Environmentally Friendly

Your refrigerator is the most used appliance in your kitchen. It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and for 365 days a year. This article gives some example of features that Neff have incorporated into their cooling appliances to keep them more environmentally friendly.

Kona Blue co-founder and president Neil Sims is making open-ocean aquaculture more environmentally friendly and sustainable by raising Hawaiian yellowtail or Kona Kampachi (Seriola rivoliana) in deeper water that is further from shore. In these areas the fish are kept healthy by a sufficient supply of clean water and strong currents. The fish are being raised in what Kona Blue calls the “cleanes

Kona Blue co-founder and president Neil Sims is making open-ocean aquaculture more environmentally friendly and sustainable by raising Hawaiian yellowtail or Kona Kampachi (Seriola rivoliana) in deeper water that is further from shore. In these areas the fish are kept healthy by a sufficient supply of clean water and strong currents. The fish are being [...]

For those hoping to create a greener world, our country’s millions of miles of asphalt roads may seem like an odd place to seek solutions. Yet, it’s precisely because asphalt is so common... Create And Construct Environment With Harmony

Rachel Bagley, a Fashion design student at South East Essex College (UK) created for her degree in Fashion Design a wearable electronic collection with a twist: all fabrics used are either organic cotton or environmentally friendly peace silk. The aim of her collection is to show how wearable electronics, combined with the insightful selection of [...]

Another of the far-reaching tentacles of environmentalism has crept into the United States government, this time into the military wing. While bombs have been used for decades to force enemy combatants to surrender, a new bomb has been planned that’s safer than TNT and doesn’t hurt the environment, according to this Yahoo News article. [...]

The world is becoming more environmentally conscious than ever before. Therefore anglers should be keen to show that we are caring for our environment, instead of the littering, killing machines we are sometimes made out to be. One of the worst pollutants many anglers add into the waterway is lead. In humans lead poisoning is cumulative and effects reproductive health and can even cause cancer, bu

ePromos is proud to present a great selection of environmentally friendly promotional items. Their eco-friendly promotional products collection features recycled, biodegradable and organic items as well as hand-powered electronics. If you are searching for an ecologically friendly promotional solution, consider...

The treatment of wastewater is an important part of the water cycle and fundamental to the health of the environment. The water we use in our homes, businesses as well as that used in industry is likely to have gone through some form of wastewater treatment at some point. The amount of uses we have [...]

I just found out about a service that removes and recycles junk vehicles for FREE in an environmentally friendly way.  It is called Northwest Auto Recyclers.  Their web address is www.NWAutoRecyclers.com.  Apparently they will pick up your wrecked vehicle from your home or from the tow-truck yard; drain and dispose of all the fluids, remove and recycle the battery, tires, etc. and will then have the car crushed and the scrap metal recycled.  Clients often ask me about what to do with their wrecked vehicle.  This sounds like a great service. 

Ok so we know that when it comes to making traditional gas and diesel cars BMW are one of the best in the world, however it seems that when it comes to Hybrids the German automaker is a little behind their rivals Honda and Toyota. Well that is until now as BMW have been working [...]

On one level or another, all of us worry about the environment and what the world will be like for future generations. What kind of world are we forcing our children to live in as adults? Will we see the day when our water supply becomes so contaminated that it’s no longer safe to drink? More: [...]

Nigel's Eco Store is an online retailer of environmentally friendly products you'll love. Inspired by stylish, innovative and functional eco design, Nigel has handpicked a variety of products and gifts that'll help you to save money, reduce your carbon footprint...

Cool Stuff: Environmentally Friendly Hobbit Home Like any smart 20something, I am looking to retire in the next year or so, or at least go far far away to a land where the Drudge Report and Nick Denton have no reach. A loyal Slashfilm reader in Miami named ‘Hot Turtle Sex’ directed me to the following link belonging to a Welsh family of four (two cute kids). Using the architectural technique of “earth sheltering,” they have created a cozy home literally built into the earth that shares a helluva lot of resemblance to a hobbit hole and The Shire in J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The Dale family claims to have no real knowledge of architecture and says they built the home for 3,000 pounds (about $7,000) over a three month period using, get this, a ̶

In this environmentally friendly world that we all live in certain steps have to be taken to ensure that there is still a world for people to inhabit in the future. People all over the world are looking at ways to help save energy and the world’s resources. Household heating is a major consumer of [...]

Built Green is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization accepting donations to promote green building and education programs. Their mission is to promote environmentally friendly home building methods and practices, and to enhance our communities through leadership in sustainable development....

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi After making the decision to go green, we've put some extra effort into examining our basic operations, finding what we can alter quickly, easily and economically, and putting this into practice. Going ahead with the easier options first means that whilst we are trying to solve the more difficult problems we are still making a difference, however small it may be. The major waste production at our events is centred around the catering operations. We have ordered a number of waste recycling stations for use at our events. These will be set up so that aluminium cans, plastic bottles and waste paper can be easily placed into the correct container by members of the public. We have arranged with a

Fashion - Green Fashion Styles - Environmentally Friendly Fashion, earth-friendly fashion styles are well, in fashion. Here is a look at a wide range of fashion accessories, fashion totebags and fashion jewelry that are made from recycled materials that make the designs earth-friendly and fashion forward.Gina Angelina's Fashion, Fitness and Skin Care Tips for Models

Eco-fashion is something we are all aware of and people are sure to check them out. Among them, fur coats, jackets and clothing have been criticized for its origin which most would refer to animals which have to be safeguarded as well. Here is an ad campaign launched from Canada. Canada’s fur industry is fighting against these misconceptions and are aiming to prove to one and all that fur is environmentally friendly. Download latest version of Flash to view video! . Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode ad campaign, animals, canada, Clothing, eco, Eco Friendly, environmentally friendly, fashion, Faux Fur, fur coats, fur industry, Green Business, Green Design

Edit: Blog Action Day is October 15th 2007. You may still be able to participate after that date. Greg and I do some environmentally friendly things on accident, some things we do by preference, or because they save us money. So just think helping the environment just may save you money too. 1. We use compact fluorescent bulbs on all of our lamps and light fixtures. 2. After we are done using a light, we cut it off. We also don’t leave electronics on if we aren’t using them. 3. We wash what’s necessary such as undies, socks, pjs, and tees. Pants/jeans, hoodies, and special shirts can be worn many times before having to wash them. I used to think there was a need to wash all of my clothes each time I wore them, after discovering how fast things fade being overly washed, I started taking off my “public” clothes, putting them up on hangers and changing into pjs/loungewear. Doing this ensures that your clothes don’t get wrinkled too, you won’t ha

The nature of photography is to preserve a scene, emotion, mood, idea, concept, piece of history, etc, via the photograph. We capture what we see at a particular point in time, space, and perspective using the tools of the trade. But as photographers, we also have an obligation to preserve something more important — the environment. Nature photographers have long been on the forefront of environmental conservation. Art Wolfe, for example, is not only known for his impressive nature photography, but also for his love of the environment. But nature photographers aren’t the only ones responsible for the environment; we all are. The following tips can certainly be applied to natural environments, but many of them are just as applicable in other situations such as street photography — the environment doesn’t end where the streets begin. Here are 12 ways that you can personally save the environment and ensure that future generations will have the same photograp

Sony will be releasing new OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) televisions that will be distributed exclusively to the Japanese market this December. The pint-size 11 inch, XEL-1 television will cost 200,000 yen (around $1,700) per unit. Sony does have plans to be releasing larger models in the future. The Sony OLED XEL-1 TV is said to have [...]

Why Choose Environmentally Friendly Kitchen Cabinets in Chicago Found in Illinois northeastern part is Cook County’s seat, a beautiful city called Chicago. In the United States, Chicago is one of the largest cities and in fact, it ranks third in terms of size. It is also among the leading financial, commercial, transportation, and industrial centers of the country. Chicago is also a significant

I had a crazy idea the other day. Maybe it could work - of course it would require someone to lobby the big petrol companies and governments and so forth and while I know by blog is good ;-) I don't know if it is that good yet. In order to reduce the traffic in the cities we could increase the public transport use. That is a known fact and many big cities are promoting that. However taking a bus, the metro, a subway or train in most countries costs a fortune. And the prices are going up every year. It is like they are trying to get rid of customer!Now what if the big oil companies did a super PR stunt. They would sell the gas for all buses in the cities at cost. i.e. no profit for them. Even maybe donate some of it (it isn't like they are low on cash - what with all the Iraq resources being opened to them in the last few years). They get a label on the buses saying they have sponsored that and it's great PR for them.Then we get all the taxes on these buses and metros cancelled, just

Dennis Miller once made a joke that liberals will get behind the War in Iraq when we can develop Green weapons. Well, it appears that the Russians have done just that with arguably the most powerful bomb ever invented. It also appears they have convinced the liberal media around the world that the development of this bomb is a good thing. In fact, another article from Australia focused almost exclusively on the environmental benefits.How do they know it is environmentally friendly? Col. Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military's General Staff said, "Unlike a nuclear weapon, the bomb doesn't hurt the environment." So this became the story. Wow!! Just like America, where General Petraeus can say something and reporters take him at his word. Not only do they take him at his word, they base their story around what he says. This is just ridiculous.So according to the World Media, who liberals hope to emulate, "The Russian military has successfully tested what it de

As of September 2007, Omaré France is proud to announce that all Omaré branded plastic carrier bags (used in conjunction with purchases of the brand’s retail cosmetics products), will be manufactured using oxo-biodegradable plastics. This environmentally friendly commitment is made possible thanks to the incorporation of Totally Degradable Plastic Additives (“TDPA™”) technology into the bag production process. It is now widely known that traditional plastics are very stable and not readily degradable and biodegradable in the environment. For this reason, plastic waste represents a major environmental problem.Developed in Canada by EPI Environmental Technologies Inc., TDPA™ based technology enables products made from various types of plastics (including the material used to make Omaré bags) to degrade into environmentally harmless products within months of having been discarded. The degradation process involves the reaction of the TDPA™ treated plastic with oxygen in the

For those of you heading off to college and looking for a new laptop bag, I have the solution for you - Voltaic Systems. They have designed a solar backpack that will charge your cell phone, ipod, laptop and many other electronic accessories. So if you are in the middle of lecture and your battery dies you can plug right into your backpack. The best part about the bags are that they are made of recycled PET a very durable fabric. The fabric only comes in black but to add a little style you can customize the solar panels covers with either silver, orange, green or charcoal. They may cost a little more than a traditional backpack but when you consider the environmental impact- they are a bargain! Here are a few pictures of the backpack/laptop bag line:

Comment: Tradition vis-a-vis environment? The arguments are sound, it may force us to rethink over how things are done in preparations for the afterlife. By Sakina MohamedMELBOURNE, April 18 (Bernama) -- You can still play a part in preventing global warming after you die - by not opting for your body to be cremated.Prof Roger Short of the University of Melbourne said the average Australian male produces over 50kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) during cremation as the body is heated to 850 degrees Celsius for an hour and a half.And that's not counting the carbon cost of the fuel and the cost of emissions involved in producing and burning the wooden coffin, he added."Think earth to earth, but not ashes to ashes or dust to dust," he said at the Fifth World Science Journalist Conference here, Wednesday.Short's idea came in the wake of China's policy of encouraging cremation due to lack of space and the Hindu practice in India of burning the body on a funeral pyre made with woo

Ever since I first heard about CARGO PlantLove Botanical Lipstick, I’ve been searching for a reason to buy it. For those of you who haven’t heard of this environmentally-friendly wonder product, CARGO Plantlove is a lipstick packaged in an adorable tube made entirely out of corn, which is an abundant and renewable resource. The corn tube biodegrades completely, which cuts down on greenhouse gases, major contributors to global warming. Plus, the packaging grows flowers! The outer case that the lipstick comes in is made out of flower paper with real wildflower seeds. Just moisten it, plant it in the ground, and wait for flowers to grow! How adorable is that? Plus, CARGO donates $2.00 from every lipstick sold to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Up until now, I just couldn’t justify the purchase. Even though it’s for a good cause, I have way too many shades of lipstick already. I was very upset about this until I found out about the Hot Pin

This is an excellent piece from Big Dogs weblog. You can cut the irony with a knife that George Bush's home is so much more environmentally friendly and with such a smaller carbon footprint than Al Gores is. Huh, imagine that. Makes you wonder what else the left is lying about doesn't it? ~RJHBig Dog's weblog article link Bush is not environmentally friendly? Posted on March 4th, 2007 at 14:10 by Big DogGore is the green man and Bush is the big oil polluter. At least those are the impressions you get from listening to the tree huggers. This is from an email I got from News Max. Seems to me that Gore has some work to do to be as environmentally sound as Bush.Al Gore preaches energy conservation in the face of global warming — and lives in a Tennessee mansion that consumes more electricity in a month than the average American household uses in a year.President Bush has drawn criticism for being insensitive about environmental issues — and his “Texas White House” is a model of env

This story was given to us by Nelly Rabinowitz who is a great friend and source of invaluable information to Urban Core International. The house is just plain amazing!! We’d give you the address, but she might not be ok with that At a minimum, Nelly should be an inspiration and model for other individuals and families looking to sustainability. We’ll get some pics soon, we promise! As Costs Decline And Efficiencies Increase, Environmentally Friendly Housing Goes Mainstream By STEVE GRANT Courant Staff Writer When Peter and Nellie Rabinowitz of Bethany decided several years ago that they wanted an environmentally sensitive home, they had a hard time finding somebody to build one. Builders said, “We’ve heard of that, but nobody does it around here. Everybody wants a big house with as many square feet as possible, and they don’t care about sustainable or energy efficient or anything like that,” said Peter Rabinowitz. Things have changed. Green build

Green Building,Sustainable Development,LEED This story was given to us by Nelly Rabinowitz who is a great friend and source of invaluable information to Urban Core International. The house is just plain amazing!! We’d give you the address, but she might not be ok with that At a minimum, Nelly should be an inspiration and model for other individuals and families looking to sustainability. We’ll get some pics soon, we promise! As Costs Decline And Efficiencies Increase, Environmentally Friendly Housing Goes Mainstream By STEVE GRANT Courant Staff Writer When Peter and Nellie Rabinowitz of Bethany decided several years ago that they wanted an environmentally sensitive home, they had a hard time finding somebody to build one. Builders said, “We’ve heard of that, but nobody does it around here. Everybody wants a big house with as many square feet as possible, and they don’t care about sustainable or energy efficient or anything like that,” said Peter Ra