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 […]
- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review
Category Archives: Sustainability
Dairy Industry Launches Sustainability Reporting Guide
The Innovation Center for US Dairy has published a guide to help dairy companies and farms measure and report on sustainability. The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for US Dairy identifies indicators for assessing dairy sustainability and communicating results. The indicators … Continue reading
SiteHawk Expands Chemical Indexing Services
Cloud-based safety data sheet (SDS) and chemical data management company SiteHawk has expanded its chemical indexing services to 32 languages. The company says the expansion is in response to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) as well as customer and market … Continue reading
SAP Argues Business Case of Integrated Reporting
Software firm SAP is using its combined sustainability and annual report to promote more deeply embedded sustainability in its business operations, according to Dr. Peter Graf, the company’s chief sustainability officer and executive vice president sustainability. The core of the company’s integrated … 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
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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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What’s New in Green Packaging?
This question was recently asked of me by an author friend in need of an “industry insider” perspective. He did not realize just how relatively narrow my view point is of an extremely broad industry that is very diverse and … Continue reading
Contract Wins: Ball, Lockheed Marin, John Deere, Schneider Electric, Xylem, Fuel Tech
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to build the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) for the National Institute of Environmental Research in South Korea. GEMS is a geostationary scanning ultraviolet-visible spectrometer … Continue reading
Posted in air, chemicals, Climate, Contracts & Installations, Sustainability
Tagged American Water, Babcock & Wilcox, Ball Aerospace, batteries, Beijing Drainage Group, Business-to-Business, Clean Water Technology, Conventional Energy, Energy Management, Evonik Industries, Fuel Tech Inc, Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer, Hi-Tech, Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation, john deere, Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Lockheed Martin, Oil & Natural Gas, OPX Biotechnologies, OriginOil, PACE, Resource Advisor, Saft, Schneider Electric, Steam Control, US Naval Reactors Program, Water Management, Xylem
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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
Natural Capital and Its Implications
Worldwide, “natural capital” has emerged as an important topic of debate. At the June 2012 Rio+20 Conference it was agreed that “inclusive green growth” was the pathway to sustainable development. Countries would therefore have to decipher “inclusive green growth” and … Continue reading
Standards & Compliance Briefing: EcoLogo for Printing, BASF Water Stewardship
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. UL Environment has launched UL 2803, its revised EcoLogo third-party environmental standard for printing services. The revised standard combines two former EcoLogo … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, clean energy, Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Law, ISO 14001, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership
Tagged BASF, Ceram, EcoLogo, European Water Stewardship, Executive Briefings, Green Building, iWave, LEED, printing, Products & Planning, Proposition 65, Sprint Circuits, UL 2803, UL Environment, Underwriters Laboratories, Water Management, Yale University
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‘Green’ and Frugal Innovation, Part II
In my last article, the discussion centered on “frugal engineering” or, as it is sometimes referred to as “frugal innovation.” It was noted that frugal engineering usually refers to reducing the complexity and cost of some good and the production … Continue reading