Good To Be Green

Climate Rides 2012

What’s that sound… Do you hear it? I’ll tell you what it is. It’s the sound of triumph. It’s the sound of your heart beating out of your chest because you just cycled 300 miles with like-minded people who believe that change starts with them. It’s the sound of you putting words into action and [...]

KIDNEYTHIEVES Recording Green

Rock Powerhouse the Kidneythives, are back on the scene releasing their new EP THE INVISIBLE PLAN on October 18th. The interesting angle is that the album was recorded completely green, even the packaging can be planted in the ground and will grow into wildflowers, how great is that… “The Invisible Plan was once again written by [...]

The Story of Stuff

Ever wonder where all the stuff we own and use comes from and then where it ends up? This great video goes through all the stages of our stuff. It is called the materials economy and it is made up of the cycle our stuff goes through: Extraction- Production- Distribution- Consumption- Disposal.Watch this…

The Environmental Impact of March Madness

March Madness Odds are that there will be many gatherings to watch the many games that comprise March Madness. Here are some tips on taking steps to lessen the environmental impact on both our spaces, bodies and the environment overall while enjoying the great game of basketball. Here are some tips on making things more green [...]

Blog Action Day: Water

Access to clean, safe drinking water is one of the worldwide dilemmas that still need solving. One in eight of us worldwide don’t have access to clean drinking water still today. That’s almost a billion people on the planet. Hard to believe. 80% of diseases can be attributed to unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation [...]

Green Innovation: New Dryer Filter Saves Money on Electricity

I came upon a small company in Washington, Missouri owned and operated by a retired couple that have developed a filter made for use only on electric clothes dryers which allows the user to return the hot, humid air back into the home during the winter months. The name of the product is Dryernet and basically [...]

Spill Baby Spill, in the Gulf…

June 30th BloggersUnite for The Gulf & Save Our Planet Join the Effort What can we do to help, to lend a hand in the clean up effort? There are many things that people can do to help, even if we are not there: Planning a Vacation? Go to the states affected and spend your money there. The local economies [...]

Earth Day and Recycling Pets…

Earth Day is here again, and it’s a great reminder to remember that animals are not throwaways. For what ever reason that dogs, cats and many other kinds of animals end up in shelters, they deserve a second chance at a being loved at a forever home. Overpopulation is the number 1 cause of death [...]

Free Climate Count iPhone App

ClimateCounts.org provides tools and information that help us make more informed decisions about the companies we wish to do business with. They put out a free Climate Count iPhone App that scores some of the worlds largest companies in 17 business sectors so that we can see how well or not so well they are [...]

Green iPhone Apps

This video brought to you by Zaproot.com has some a great resources to save you money and help mother earth with these Green Apps for your iPhone. Check it out!