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360 : Eco Friendly Vodka

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Want to help the environment??? Buy some Vodka!!!

McCormick Distilling (American), just launched their brand new product: 360 Vodka. The company’s new division, Earth Friendly Distilling Co., hopes to establish new sustainable product development and packaging standards in the alcohol industry.
Claiming the title ‘World’s first eco-friendly premium spirit’, 360 Vodka is shipped in a bottle made […]

EternalCoil is finally back!

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

After basically a month of hiatus, partly due to things changing in my life, as well as a small part of just laziness, I’m back blogging again. I hope to keep this updated as much as possible with new products and ideas that are eco-friendly, to keep everyone fully informed of the massive future market […]

Eco-Friendly Cargo Ship Launches

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Yesterday the first cargo ship to use a massive kite/sail for part of its power left port from Germany on a voyage to Venezuela. SkySails, the company behind the kites, says that using the 160-square-meter kite can reduce up to 35% of the fuel consumption of the boats, depending on wind conditions. This first […]

MacBook Air

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Just revealed yesterday at MacWorld in SanFrancisco by Steve Jobs, the new Macbook Air laptop is the thinest laptop on the market, and is part of a step forward in eco-friendly technology. The Air features an recyclable aluminum case (not made of recycled, but someday?), and a mercury- and arsenic-free glass display. The circuit boards […]

Recycled Memory Card Holder

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

With countless phones, cameras, GPS devices and mp3 players, everyone has way too many memory cards just floating around. As a photographer I’m constantly finding cards laying around the house, and have lost a good number along the way. Tom Kenworthy’s newly designed Memory Card Holder is one possible solution to your memory card woes. […]

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 […]

Waste Free World London Rally

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

This past Saturday my friend James and I went to an International Demonstration on Climate Change held at the Covent Garden Market in downtown London Ontario.  The day, Dec 8, was called the largest day of climate protest in the world, taking place in 70 countries and more than 30 cities in Canada alone.They had […]

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 […]

Santa is going to die!

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

At a recent festive tree lighting in Seattle, Mayor Greg Nickels used his speech before the lighting of the lights to bring a new global eco-threat: If we don’t stop using normal light bulbs, Santa and his reindeer will die! He then proceeded to pass out energy efficient bulbs.Apparently scaring kids into using the bulbs […]

Eco-friendly Chopstick Bra

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

This goes under the category of weird. A bra that holds re-usable chopsticks. Who would have thought of that! The video does say that Japan uses (and throws away) 25 BILLION PAIRS of chopsticks each year, so having accessible re-usable chopsticks would be handy…just don’t know how you would retrieve these ones during dinner…

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