Some exceptionally cool stuff
It’s pretty much exactly what you think: solar-powered “ivy”. SMIT (be sure to check out the pictures under the “Grow .1″ and “Grow .2″ links at the top of the page), a Brooklyn-based start-up company, has been developing an alternative energy system that resembles ivy crawling up the side of a building.
There [...]
Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of research on various environmental charities and non-profits in an attempt to identify some with missions and values relatively aligned with my own and to which I could contribute in some way. One tool that has been invaluable in my search is Charity Navigator, an online database of over [...]
I’m resisting a “dying to be green” main header
I’ve never really considered death as something that could have a negative impact on our environment. It’s just organic matter returning to its roots, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, one of the most natural processes out there, right?
Well, for the most part, it has been, at [...]
A challenge no more
It has quickly become apparent that the hardest part about turning stuff off is simply getting yourself in the habit of doing so. During the first few days of this little experiment, I found myself struggling to remember to switch off lights as I left rooms or to unplug my laptop before [...]
Toilets use a tremendous amount of water. 40% of household indoor water is used for toilet flushing and we flush approximately 55 billion gallons of water each day. The numbers are pretty staggering, and ever since I saw my first dual-flush toilet many years ago in Europe, I’ve considered our standard one-flush toilets to be [...]
For the most part, plastic claims one of the top spots on Mother Nature’s sh*t list. It’s light, cheap, durable, and incredibly useful, but it has a horrible impact on our environment. Plastic bottles, plastic bags, just about anything plastic, kills wildlife, poisons water, pollutes habitats, and/or chokes landfills. Plus, it’s made from non-renewable resources [...]
