Posted July 24th, 2010 by admin
Sometimes you don’t see your attempts to protect the environment right away. You faithfully crush and drive your aluminum cans to the recycling center every week, but you don’t see the landfill shrink in size. You remember to bring your reusable bags to the grocery store, but you are not at the beach to watch [...]
Tags: aluminum cans, better the environment, environment, Keep America Beautiful, Pepsi, protect the environment, recycling center, reverse vending machine, Waste Management
Posted July 4th, 2010 by admin
While the traditional colors of the US Navy are blue and gold, this military branch is mixing it up with a little green. The Navy has plans to award more shipbuilding and weapons contracts to favor companies that provide energy efficient products.
In the works is a “Great Green Fleet” carrier strike group consisting of ships [...]
Tags: biofuel, biofuels, dependence on petroleum-based products, eco-friendliness, energy efficient biofuel, fighter jet, fossil fuels, Great Green Fleet, Green Hornet, reduce carbon emissions, Reusable Bags, Reusable Grocery Bags, US Navy, US Navy Green Hornet
Posted June 1st, 2010 by admin
The April 20 explosion of Deepwater Horizon rig has spilled an estimated 6 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As BP PLC works to stop the leak, they have enlisted an unlikely partner in an organization that uses human hair and pet fur to clean up the mess.
Matter of Trust, an environmental [...]
Tags: BP PLC, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Spill, hair booms, Matter of Trust, Oil spill
Posted May 27th, 2010 by admin
Timber companies and environmental groups saw the forest for the trees as they overcome their differences to reach an agreement that protects 170 million acres in Canada while at the same time preserving the forestry industry.
“For years we have helped bring opposing parties together to conserve this global treasure, Canada’s boreal forest,” said Steve Kallick, [...]
Tags: Boreal Conservation Campaign, boreal forest, Canada, Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, environmental groups, FPAC, Greenpeace, Timber companies
Posted May 21st, 2010 by admin
You’ve been here before. You are standing in the checkout line with a cart loaded with groceries, absentmindedly eyeing the magazines on display and wondering who actually believes that a half man half alligator lives in Florida, when suddenly you glance down at the reusable bags for sale at the end of the aisle. Your [...]
Tags: eco-friendly bags, green recyclable bags, Hot Cold Bag, Planet Earth Bag, Plastic Bags, reusable bag, reusable grocery bag, Reusable Shopping Bags
Posted May 6th, 2010 by admin
You hear this question every time you go to the grocery store. “Paper or plastic?” In an interval of about two seconds you get to decide whether you will do something that is better for the environment or not.
The California Supreme Court is also debating the issue, as they decide whether communities should be allowed [...]
Tags: earth-friendly bags, Paper Bags, Plastic Bags, reusable bag
Posted April 29th, 2010 by admin
Wedding season is in full swing and many happy couples have picked this spring to say their “I do’s.” You can also vow to make sure this important day in your life is good for the environment.
The amount of money couples spend nowadays on weddings can be extravagant, to say the least. Weddings can now [...]
Tags: eco-friendly bag, eco-friendly wedding, Reusable Bags
Posted June 27th, 2009 by mattp
For those that haven’t taken charge and made the reusable bag movement a part of your life - now is the time. You are given an option at the checkout counter - “paper or plastic”. Quite honestly if you haven’t already brought in your bags for checkout, then you are slow. Reduce, reuse and recycle are the key words. [...]
Tags: Reusable Bags, Think Green
