There is a lot of hype in the beauty industry right now about so called "green" products. There are literally thousands of products on the market claiming to be green, environmentally friendly, natural, safe, organic, flower & plant based, pure, botanical, eco-friendly, etc - all undefined terms in a largely unregulated industry. So, how’s a savvy consumer to know what is truly “green”?
Let’s analyze western society’s energy production model and ask ourselves the following question: Does it make economic and engineering sense?
A developer in San Diego County, California wants to build a 300-acre garbage dump in Gregory Canyon, one of the most ecologically sensitive and culturally important places in the region.
Cool roof technology is increasingly popular as more residential builders increase roof insulation to reduce HVAC capital expense and year-round operating cost.
Todd Stern the Special Envoy for Climate Change, just testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on: The Road to Copenhagen and International Climate Agreement.
When I first heard my employer launched a Green Team, I thought it was fantastic! We went “green” just in time for Earth Day in 2008. To me, it just makes sense to live consuming less than we need, not more. So I was very proud of them.
Supermarket fresh food packaging has traditionally been a combination of rigid plastics or expanded polystyrene (foam trays) and overwrap film. You have probably purchased hundreds of meat items, produce and prepared food packaged on these trays over the years. For decades this functional and inexpensive packaging has been the way goods are packaged and sold… until now.
There’s an old saying that there are two kinds of people in the world — those who eat to live and those who live to eat. I am one of the second types.
Like many terms in the English language, the word “green” has taken on several meanings. Green around the gills meant you felt sick to your stomach; green with envy, you were jealous. Today, green means eco-friendly, sustainable, earth-friendly, and energy-smart; the list goes on.
Debco has recently released a version of the MoMA I Am Not A Paper Cup which they are calling the DA4299 COFFEE MUG and selling as a promotional item for around $9.73, which is nearly half the $18.08 cost of the MoMA model.
