growin’green

eco-gifts

2007-10-31T20:13:00.001-07:00

WHO: GiggleFish
Beautiful Modern bowls made from renewable bamboo. Check out more stylish eco-gifts for your home at gigglefish

a greener tv

2007-10-31T20:05:00.001-07:00

WHO: NBC
This week on tv NBC and it's connected television stations have made a pledge to go green and are promoting their new website greenisuniversal.com. This is exciting to see such a big network go green. I'm excited to see what content they will have on their coming site

eco-cities

2007-10-21T09:58:00.000-07:00

WHO: The city of Albuquerque
Ranked #1 as the greenest city in the nation. Mayor Chaves and the city have a green guide to the city that's a great resource. Check it out. Every city should be providing this for their residents. Fantastic idea Albuquerque way to go!

These sleek receptacles have been placed all around the city's airport to encourage jet setters to recycle on the go. Great considering the emissions that airplanes emit.

recycled karats

2007-10-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

WHO: Green Karat
Have a green wedding with a recycled ring. At greenKarat, couples can have rings made from heirloom metals and gemstones to create a stylish new setting. What a great ideas! Have your beautiful, but out of style, aunt edna's ring reset to something that can be enjoy.

salt lake art center: sf recycled

2007-10-15T18:46:00.001-07:00

WHO: SF Recycled
OCT 20, - Jan 26, 2008
Check out Sf Recycled at the Salt Lake City ART CENTER this show includes work completed by artists during their residencies, as well as work that they created since their time at the Disposal Center. The artist are given the opportunity to choose from the vast array of discarded material, including all kinds of paper, plastic, and wood products, kitchen appliances, electrical equipment, furniture, and more. Get inspired by what you can do with recycled items!

eco-bathrooms: eco-towels

2007-10-09T06:22:00.000-07:00

WHO:EcoBathrooms
Stylish lux towels that are green throughout. Did you know that fabric can be made out of bamboo? These towels feel so soft and silky. They are beautiful, luxurious, light weight towels that are made of 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, both of which are environmentally friendly materials. These towels absorb liquid better than cotton towels so they do not need to be as thick as cotton towels. They also contain naturally occurring antibacterial properties. The natural dyes are from plants or vegetables. The manufacture is powered by 100% wind power.

people against dirty: clean up

2007-10-08T00:20:00.000-07:00

WHO: Method
non-toxic and environmentally friendly cleaning products. As well as designer and nose friendly.

green luxury: handbags

2007-10-08T00:11:00.001-07:00

WHO: Gecko Traders
Gecko Traders’ 100 percent silk handbags and accessories and our recycled Eco Weekender line sell in stores across the nation. But they are more than beautiful and fun fashion accessories. Each product sold provides a sustainable living to Cambodian weavers and producers, many of whom are female heads of households, disabled due to polio or landmine injury, or young women pulled from brothels and taught a trade

Let’s face it – a fashionable handbag or funky tote isn’t a necessity; it’s a luxury. Isn’t it wonderful to know that when you buy from Gecko, your luxury item is helping people across the world improve their lives.

eco-furniture: earth friedly and beautiful

2007-10-08T00:03:00.000-07:00

WHO: Vivavi (vee-va-vee)
Vivavi develops forward-thinking ventures designed to enable modern green living. Through its retail arm, Vivavi offers modern style, eco-friendly furniture and home furnishings. Vivavi’s companion resource, Modern Green Living, enables consumers to find newly built green residences and green home professionals throughout the United States and Canada.

green emmys: yes, green carpet: no

2007-09-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

WHO: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Green could very well be the new black at this year’s Emmy Awards. FOX and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have decided to “go green” with the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, pledging to reduce the “carbon footprints” left by the show.

the power of green

2007-09-16T17:51:00.000-07:00

WHO: Tom Friedman with The New Your Times Magazine
Talks about how America can regain its international stature by taking the lead in alternative energy and environmentalism.

reduce, reuse, recycle

2007-09-15T22:56:00.000-07:00

COMPANY:Sundance
Beautiful handblown glass tumblers that are made of reycled glass from the sundance resort.
WHY: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Sundance has got 2 out of 3. Not only are they recycling they are reuseing the glass keeping it out of the dump.
WHERE: Sundance

the green house

2007-09-15T20:59:00.001-07:00

WHO: Alanna Stang & Christopher Hawthorne
A well-designed book about well-designed homes. I learned so much about the different kinds of earth-friendly buildings—from an off-th-grid dwelling in Tasmania to a geothermal town house in New York
WHERE: Amazon.com

domino present the 2007 green list

2007-09-15T15:47:00.000-07:00

COMPANY: Domino
The 125 pioneering companies & people who are creating undeniably earth friendly products. But they really scored big for bringing irresistible style to the brave new world of green design.
WHERE: Domino Magazine

chevy's green american revolution

2007-09-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

COMPANY: Chevy
Chevy is launching a test fleet of 100 hydrogen-powered fuel cell Equinox SUVs. This fleet will hit the streets of New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles. “Project Driveway” is the first large-scale market test of fuel cell vehicles with read drivers in the real world.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: Because hydrogen fuel cells use zero gasoline and produce zero emissions. And they ultimately reduce our dependence on petroleum.
WHERE: Apply for Chevy's Test Program

reduce, reuse, recycle

2007-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

COMPANY: Freecycle
Post and find unwanted items for free exchange. Save items from the junk yard. FreeCycle.org
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: Reduce waste in landfills by reusing unneeded goods and materials