Here’s a neat promotion to keep in mind this holiday shopping season – if you’re getting bogged down with old electronics and don’t know what to do with them, or the proper way to recycle them, send them back to RadioShack and get a gift-card in return. RadioShack’s new Trade-In site helps you estimate the value of your old [...]
Read more →There’s a bit of a snag in the new energy economy. It’s recently been heralded as the next big thing for North America because it will lead to massive job creation and a sustainable future, but a lot of these advancements depend heavily on the demand for solar panels, wind turbines, and other key factors in a green [...]
Read more →With all of the recent talk about creating “Green Jobs”, you’ve probably found yourself wondering what the highest paid environmental jobs really are, and Forbes has the answers for you: 1. Chief Sustainability Officer: Works within an organization to ensure they stay within government regulations and keep environmental goals in check 2. Environmental Engineer: Work [...]
Read more →Update: Now With Video Evidence!How much water do you think it would take to fill an Olympic Sized Pool? How much water do you think it would take to keep 2 million drought affected people in Namibia hydrated? The answer is, not that much, when you see how much water Starbucks wastes every day. A beyond-stupid policy [...]
Read more →For the past 10 years, Toyota has been running their International Teacher Program, where 30 US secondary school teachers are selected to participate in an environmental study tour. This year, the expedition is heading to the Galapagos Islands, a designated World Heritage site. The Galapagos Islands were selected this year because there is an increasing focus on global [...]
Read more →Today in St. Petersburg, Florida, the very first LEED Certified Dunkin Donuts will open its doors, and is being showcased as the cornerstone for the future Dunkin Donuts franchises to be opened. In addition to its environmental design, the business itself is going green as well, and will start more advanced recycling programs, worm composting, and will also [...]
Read more →Since the bailout has been passed, some of you may have asked yourself, “I wonder what else $700 billion could have bought?”. After all, the warnings that Bush gave about the necessity to act quickly and solve the problem before it gets worse are not that dissimilar from the warnings we heard Al Gore give in 2005 about global warming. And, according [...]
Read more →As most people know, Ted Turner is a fairly outspoken environmental advocate (more on that here), and his new chain of restaurants called Ted’s Montana Grill is following in the same footsteps. With a slogan like “Eat Great, Do Good”, you’d expect to see some environmental benefits to this restaurant, but in fact you see tons: Ted’s [...]
Read more →A recent survey showed that 92% of Ikea customers didn’t want the plastic bag. So, in true Ikea fashion, the company has ridded itself of something unnecessary and unwanted, and switched to strictly recyclable options. In March 2007, Ikea took steps to reduce the number of plastic bags they used and promoted their recyclable blue bags, but the overwhelming [...]
Read more →A new report by mayors across the United States has found that in the next 3 decades, 4.2 million “green jobs” will be produced. This news comes hot off the heels of the nationwide protest held last Saturday, urging the nation’s leaders to take action in creating domestic jobs that will eventually help our economy twofold. Right now, [...]
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