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: Europe
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: TSCA Update, Utility Shield Law, Mining Guidance
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) announced bipartisan legislation to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. Vitter said the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apogent Transition Corp., Beazer East, Carbon Finance, Carbon Tax, Clean Air Act, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, Conventional Energy, Cooper Industries, E.ON, Enel, ENI, Executive Briefings, Fluid Recovery Services, Gas Natural, GasTerra, GDF Suez, Iberdrola, Keystone XL, Mining, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Oil & Natural Gas, RWE, Toxic Substances Control Act, Wastewater, Water Management, water reuse
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German Beer Industry ‘Threatened by Fracking’
Anheuser-Busch InBev and other German brewers want Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block any laws that would allow hydraulic fracturing, which, they say could contaminate water used to make beer and hurt the country’s brewing industry. The Association of German … Continue reading
Monsanto, Bayer, Sygenta Fund Bee Research
Monsanto, Bayer and Sygenta are among the agrichemical companies funding honeybee research in the US as pesticides come increasingly under fire for killing millions of bees, Reuters reports. Bayer and Syngenta, which produce neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides linked to … Continue reading
Aker Solutions Conducts World’s First Cement CO2 Capture Tests
Aker Solutions has won a contract to perform the world’s first tests for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from a cement production plant. The CO2 technology company won the award from Norcem, in cooperation with the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA). … Continue reading
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Dell, HP, Samsung on WEEE; Texas Roadhouse’s First LEED
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Toshiba, Dell and other electronics companies have called for changes to the UK’s compliance system for the EU waste … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, clean energy, Contracts & Installations, Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications, Europe, recycling, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, Waste & Recycling, Waste Management
Tagged Cassidy Turley, dell, e-waste, Electrolink, Executive Briefings, Gaedeke Group, Green Building, Haihong Artificial Plants Manufactory, hewlett packard, IPC, LEED, Panasonic, Products & Planning, RoHS, RoHS2, Samsung, Texas Roadhouse, Toshiba, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, WEEE
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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
UK Low-Carbon Small Businesses Report Exports Boon
The proportion of UK-based small businesses targeting the growing international market for low-carbon products has doubled in the past two years, according to research by Shell Springboard and UK government-backed nonprofit the Carbon Trust. Some 76 percent of low-carbon small … Continue reading
EU Adopts Green Infrastructure Strategy
The European Commission has adopted a strategy to promote green infrastructure by enhancing biodiversity in urban areas that it says will create new jobs, provide economic benefits and be a key step in implementing the European Union’s 2020 goals to … Continue reading
Bayer, Syngenta, Rapeseed Producers Possible Bee Vote Losers
Dow Chemical may see an uptick in sales of its pesticide sprays as a result of the European Union ban on neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides linked to bee decline that are produced mainly by Bayer and Syngenta, Reuters reports. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayer, bees, Dow, Dow Chemical, honeybees, Manuela Specht, neonicotinoids, Pesticides, rapeseed, sales, sustainable agriculture, syngenta, UFOP, USDA
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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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