Want Something Green For Christmas?
So the season is getting near and it is time to buy a little something for all those special people on your list. Maybe you should go green this holiday season? Here are some gift ideas from Michelle Lalonde at The Gazette. I always start my eco-friendly Christmas shopping at…
Starbucks 3 Billion Paper Cups Need to Go Somewhere
ssStarbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated. This fall, it will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them…
Colombia’s Crazy Green Canidate
Colombia goes to the polls this weekend to choose a successor to their outgoing President, Alvaro Uribe. One of the favourites is Antanas Mockus, former Mayor of the capital. Not all voters take him seriously, but his wish to crack down on the country’s FARC guerillas and culture of corruption…
China Pushes Green Technology
China is leading a push by Asia-Pacific nations into green technology, which could be their ticket to sustained growth and reduced reliance on Western markets, the United Nations said Thursday. This is much needed because of China’s incredible growth over the past decade. It said environmentally friendly industries could provide…
Cool Stackable Green Cars of the Future
I just love this idea, sort of like taking shopping carts at the grocery store.
Will your car drive itself soon?
If you are like me and half in the bag on some mornings because you don’t get enough sleep and are afraid of falling asleep at the wheel then this new ‘self-driving’ idea might just work for you. A revolutionary roadtrain system that would allow cars to “drive themselves” as…
What is better than a Mini?
An electric Mini of course!! I just love the mini and if I didn’t have to cart around 5 kids all the time I would definitely own one. Early next decade, BMW of North America plans to sell an electric “megacity car” as a sub-brand of BMW, similar to the…
Wind Power and Charity Together
I love it when green meets charity and here is a case of just that. An elaborate playhouse featuring a gearmotor from Bison Gear and Engineering Corp., St. Charles, Ill., sold for $10,000 at auction, with proceeds used to provide free home repair services for elderly and low-income homeowners in…
Back to School with N1H1
The Daily Green had some good advice on dealing with N1H1 at back-to-school time. It’s a new virus, so there’s no telling how bad it will be this fall and winter, but so far H1N1 — the swine flu — has proven to be a virulent, but not altogether debilitating…