GREEN JAR

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Apr 15 2011

CARDBOARD WATER BOTTLES? COOL!

There are many reasons that the hair on the back of your neck might stand up when someone says the words bottled water – all that wasted plastic, the people harmed in the making of said plastic, the communities ‘losing’ their water when it is bottled. But, sometimes you need portable water...

Archived in Sports/Health/Fitness
Apr 15 2011

ORGANIC BUBBLY

We’ve reported on the organic bubbly from Domaine Carneros – the only certified organic sparkling wine in the United States – before. Now, they are happy to report that theirsparkling wine is also vegan-friendly, and apparently always has been. Champagne and sparkling wine have animal products in them? Who knew? The entire...

Archived in Travel + Food
Apr 15 2011

HOW TO RECYCLE OLD SNEAKERS

What to do with your old running shoes? You can easily spare your sneakers from a landfill burial. Recycled Runners is the web’s first national shoe recycling and donation directory. You can also buy a new pair of sneakers on the site’s retail partner, Zappos. Do you have a shoe donation...

Archived in Sports/Health/Fitness
Apr 11 2011

HOTELS GOING GREEN: EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY

How many of you hotel stayers have been noticing a new GREEN POLICY/GESTURE at most of your hotels? One would usually stumble upon such a “gesture” in your hotel bathroom printed upon a cardboard card resting against the sink mirror. It would tell you something like, “EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY….”...

Archived in Travel + Food
Apr 08 2011

MICKEY GREENS

When you hear the term ‘green restaurant’, greasy fast food chain McDonalds is pretty much the last thing that comes to mind. With a reputation for fostering obesity, bad health and environmental destruction by peddling rainforest grown meat, McDonald’s has been fighting a less-than-rosy public image for years. But now the...

Archived in Business Travel + Food
Apr 21 2010

PHARRELL WILLIAMS FOR KHIELS TONING MIST

We gave you the skinny on this collaboration when word first came out, and now Khiels has released a campaign to accompany their Earth Day initiative. Continuing its collaboration with high profile creatives, Kiehl’s looks towards Pharrell Williams as the music producer takes part in the brand’s new açaí damage-protecting toning...

Archived in Beauty
Apr 21 2010

Teen Diaries Online: What You Can Do On Earth Day

Can you believe Earth Day is here? Not to mention the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. It seems like just yesterday we were brainstorming how to improve our eco chic ways for Earth Day of last year. Nowadays every day kind of feels like Earth Day. And thats how it...

Archived in Events
Apr 21 2010

TREY SONGS & FABOLOUS

Grammy-nominated and Songbook Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Trey Songz teams up with Def Jam’s platinum-selling recording artist Fabolous for the Be Seen Being Green (BSBG) College Music Tour. Both Trey Songz and Fabolous are the headliners for the official BSBG Concert kicking off in Miami on April 16, 2010, at James...

Archived in Entertainment Music
Apr 21 2010

THE NEW SAMSUNG

The Samsung Restore comes with a laundry list of green features: 100% recyclable packaging (including a cardboard box made out of 70% post consumer materials and printed with soy ink), an Energy Star Version 2.0 qualified energy efficient charger, an online user manual (replacing the paper version), and strict RoHS compliance. Perhaps most...

Archived in Technology
Apr 21 2010

A Multicolored Chandelier made from Pet Bottle Pieces

outh African designer Heath Nash unveiled a colorful, eclectic chandelier made almost entirely from recycled PET bottles at this year’s Milan Design Week. Dubbed Bottleformball, the brilliantly-hued recycled creation is crafted from multicolored pieces of salvaged bottles attached to a hand-made wire structure. We love how the artfully arranged bottle pieces look almost...

Archived in Art/Architecture/Design