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Uono Coffin: Biodegradable Hand Made Cocoon

Uono Coffin: Biodegradable Hand Made Cocoon

I have developed a pattern of writing about sustainable/eco/green death. The way I see it, when it’s our time to become garbage in the ground, we might as well leave on a green note. The German made Uono Cocoon degrades in 10-15 years, is CO2 neutral, the gloss finish is water based, it can [...]

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Way to Go, Grandma! Older Buyers Now Top Consumers of Green Goods

Way to Go, Grandma! Older Buyers Now Top Consumers of Green Goods

Ready for some green guilt? It turns out that older Americans — those age 55 and up — are now the country’s top buyers of green goods. According to a survey conducted by ICOM Information & Communications, women aged 55-59 are more than twice as likely as the average consumer to use green products. Meanwhile, men [...]

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Recylebank Earns You Goods and Services for Recycling

Recylebank Earns You Goods and Services for Recycling

Money can be a powerful motivation for change. Recyclebank is a reach not preach organization that focuses on leading people to see and understand the greener choices that are out there. Recycling has become a household concept in America and elsewhere but does not necessarily bring 100% participation. Some people don’t care about the environment, [...]

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GoGreenTube: How To Save The World w/o Really Trying

Here’s a great video I found at Go Green Tube… Carbon Offsets and Renewable Energy Certificates are not “the cure”, but they are a great way to reduce your net carbon impact.  Aside from offsetting your own personal environmental impact, these credits are funding projects that bring us closer to energy independence as a nation and [...]

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Is Junk Mail Going Green?

Is Junk Mail Going Green?

I think we can all agree that when it comes to junk mail there is too much of it and we don’t want it.  Whether you’re appalled at the 100 million trees it takes to supply the paper for one years worth of junk mail in the US or you just don’t like to be [...]

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Nice Jugs Part 2: Green Packaging or Greenwashing

We posted a couple weeks ago about some innovative eco-friendly milk jug alternatives that reduce consumer waste. They are available in the UK, but just like the newest cell phones and ridiculous fashion, Americans will have to wait for these options. What we have on this side of the pond is a jug [...]

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Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills.  While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice.  Go electric… receive and pay your bills online.  The Pay It [...]

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RETURN TO WASTER Junk Mail Stamps at Etsy

RETURN TO WASTER Junk Mail Stamps at Etsy

Upgrade: $11 The “RETURN TO WASTER” Stamps are available from this Etsy Seller. It takes 100 Million (100,000,000) trees to create the junk mail that is sent out in one year.  It takes 28 billion gallons of water to make this junk mail and the average person wastes 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail…. so [...]

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Greenzer, the Greener Easier Way to Shop

Greenzer, the Greener Easier Way to Shop

Upgrade “Greener Choices Start with Insight” We couldn’t agree more and that’s why we love Greenzer.com!  Greenzer is a sustainable shopping  and product comparison engine that features thousands of pre-screened products from carefully chosen merchants.  The site is a little sparse but building the database takes time because unlike other shopping engines Greenzer evaluates the [...]

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Target’s Retote Reusable Shopping Bags

Target’s Retote Reusable Shopping Bags

Upgrade (pictures from Notcot) Target has teamed up with Newsweek and Terracycle to make Retotes, an interesting reusable bag program.  Basically, the Retote is made of used, recycled Target bags that have been returned to the store then Terracycle turns them into reusable shopping bags.  If you pick up Newsweeks April 15, 2008 issue, “Environment [...]

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