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Is Water the New Carbon?

Is Water the New Carbon?

I was recently speaking with a friend and entrepreneur who lives in Dubai about the world economy, the state of the environment, and what to do next with my life. “You have to get into water,”  he said with complete certainty. “Water will be the overarching challenge of the future,” he assured me, “it doesn’t matter [...]

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Buzzispace Eco Alternative Office Environments

Buzzispace Eco Alternative Office Environments

Buzzispace creates office cubes, dividers, lights, and screens using PET waste felt. Available in multiple colors, the Buzzispace line is acoustically emgineered and is a great alternative to the tradition modular office products.

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Stick and Save Some Trees

Stick and Save Some Trees

This advertising concept from Arc Worldwide Advertising was developed for the Malaysian based NGO Treat Every Environment Special (or TrEES).  The idea is to place this sticker on the glass of your companies copy machine so every page that is copied is marked with a little reminder in the margin PLEASE USE BOTH SIDES [...]

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Nature Inspired USB Sticks

Nature Inspired USB Sticks

Studio OOOMS, a quirky design firm from the Netherlands has come up with a way to bring nature back into the office with their Wooden USB stick. At just over a hundred dollars, they aren’t cheap, but consider it a functional piece of art. They can be found here in the U.S. at the Cooper [...]

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Here’s my card… and a Cool DIY

Here’s my card… and a Cool DIY

Networking is a great way to find out about new green ideas, products and jobs to help upgrade your life. The green blogger EcoFrenzy recently published a great article about green networking, and I decided to follow a few of her tips to meet some new like-minded people.

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Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Ecojot: Stylish & Fun Eco-Friendly Notebooks

Ecojot is a stylish and fun line of writing pads made up of paper made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste.  As the designer Carolyn Gavin explains… NO NEW TREES were used in the process.  This means that your old bills, cereal boxes and yesterday’s news is recreated into these exciting journals, workbooks, agendas, file folders [...]

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New Belgium Brewery: Sustainable Business Heroes

New Belgium Brewery: Sustainable Business Heroes

Besides brewing great beer and having fun doing it New Belgium Brewery is an eco-allstar showing that profitability and sustainability are a match made in heaven.  Husband and wife, Kim & Jeff Jordan started the brewery in their basement sixteen years ago following strict rules… have fun, brew world class beer and be environmental [...]

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TerraCycle & OfficeMax: Eco-Friendly Office Products

TerraCycle & OfficeMax: Eco-Friendly Office Products

Upgrade: $2+ TerraCycle has partnered up with OfficeMax to sell a line of eco-friendly office products.  To start they are going to be selling recycled pencil cases, binders and trash cans but plan to roll out more soon.  The Pencil cases are my favorite.  TerraCycle runs the Drink Pouch Brigade, where schools collect these traditionally [...]

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