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The future of music. Is it all digital?
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 12:56 | Comments
The future of music.  Is it all digital?

A reader recently sent me a link to an article over at the Huffington Post written by Cliff Hunt it is titled Making Music Green.  It was an interesting bit on the future of music …

Greenpeace releases the updated guide to greener electronics.
Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 – 10:11 | Comments

Guess who is toward the bottom of the list. Apple. Yeah, that company that is talking so much about how green they are lately. At the top. Nokia, Sony, Samsung and …

Bounce, brake and peddle your way to a fully charged life.
Sunday, 9 Nov, 2008 – 19:16 | Comments
Bounce, brake and peddle your way to a fully charged life.

For those who who needed one more excuse to bike to work, now you don’t have to worry about keeping your gadgets charged without a lighter socket. Deco Goodman has found a way to …

GIVEAWAY TIME! Win your own Rickshaw “Zero” messenger bag.
Wednesday, 29 Oct, 2008 – 7:35 | Comments
GIVEAWAY TIME!  Win your own Rickshaw “Zero” messenger bag.

So did you read my post on the new Rickshaw “Zero” messenger bags the other day? Well, the kind folks at Rickshaw have sent me over a bag to giveaway to one of …

Rickshaw releases the “Zero Waste” messenger bag.
Friday, 24 Oct, 2008 – 14:01 | Comments
Rickshaw releases the “Zero Waste” messenger bag.

Well, it is too bad that I didn’t meet with these guys while I was covering the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in August! I would have loved to have covered the “Zero Waste” bag …

Power Film Solar - 20 years of manufacturing thin film flexible solar.
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 14:34 | Comments
Power Film Solar - 20 years of manufacturing thin film flexible solar.

This is yet another remarkable product that I came upon at the Outdoor Retailer Convention. Power Film Solar a printed thin film solar product.
This note on the thin film solar product they produce is directly …

Naturally Bamboo - Organic Clothing and Green Operations
Thursday, 14 Aug, 2008 – 13:37 | Comments
Naturally Bamboo - Organic Clothing and Green Operations

Naturally Bamboo is another retailer that I came upon at the Outdoor Retailer Convention last week. I was very impressed not only with their product but also with their operations.
All of their products and …

Baby Blend Tees - Green Retailer from Outdoor Retailer
Wednesday, 13 Aug, 2008 – 6:05 | Comments

As I was wandering the Outdoor Retailer Convention I discovered a location of vendors across the street and a block away from the main group of vendors. These were the new guys, the vendors …

EcoGear - EcoTech, outdoor industry pioneers with green products from day 1.
Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2008 – 8:56 | Comments
EcoGear - EcoTech, outdoor industry pioneers with green products from day 1.

What is my definition of an outdoor industry pioneer? For me it is a company that hasn’t created just one line of green to satisfy a niche in their market. It isn’t a …

Is the outdoor industry a big green disappointment?
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 8:28 | Comments

I, as I posted earlier in the week, had the opportunity to attend the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market as part of the working media. I went with the hope of seeing exactly what this …