Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Environment, Green, Macy's, Recycling on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
If other companies pick up on the moves recently made by Macy’s, they might just make the world a slightly better place while they sell people stuff. Macy’s made a serious commitment, with business practices instituted to help “protect and preserve” the environment:
They began carrying 100% natural cotton reusable tote bags.
They replaced their laminated paper bag, which was [...]
Posted in Ideas, tagged Business, Green, Ideas, Recycling, Xerox on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
It sounds like a bad gag straight out of a magician’s act, but disappearing ink suddenly has a future. Xerox is experimenting with a type of paper on which ink disappears after a while, making the paper re-usable. This of course would cut down on paper waste, ink, and the energy needed to print documents. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Green on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I think books are pretty. Well, many books are pretty, and many are ugly. What I’m saying is that of all the millions of books ever published, it’s pretty easy to find some pretty ones.
Plus, from what I can tell, you can actually learn a lot from books. No, seriously!
But, it turns out walls of [...]
Posted in Ideas, tagged Green, T-Mobile on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m pretty thrilled with my switch from Sprint to T-Mobile, for many reasons so far. I’m paying less money, I understand my monthly bill, and the people in the stores and the CSRs on the phone are super nice.
And finally, because they will be planting a tree for me. And yes, I might hug it.
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Green, Ideas, tagged Consumer Electronics, Discovery, eBay, Gadgets, Green, Ideas, Recycling on February 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Speaking of green, do you have any idea how much energy you consume via your gadgets? Your home theater system, TVs, DVRs, Tivos, telephones, PCs, laptops, Macs, monitors?
When a beloved gadget dies, as they all eventually do, how do you dispose of it? Are you green enough to find a recycling site?
The Consumer Electronics Association [...]
