Recylebank Earns You Goods and Services for Recycling

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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, [...]

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

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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 [...]

Is Junk Mail Going Green?

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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 [...]

Nice Jugs Part 2: Green Packaging or Greenwashing

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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 [...]

Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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 [...]

RETURN TO WASTER Junk Mail Stamps at Etsy

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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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 [...]

Greenzer, the Greener Easier Way to Shop

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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“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 [...]

Target’s Retote Reusable Shopping Bags

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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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 [...]

Non-Profit Shopping Mall - Give Back by Buying

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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We know not everything you buy is going to be Green but here’s a great site that allows you to give back with every purchase, without spending anymore than you normally would have. The site is NonProfitShoppingMall.com (NPSM). NPSM has partnered with large online retailers like Dell, Staples, Amazon, GAIAM, Macy’s… who have agreed to [...]

Green Consumer Unite, or Huddle Together on Huddler

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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Part product comparison site, part social network Huddler’s Green Home is a place for eco-minded consumer to gather, learn about & share information about Green products & services, and interact.  If you’ve been putting off really jumping into “Going Green” this would be a great place to start.  With Earth Day coming up they [...]