Eco Living

Schwarzenegger, Solar Power, and Midland School

Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Ming Holden

Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.

The Truth About Eco-Friendly Milk

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green


When it comes to finding milk that's green from the source, there are a handful of labels and acronyms that will help you discern green milk from its ...

I Have Enough Eco-Friendly Bags Now

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


Jessica Olien

How many resources, I wondered, did it take to create all of these? And what if I got one with every purchase? How many real bags equal one plastic bag?

This Valentine's Day, Green is the New Red

Zem Joaquin | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green


Zem Joaquin

Valentine's Day, national Hallmark holiday or not, is supposed to be a day of love, sharing time with the one you care about (or dropping a secret admirer note for the one you're pining over).

Putting Green in Arm's Reach of the Desire to Consume

Kevin Grandia | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

The environmental movement needs to start thinking more like Coca Cola.

Notes on a Party: Have a Green Holiday

Celia Chen | Posted 01.02.2009 | Style


Celia Chen

Stay away from disposables! Using plastic dinnerware at your party is not only extremely wasteful but it sends a negative message to your guests about how you care for the environment.

From the Olympics to Sears, Wearing Recycled Bottles Goes Mainstream

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

From PET plastic bottles to pull tabs, tomorrow's fashion will probably be made of trash. In recent months, recycled soda bottle fashion has become in...

Greening 150,000 Roadies, is it possible?: Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green


Patrick Pfeiffer

This year's Democratic National Convention is following suit: organic food, alternative energy transportation, and carbon offsetting are mitigating the masses.

Calling All Eco-Entrepreneurs!

Tracy Metro | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green


Tracy Metro

The eco-entrepreneur is a rare bird that believes "making money" and "doing good" are not mutually exclusive; Eco-entrepreneurs live today to green the world of tomorrow.

Clothing Made from Milk and Bottles Made of Paper? The Eco Design Revolution

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

It's really cool to be able to look around and actually see that you are part of a new era in design.

Anheuser-Busch's Gradual Greening: "5 Billion Green Beers"

CleanTechnica | Ariel Schwartz | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green


Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewer in the US, announced today that its breweries will rely on renewable energies for 15 percent of their needs by 2010...

Ideal Bite Green Tip Of The Week: Drink Locally!

Ideal Bite | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Ideal Bite

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You Think You're Buying Green, But Are You?

New York Times | ERIC WILSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


LET us set aside the clichés about green fashion, ye cynical Kermits, and presume that everyone is now on board with saving the world by doing our ho...

How To Island Hop Without Hurting The Islands

Times | Brian Schofield | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


The very characteristics that make islands so easy to love also make them far too easy to love to death. Unique, isolated cultures are far from resili...