May 21st, 2008
What are those people doing? Why, celebrating national PARK(ing) Day 2007. National PARK(ing) Day — a global effort to temporarily transform parking spots into PARK(ing) spaces — is coming up again in September 2008. The event is centered in San Francisco, and included more than 200 parks in around 50 cities worldwide last year.
Why […]
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May 18th, 2008
What’s new? What’s green? What am I reading? I thought you’d never ask - here’s what’s good to read this week.
DISCOUNT ALERT: If you need a new reusable, eco-friendly bag click here first, because you could score a discount code - I actually used one when I bought my bags last week (yeah, that post […]
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April 24th, 2008
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 […]
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April 3rd, 2008
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 […]
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April 3rd, 2008
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 […]
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March 31st, 2008
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 […]
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