Environmentalism
21 Ways to Make Your Home Environmentally Friendly
Making home improvements not only beautifies your house but also adds to it's value. However as homeowners become more environmentally conscious they look for ways to improve their homes and make them as "green" as possible. Here is a list of 21 home improvement tips for your home.
Environmental Concerns Artistically Expressed by Children
"The 16th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment was organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer AG and Nikon Corporation. Regional winners were announced on 22 April 2007 and the global winners were announced on 3 June 2007 in Tromso, Norway where the International World Environment Day celebrations took place. The 2007 theme was "Climate Change"."Little Otsu journal - Environmentally Friendly
littleotsu.comfrom their website: Oakland, CA's Chris Duncan is one of the first artists we worked with when we opened our store so we are particularly thrilled to bring his work into the Little Otsu fold. His art graces our third release, a beautiful eco-friendly paperback journal that is an ideal archive for all your thoughts and artistic inclinations. The 4-color cover of two rendered birds and geometric juxtapositions captures every detail of Chris' mixed media work, down to pencil shadings, stray brushstrokes, paper texture, and ink bleeds.
Green Book Review: Spirit of the Environment: Religion, Value and Environmental Concern
Spirit of the Environment: Religion, Value, and Environmental Concern, edited by both David Cooper and Joy Palmer, is the “last in a trilogy of volumes on environmental thought” and encompasses concepts that do not easily fit in with the mandates of the previous two books: The Environment in Question and Just Environments. This book is for those people who do not necessarily look to place aspects of their “relationship to the natural work” in to labels such as “‘scientific’, ‘ecological’ or ‘moral’”. Spirit of the Environment, which focuses upon the spiritual breadth of nature, covers the remaining label well, combining a broad scope of contributors who approach the subject in a variety of ways.
Green Architecture: LEED - Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design
There are so many great green buildings out there. How sustainable are they though? I will be showing some great green buildings in the future, but before I do, I thought i'd explain a bit about some of the criteria for getting the oft-desired LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) status on a building.
EPIC: Environmental Products for Important Causes - Green Cleaning Supplies
EPIC (Environmental Products for Important Causes) is a company that believes in giving something back! The founders believe that consumers can make a real difference with their purchases.
"Did you know the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that in the United States, 32 BILLION gallons of runoff (contaminated water) enters the oceans each day?
Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Environmentally responsible buildings
Inhabitat recently showcased the 2007 winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which "recognizes distinguished architecture that encourages social development, restoration, re-use and environmental responsibility in the Islamic world."
Here are a few of the winners:
Royal Netherlands Embassy"With a site-integrated, passive solar design, the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia pays homage to the surrounding nature and cultural diversity with an inherent sensitivity to place. Surpassing functional constraints, the structure’s design quietly supports security while placing emphasis on experience, encounter and efficiency."
Environmental Journalist doesn't drive a Hybrid car
You would think that someone who writes about cars for E/the Environmental Magazine would be the first one to go out and buy a hybrid. However, it is not the case! TreeHugger.com posts an article about this oddity and explains why Jim Motavalli, editor of the magazine, doesn't drive a hybrid!Wine: Cork or Screw Top? Cork: the environmental choice
Not exactly new news, but just a reminder:
I know screw-top (or the stuff that comes in a box) wine is often cheaper than the cork variety, but please keep a few things in mind when making your purchasing decision:
1) cork is made from the bark of a tree and is sustainable. Cork trees can be used again and again this way.
2) Cork tree farmers are losing a lot of money due to the 20% increase in wine stoppers made of plastic and metal.
Olive: Green Goods for the Modern Dog
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Shea Butter Balm
Loofah Pet Toy
Great Canadian Parka
Organic Jaquard Blanket
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