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Dry Your Eyes on this Organic Cotton & Hemp Pillow

Dry Your Eyes on this Organic Cotton & Hemp Pillow

Upgrade: $152   Well if you don’t find this somewhat disturbing I don’t know what to say, you heartless bastard.  We don’t know why she’s crying. Maybe because you didn’t recycle that can yesterday, or maybe because your shoes were made by toddlers in Malaysia… maybe it’s because this pillow is so expensive.  Whatever the [...]

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Rockin’ Eco Style with Les Paul Exotic Wood Guitars

Rockin’ Eco Style with Les Paul Exotic Wood Guitars

Upgrade: $1275 Gibson matched their commitment to legendary quality & sound with their commitment to the environment in their SmartWood line of Guitars.  The Les Paul SmartWood Guitars are made from the worlds most beautiful and desirable wood, all harvested from managed renewable forests and certified by the Rainforest Alliance.  These models are all [...]

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Tap Project - Clean Drinking Water for All

Tap Project - Clean Drinking Water for All

DONATE  It’s hard to believe but everyday 6000 children die of thirst or water related disease.   To help remedy this global problem, Unicef is partnering up with local restaurants in the Tap Project, to raise money and awareness this week (World Water Week).  Through March 22nd, when you go to a participating restaurant you can [...]

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Bring the Outside In, In Style…

Bring the Outside In, In Style…

Upgrade: $30+ Bring a little bit of the meadow inside with these elegantly designed grass planters by Chiaki Murata of Metaphys.  These modern stackable planters come in three shapes and can be stacked any way your creative side sees fit.  These are made from ABS Resin, but unfortunately, we don’t have any information on [...]

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Save $45 a Month on Heat for Pennies! DIY Solar Heater

Save $45 a Month on Heat for Pennies! DIY Solar Heater

Upgrade: ~$30 I found this great tutorial video on how to make your own solar heater out of household products.  If you already have the materials then its free, but you can buy everything you need for under $30.  The creator, Ross, estimates that it will raise the temperature of a 15′ x 15′ [...]

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Gravia: Gravity Powered LED Lamp Design

Gravia: Gravity Powered LED Lamp Design

Upgrade: Not YET… Clay Moulton, a Virginia Tech student, has come up with a design with some serious environmental gravity.  An LED lamp powered by gravity to be specific.  This innovative design won him the  the runners-up honor at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition. 

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UPDATE: Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

UPDATE: Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Upgrade: FREE We have a few more details on yesterdays post about the e-waste recycling mail back program…  The USPS will run the pilot program for 90 days in which time they will determine if the consumers response to this program warrants a nation wide roll out. 

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Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Recycling Electronics via the Mail…For Free!

Upgrade: FREE *** UPDATE POSTED HERE *** Recycling our bottles, cans and paper is as easy as walking down to the curb once a week, but what about those other things our town doesn’t give us a bin for? The United States Postal Service has answered this question with this weeks launch of a pilot “Mail [...]

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It’s Time to Mother Nature: A Unique Idea

It’s Time to Mother Nature: A Unique Idea

In an act of Civil Disobedience, self-proclaimed "Greenie" Adrian Saker is stamping every bit of cash that passes through his hands with the words: ***IT’S TIME TO MOTHER NATURE*** Adrian announced publicly via a letter to the Secret Service on his blog, Household Name, his intentions of marking the US tender, and acknowledged the risk [...]

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Husqvarna Solar Hybrid Electric Automower Robot

Husqvarna Solar Hybrid Electric Automower Robot

Upgrade: ~$5000 Husqvarna may be better known for their havoc wreaking chain saws that can cut through trees like a knife through warm butter, but this little beast is making friends with Mother Nature. Already in her good graces, the Electric Automowers cut down on Greenhouse gas emissions by taking gasoline out of you the [...]

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