Tag Archive | "green"
5 Tips For A Green Vacation
Ah, Summer is almost upon us, and that means most American families are plotting madly to get out of town for a week. Image from Kaydee did on Flickr Never mind that the economy is in the tank, or that you’ll use just under half of your vacation days [...]
Continue reading...Rent-A-Hybrid. Will It Work?
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
As gas prices in the U.S. continue to spiral up towards 4 dollars per gallon, and consumers become more and more environmentally conscious, at least one car rental agency is preparing to take advantage during the summer travel season. Image from bookykicka on Flickr
Continue reading...The Five Most Bike-Friendly US Cities
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
After spotting this article on Treehugger today, and almost getting run over several times in the last year, I began to wonder: where in the U.S. are the best places for a two-wheeled commute? Image from Guillermo D on Flickr
Continue reading...Eco-Friendly Killing Machines: 3 Ways The Army is Going Green
Sunday, April 6, 2008
In keeping with the rather violent themes of the week, I thought that today, I’d explore the ways in which our respective governments are attempting to kill people in an eco-friendly manner: Image from dunechaser on Flickr
Continue reading...Global Warming Turns Lake Tahoe Green
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Lake Tahoe, the famed jewel on the California-Nevada border, may be losing her blue luster as soon as the next ten years, when global warming is expected to disrupt the cycles that make this lake so different from any other. Image by Will_Hybrid on Flickr A University of [...]
Continue reading...Get the D@mn Government Out of the Way
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Every month, I receive an Eco-Sense Update from Ann and Gord Baird. Canada is becoming more like America every day. Image by François Detemmerman The Bairds are building their own home, with their own hands, and they decided to do so in as sustainable a way
Continue reading...Sea Turtle to Get Prosthetic Flipper
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sea Turtle Inc., a non-profit turtle hospital in South Padre Island, Texas, hopes to fit one of its residents with what it believes is the world’s first prosthetic flipper. Adult Green Sea Turtles can reach up to 450 pounds and live for 100 years. Allison is a three-year-old Atlantic [...]
Continue reading...Ad Standards Agency Smacks Down Palm Oil Industry “Green” Claims
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Ad Standards Agency has been featured on Environmental Graffiti several times in the past, always over its crackdowns on companies making false green claims in their advertisements. A Malaysian palm oil plantation. The British agency is at it again, this time taking on one of the more ridiculous [...]
Continue reading...Norway’s Emission Reduction Plan Was to Give Offshore Oil Rigs Clean Electricity
Sunday, January 6, 2008
From the “Wait a second. What?” files comes the story of Norway’s failing attempt to fight global warming by providing offshore gas and oil rigs with clean electricity. Photo via NASA Norway has been attempting to fight global warming by, among other ways, providing rigs drilling for oil and [...]
Continue reading...Potato Chips Get Eco-Friendly
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Frito-Lay, after realizing how much energy it takes for its factories to make (not to mention eat) potato chips, has announced that it will take an Arizona factory off the grid. The design is capable of reducing electricity and water consumption 90%. And the company
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
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