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Archive for the ‘Green News’ Category

April 24th, 2008

Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Design Competition

Are you into green design or know someone who is?
The very popular Holiday and Spring Fair events at the Grand Central Terminal in New York are going green. The competition judges — world-renowned designers and architects — are looking for a green design that incorporates and highlights the historic integrity of Vanderbilt Hall.
If […]

By Peggy -- 1 comment

April 3rd, 2008

NYC Reusable Bags to Benefit MillionTreesNYC

First I show you a cute bag, then I tell you it’s only available at Whole Foods stores in northern New Jersey, New York and southern Connecticut until the end of April.
But hey, if you live there, you can help out MillionTreesNYC, a citywide effort to plant and care for one million new trees […]

By Peggy -- 1 comment

April 3rd, 2008

See Ya Plastic Bags…

GreenBiz News has a cool story about plastic bags, or rather the cease and desist of plastic bag use by some companies.
Turns out that IKEA will be halting plastic bag use by October in their U.S. stores. Good news since plastic bags are one of the worst items ever in terms of recycling. People simply […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

March 31st, 2008

US Postal Service Helps You Recycle

The United States Postal Service recently launched the pilot program of Mail Back, allowing customers to send small electronics and inkjet cartridges to recycling heaven without charge.
That means you don’t have to pay postage for a change. Has the post office ever allowed us to mail anything for free before? I can’t recall that. You […]

By Peggy -- 0 comments

March 9th, 2008

Green Links to Love: You Make My Day Award

Marye at Kettle and Cup gave me a You Make My Day Award. She gave Jennifer one too, so we’re spreading the love! Here are five green blogs that Make My Day.
•Brave New Leaf has a post up about how cows are doing their part naturally. I don’t know her name, but she always has […]

By Peggy -- 6 comments

March 5th, 2008

Encyclopedia of Life

Knowing more means loving more. And loving more is good for the earth, right? But where can you go to get reliable info on the abundant bunch of plant and animal species on earth?
Right now, there’s not one single place, but Encyclopedia of Life is trying to change that.
Encyclopedia of Life is now available online […]

By Peggy -- 2 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC

Even if you only go to the Environmental Film Festival website to see the cute frog logo, it’s worth it. If you need more motivation, you can watch some film clips on the site.
If you are going to be in Washington, DC between March 11 and March 22, consider catching some green flicks. I […]

By Peggy -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Din-ink Series for Pens: Forks, Spoons and Knives You Stick on the End of Your Pen

I can’t get these Smurf-blue eating caps out of my mind.
I saw them first on Inhabitat a couple of days ago. It seems that these babies aren’t really for sale yet as far as I can tell, but they did win a prize in the Dining in 2015 contest by designbloom.
I understand and applaud the […]

By Peggy -- 6 comments

February 17th, 2008

Lame Green News of the Week

This week in, “Why are they even discussing this news” - some people would just love to allow loaded and accessible guns in public national parks. (insert cussing if this was not a family blog). Seriously people; this is unbelievable. I don’t know about you, but at least 95% of the time when I’m at […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

February 11th, 2008

A Stawberry Colander: Recycline’s new Preserve for the Kitchen by Evo

I don’t remember the last time I got excited about a colander, but this thing is just sexy. And it’s not just sexy because it is made of recycled plastic. Oh, no. It was designed by Evo to look like a strawberry.

Also notable is the super-curvy food-storage container that was inspired by a Granny Smith […]

By Peggy -- 6 comments

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