Pigs? One of the pigs built a house out of straw, another sticks and another stone. Straw, in an ironic twist, turned out to be a rather good building material, but stone has always been a good building material. Sticks, however, are a horrible building material, unless you are a muskrat. Here are three reasons to build a house made out of stone. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Adaptive Reuse By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2008 As the term implies, adaptive reuse can be defined as "the adaptation of an existing structure for a use different from its original or previous use, e.g. the conversion of an office building into apartment units." While it's not green in the strictest sense of the philosophy, the concept of adaptive reuse inspires and provokes humans to rethink the seemingly endless cycle of tearing down and rebuilding. + READ MORE