Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Category Archives: carbon footprint
Volvo Hybrid Buses Cut Fuel Consumption 75%
Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid buses — which the company says reduce fuel consumption by at least 75 percent compared with diesel buses — will hit the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden this month as part of a field test. Volvo says … Continue reading
Logos Technologies Closer to Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Biofuel
Biofuel company Logos Technologies and partner Edeniq have completed more than 1,000 hours of continuous operation at their corn-to-cellulosic migration (CCM) pilot plant in Visalia, Calif., the companies say. Employing Edeniq’s proprietary technology, the plant converts 1 metric ton per … Continue reading
DuPont Launches Refrigerant Buyback Program
DuPont Refrigerants and EOS Climate have partnered to encourage the return of recovered chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants by paying contractors and equipment owners for the ozone-depleting substances, which will then be safely destroyed. The Montreal Protocol has phased out CFCs — … Continue reading
Airline Industry Favors Global Carbon Offsets
The International Air Transport Association yesterday said the industry prefers a global carbon offsetting system that involves buying carbon credits rather than an industry-wide cap-and-trade system, Reuters reports. A group of high-level aviation industry representatives from 17 countries is working … Continue reading
Posted in air, carbon footprint, Environmental Policy & Law, European Union, Green Fleets & Transportation
Tagged Air Transport Group, aviation, Carbon Finance, Carbon Finance & Offsets, carbon offsets, Carbon Offsets/RECs, connie hedegaard, Emissions, EU, Feature, Global, International Air Transport Association, International Civil Aviation Organization, Paul Steele, UN
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Sustainability ‘Highly Important’ to 42% of Supply Chains
Less than half of executives say sustainability is highly important to their company’s supply chain, according to a PwC survey. Of the 42 percent of respondents who rated sustainability as highly important, 87 percent named optimizing their carbon footprint as their … Continue reading
UK Grocers, Brands Target 1.1m Metric Ton Food Waste Diversion
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Unilever, AB InBev and Nestlé are among the 45 UK retailers, manufacturers and brands that have committed to reducing food and drink waste by 1.1 million metric tons by 2015 in the third phase of the Courtauld Commitment, … Continue reading
Posted in carbon footprint, coca-cola, Europe, Nestle, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, Sustainable Supply Chain, Unilever, Waste Management
Tagged AB InBev, Aldi, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Courtland Commitment, Food & Beverage, Food waste, Marks & Spencer, Retail & Restaurants, Sainsbury's, Sustainable Packaging & Paper, Tesco, The Co-Operative Group, UK, Waste and Resources Action Programme, WRAP
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BMW Slams EU Emissions Targets
BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer says the European Union’s strict vehicle emissions standards are “impossible to meet,” Drive.com reports. The EU plan would cut CO2 emission outputs to 95g/km by 2020, followed by a further 25 percent reduction by 2025. These … Continue reading
MIT Develops ‘GHG-Free Steel’
Researchers at MIT have found a way to manufacture steel without greenhouse gas emissions. Steel from the new process should be of higher purity, and — once the process is scaled up — cheaper, according to a paper that was published this … Continue reading
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Tagged Emissions, MIT, steel, Sustainable Manufacturing
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Contract Wins: Rolls-Royce, Dow, Fluor, Virent
Rolls-Royce has signed a repeat order for a ship developed specifically for transporting live fish. This will be the second vessel of this type for ship owner Sølvtrans AS, the world’s largest transporter of live fish. The first ship is … Continue reading
Posted in air, Biofuel, carbon footprint, Contracts & Installations, Green Fleets & Transportation, transportation
Tagged American Society for Testing and Materials, Aviva, Business-to-Business, Carbon Reduction Commitment, Ceco Environmental, Conventional Energy, Dow, Dow Chemical, Fluor, Fluor Corporation, Hara, Oil & Natural Gas, PaperWorks, Rolls-Royce, Sølvtrans AS, Transplace, US Air Force Research Laboratory, Virent, Wright Patterson Air Force Base
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Sustainable Packaging Roundup: Novelis, Mars, Monadnock
Novelis has announced the commercial availability of what it says is the industry’s first independently certified, high-recycled content aluminum designed specifically for the beverage can market. With a minimum of 90 percent recycled aluminum, the Novelis evercan aluminum beverage can … Continue reading
Posted in carbon footprint, recycling, Waste & Recycling
Tagged Afripack, Business-to-Business, Food & Beverage, MARS, Monadnock Paper Mills, Mondi Extrusion Coatings, Novelis, Products & Planning, Reusable Packaging Association, Royco, SCS Global Services, sustainable packaging, Sustainable Packaging & Paper
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