Bio Batteries

January 13, 2010

Many of the electronic appliances and gadgets that we use every day are powered by batteries. Batteries are made from many different materials, including lead, nickel, acid, lithium and alkaline. Even after the removal of mercury from most consumer batteries in the U.S, many of the substances inside a battery are toxic to some extent. [...]

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Solar Powered Eco Friendly Housing Development

January 2, 2010

Can you imagine moving into a home that is part of an eco friendly development? Can you imagine the energy and cost savings along with the environmental impact of an entire neighborhood of eco friendly homes? These green neighborhoods are beginning to happen and there is one being built ten miles outside of Los Angeles [...]

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New Year, New Decade of Living Greener

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Did you watch the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop at midnight? The Times Square New Year’s Eve ball is actually greener this year than in years past. Approximately 20% more efficient than the 2008 ball and 78% more efficient than the 2007 ball.
It seems like those stats [...]

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Green Tips For Thanksgiving

November 26, 2009

It is the time of year to be thankful for all of the blessings that grace your day…It is not the time of year to send a lot of waste to the landfills, eat pesticide enriched foods, or contribute to air pollution. That is why we made a list of Tips to Green Thanksgiving.

Buy Organic [...]

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Green Tips For Dog and Cat Owners

November 25, 2009

I have a new member of my family – a handsome 6 month old chocolate lab so I thought it was a good time to talk about going green with your pet. There are a lot of wasteful products out there and scary chemicals in things that can make your pet sick over time. Here [...]

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Reusable Water Bottles That Fold

November 12, 2009

The challenge with not buying water bottles is that it isn’t always easy to carry around a reusable bottle. They are bulky and don’t conveniently fit in a purse or pocket, so when out and about it can be challenging to not succumb to buying a bottle or cup of water. Luckily Vapur decided to [...]

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Southwest Has A Green Plane

November 9, 2009

Southwest has been taking steps to go green in their company and we have talked about them before, but they have taken a bigger step with their new green planes.
These planes are actually not new at all. The planes themselves are in great condition, it is just the interior that they made changes to. What [...]

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Tesla Breaks The Electric Vehicle Record

November 3, 2009

Electric vehicles (EV) have been criticized for not being great cars for long trips because you can’t drive as far in an EV on a single charge as you can on a tank of gas… Well, in the 2009 Global Green Challenge in Australia, the Tesla Roadster traveled 313 miles on one charge…how far can [...]

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Solar Charge The iPhone

September 9, 2009

If you are into the iPhone craze – I don’t have one, but they are definitely really fun and useful phones – then you will soon have a chance to green your iPhone with the Apple-Certified iPhone and iPod solar charger.
The Solar Power Surge by Novothink is an iPhone and iPod touch case that has [...]

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Custom Eco-Friendly Wine Cellars

September 8, 2009

For the wine lovers out there, and I am certainly one of them, we have talked about sustainable vineyards and eco-friendly wines. Wine is put in barrels as part of the wine making process, and then some of these barrels are turned into firewood or they are used as planters… but a lot of these [...]

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