How To Green Your Jeans
Blue jeans are an American staple, but I have some bad news for you: they aren’t so great for the environment. The average pair of blue jeans consumes approximately 919..
5 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Halloween
It’s almost Halloween and we all know what that means—costumes, candy, and pumpkins galore. So how can you have a fun, eco-friendly Halloween? Make your Halloween costume out of items..
Solar “Post-It” Panels Make Debut
Last week, I talked about my Post-It Note obsession. So it probably won’t surprise you that I was excited to hear that 3M, the company that brought us Post-It Notes,..
Plastic Bag Bans Around the World (Infographic)
Did you know that the U.S. uses an average of 380 billion plastic bags a year, while the rest of the world uses 500 billion? Keep in mind that the..
Disneyland Paris Will Turn Heat from Computers into Energy
Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons If you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with computers and know that when used for long..
Electric Airplane Flies 200 Miles in 2 Hours
So we’ve all heard about electric cars, but what about electric airplanes? A Pennsylvania team called Pipistrel-USA won $1.35 million..
Coffee-Powered Car Breaks World Record
I always knew that coffee has amazing powers. It wakes you up and allows you to be semi-coherent in the morning. It may also power your car one day… A..
Plastic Bags on Their Way Out in Laguna Beach
Yet another city wants to ban the plastic bag? We’re not complaining. Laguna Beach is the latest city to jump on the bandwagon to ban the single-use plastic bags distributed..
7 Ways to “Green” Your Morning Coffee
We all have an environmental compromise or two. I start almost every day with a cup of coffee—even though I know there are greener options out there. And I’m not..
How Much Power Do We Consume? (Infographic)
Between the computers, cell phones, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc…, it probably comes as little surprise to you that we consume a lot of energy. But how much is a lot?..
Tropicana Uses Oranges to Power Billboard
Credit: Inhabitat.com Many of us view oranges as a form of energy for humans, but could it go beyond that? Tropicana recently took things to a whole new level by..
5 Green Industry Myths
Image Credit: istockphoto.com Can you sort out fact from fiction when it comes to the green industry? Let us know your thoughts about these eco-myths: Myth: Renewable energy receives more..