• The New American Christmas

    11/19/11 • (0)

    This year Christmas will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that nothing can be found that is by American hands. It’s about time to think outside the box. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper?

  • PAY WHAT YOU CAN- Panera Bread, a restaurant chain that gives back and succeeds.

    9/15/11 • (0)

    Ron Shaich, owner of Panerra Breads, created a unique, pay-what-you-can model at three “Panera Cares” cafes around the country — and more are coming soon — he has proven an idea that seems revolutionary for a large corporation, but is actually very simple: trust people; they’ll often surprise you.

  • Taiwan Eco-City

    9/15/11 • (0)

    Tianjin Eco-City is a fascinating, 30 square kilometer development designed to showcase the hottest new green technologies and to serve as a model for future developing Chinese cities. The community’s expected 350,000 residents will be able to choose different landscapes ranging from a sun-powered solarscape to a greenery-clad earthscape to enjoy.

  • Delawares Brownfield Marketplace

    9/15/11 • (0)

    (A list of Brownfield sites available for redevelopment in Delaware.)
    From the DNREC SITE
    The Delaware Brownfields Marketplace is an interactive database that contains a list of market-ready Brownfield sites throughout Delaware. The inventory is designed to make it easier for potential buyers and developers to locate available Brownfield properties. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these (Jump)

  • The Top GREEN Brands (or a reason to like Walmart)

    9/15/11 • (0)

    In the U.S., where researchers conducted 1,200 interviews, consumers identified these Top 10 green brands:
    1. Seventh Generation
    2. Whole Foods
    3. Tom’s of Maine
    4. Burt’s Bees
    5. Trader Joe’s
    6. The Walt Disney Company
    7. S.C. Johnson
    8. Dove
    9. Apple
    10. Starbucks, Microsoft (tied)
    One important caveat: Consumers chose these brands from a universe of 45 brands in limited product categories, including (Jump)

  • UPCYCLING – THE NEW TREND

    9/15/11 • (1)

    We have all recycled, repurposed (see above), downsized, retrofitted, upsized and reused. Has anyone upcycled yet…do you know what it is?
    So what’s upcycling? Well it is taking something that you would otherwise throw out and finding a way to make it into something else.
    The term came from and if it was possibly a little (Jump)

  • THE AMAZING REPURPOSED HOME

    9/15/11 • (0)

    What we once referred to as recycling has now become repurposed. This applies really well to buildings, particularly historic and old structures. Over the years we have seen the classic repurposed building such as a barn turned into a home or an industrial building turned into condos and workspaces.

  • Slow, Food, Slow Fashion, Slow Lifestyles

    9/15/10 • (0)

    It all started with slow food, a movement “that was founded in 1989 in Italy by to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of (Jump)

  • Garbage Moguls and Trash TV

    9/15/10 • (0)

    TRASH TV AND GARBAGE MOGULS

    Premieres Saturday, August 21 at 8 PM ET/PT
    Airs Saturday, August 21 from 8-11 PM ET/PT

    National Geographic is not the magazine we all grew up with. It has become a multi-media conglomerate using print, web, video, film and TV to inspire us to care about the planet.

    Now teamed up (Jump)

  • Is it worth it to make green upgrades?

    8/07/10 • (0)

    We all wonder if it is worth the cost to make green upgrades in our homes. It is the money spent vs the money saved story. Well someone has done it for us now.
    A web resource called Green and Save has published a breakdown of over 60 energy efficient upgrades a home owner may (Jump)