Archive for the 'going green' Category

Eco-Friendly Parking Lots

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Seriously. Who would have thought to make parking lots a bit greener!
The basic concept is to stop runoff of oils and gunk into nearby streams and land.
See the full story here:
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How to have an eco friendly campfire.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The “May 24 weekend” has just passed and the camping season for Canada is now in full swing (of course its still frightfully cold here, but there are crazy people still camping!). Here now is a list of 10 things you can do to keep your campfire eco friendly. I have been busy with the […]

Finally! A meat company who doesn’t use styrofoam!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

I’ve been waiting for a company to get on this! Every year millions of of styrofoam meat trays are left in our garbage dumps with no chance of decomposing. There is now a company who is thinking of our future and getting into the eco way of packaging! Murry’s Chicken, based in New York, is […]

Eco Skateboard by ‘Let’s EVO’

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Skateboarding has always had a bit of green in it. I mean its totally human powered, no emissions are emitted during use, aside from huffing and puffing. THe only non-green part was the board itself. But now a company has fixed that too.
Brazilian innovation group Let’s EVO
has created a sustainable skateboard. The cover layers are […]

PVC-Free Yoga Mats

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Traditional yoga mats are made of a mix of rubber and other chemicals. But for people who are trying to balance their body and soul, you may want to think about what you’re laying on and grab yourself a PVC-free mat.

The Harmony Natural Rubber Yoga Mat is PVC-free, as well as made from natural rubber. […]

Fujitsu Corn-based Laptop

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Laptops and basically all computers have never been anything close to eco-friendly. Its internal components contain metals that could be toxic. Its made of plastics that are normally just thrown out. Thankfully some companies are trying to balance out the toxic equation. Fujitsu has come out with a laptop that’s casing is made out of […]

Walmart really isn’t green.

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog: Wal-Mart’s demand for cheap goods strikes again!
Walmart says they are at the front of the green wave, starting to provide eco-friendly products. I personally havn’t seen any there, but who knows. Anyway, this article originally in the Huffington Post reports how Walmart has gone back on its ‘green statement’ and is […]

IXI: The Recyclable Bike

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Heres something for next year’s Christmas list: the totally recyclable bike! The iXi bike is made from aluminum, which means its recyclable. Most bikes either end up at the dump or as a piece of art when its at the end of its road, but the iXi allows you to send it on its way […]

London Ontario Composting

Friday, December 7th, 2007

The most recent enviro-news in the London area is the concideration of adding green composting bins to the collection. Right now the city is debating on what to change to the garbage/recycling/compost situation. As much as I love the almost random day of the week to put out my garbage (which has led me to […]

Green Burial Alternatives

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

A month ago I posted about how some cemeteries are going green with not using normal caskets or headstones. Here are some products that will help with passing away green. Right now they are made overseas (maybe Canada is too conservative??), but I’m sure a form of them will be here soon enough.

If cremation is […]