Green Products

Amazing Dissolving Plastic Packaging

Creative Review | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Newsstand copies of the November issue of CR come in a revolutionary new bag that simply dissolves in hot water. No waste. No landfill....

Is Buying Green A Moral Offset?

Mother Jones | Stephanie Volkoff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green


The study found that making environmentally responsible consumer choices leads people to make unethical decisions (or at least not as nice ones) later...

The Top Ten Worst Green Brand Names

Fast Company | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green


But it turns out Nissan's electric vehicle is not the only offender when it comes to misguided green names. We dug up the ten worst and tapped two of ...

Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Green


Slate's The Big Money details Wal-Mart's Sustainability Index. The giant retailer ($406 billion in revenues in 2008) is developing an ambitious, com...

7 Ways Vinegar Can Cut Chemicals From Your Home

thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


According to the Vinegar Institute, the useful stuff was probably discovered by accident (most wine drinkers know what happens when you leave a bottle...

5 Ways to Green Your Shaving

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Disposable design is perhaps the biggest landfill culprit, and the biggest challenge we have as a society when it comes to slamming the lid on waste.

Does Green Have To Be Expensive? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green


True or false: The hardest thing about going green is accepting the higher cost. FALSE! The belief that going green is costly is itself a costly mis...

How Is Green Business Doing Today?

Richard Seireeni | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business


Richard Seireeni

Out with the old. In with the new and the green. Damn the torpedoes. Full green ahead.

Arianna Charts a Course Toward Greener Living

Susan Short | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green


Susan Short

Our work with Arianna focused on identifying opportunities to help her reduce her carbon footprint and to continue to maintain a healthy home environment.

Trash Talk

Zem Joaquin | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green


Zem Joaquin

Almost every environmentalist agrees that we need a paradigm shift that acknowledges that nature doesn't have an "away," that everything created in nature is incorporated back in.

Wal-Mart and a World of Good

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Wal-Mart is, for all its downsides, better run and more profitable than the U.S.A., and seems more efficient at making changes that our government can't or won't make.

Three Design-Savvy Recycled Salt and Pepper Sets

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

I hate disposable salt and pepper grinders. These things should really be banned. Plastic, packaging, carbon foot print...and then after a few months,...

Back To School Shopping For Green Kids

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green


Aisles of back to school shopping are beginning to sprout up in stores nationwide, encouraging a level of consumerism that is not particularly green. ...

Best Green Toiletries: Sniffing Around For Greenest Deodorant?

Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green


Upon moving to Washington, D.C., about a year ago, I quickly realized two things: Our Nation's Capitol was built on a swamp and The Hill is called tha...

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.

Greenwashing: How Bad Is It Really?

American Public Media | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green


The debate between Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com and Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation on the magnitude of greenwashing has been fascinating, alt...

Green Beauty Guide: How To Make Your Beauty Bag More Eco-friendly

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green


Re-examine your beauty products, reduce your waste and the eternal quest for green beauty will be just around the corner. More companies than ever are...

A Guide To Green Laundry

Planet Green | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green


Top Green Laundry Tips 1. Wear it more than once It doesn't go for everything (unmentionables and socks come to mind), but the simplest way ...

Consumer Demand is the Answer

Brian Keane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green


Brian Keane

We should insist that our politicians help create a business climate in which an alternative energy industry will flourish by renewing the clean energy production tax credits.

Talking With The President Of Seventh Generation

E. A. Hanks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


E. A. Hanks

"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions upon the next seven generations." Sound familiar? Chances are, you've read ...