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Making everyday Earth Day by monitoring your energy use.
Wednesday, 22 Apr, 2009 – 6:34 | Comments
Making everyday Earth Day by monitoring your energy use.

It seems like the trend in blogs today is to tell you to make the pledge to just do one thing for Earth Day.  Well, I think Earth Day should be everyday in our hearts …

Want to garden, but your thumb isn’t so green? Help is on the way.
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 12:50 | Comments
Want to garden, but your thumb isn’t so green?  Help is on the way.

There is a new trend in the world and it is an exciting trend to me.  People are growing their own vegetables again!  From the die hard gardeners to the White House and everywhere in …

Wallpaper with your TV? Turn on the wall to let in some light? Could be.
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2009 – 20:33 | Comments
Wallpaper with your TV?  Turn on the wall to let in some light?  Could be.

With Toshiba’s new (currently in development) OLED (organic electroluminscence) Wallpaper, a TV or light fixture coming from your wallpaper may be a reality sooner or later.

The technology itself is adding a green dimension to things …

Thinkbaby and Thinksport – BPA free products for your baby and you.
Thursday, 5 Feb, 2009 – 7:46 | Comments
Thinkbaby and Thinksport – BPA free products for your baby and you.

Thinkbaby is another one of those companies that I just stumbled upon at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market and I am very glad I did.
Sitting at the booth was company founder Kevin Brodwick and we …

What’s up for EcoZebra in 2009?
Tuesday, 13 Jan, 2009 – 9:16 | Comments
What’s up for EcoZebra in 2009?

Well, it is hard to believe that we are halfway through the first month of 2009 already.  It, like every year before it, will be a quick one I think.  Of course I have been …

Turn your old fax machine into a flower pot.
Thursday, 8 Jan, 2009 – 8:22 | Comments
Turn your old fax machine into a flower pot.

The folks over at TerraCycle have done it again with another sweet new product made from our trash.  The great thing about this product is that it is made entirely of e-waste.  That stuff piling …

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 …

What do you do with the hot water that goes down your drain? Re-Therm drain water heat recovery system.
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 15:44 | Comments
What do you do with the hot water that goes down your drain?  Re-Therm drain water heat recovery system.

This is a pretty cool bit of technology that I came upon a while back. The system is called Re-Therm and it is a wonderful way to re-use all that heat that is …

TerraCycle – Taking your garbage and giving you cash!
Friday, 31 Oct, 2008 – 11:25 | Comments
TerraCycle – Taking your garbage and giving you cash!

I have been using TerraCycle products for several years now (starting with the worm poop fertilizer) and I just realized that I have never posted about them. So what is up with that? …

Ready to win $10,000 for your great green idea?
Tuesday, 28 Oct, 2008 – 14:45 | Comments
Ready to win $10,000 for your great green idea?

Do you have an idea that is achievable, scalable, practical, collaborative, inclusive, original and energy-reducing? The the Earth Awards could be for you. Your chance to share that idea and win $10,000.

According to …