Solar Powered Backpack!

Many of you have already heard of this, since it’s been around for a while now, but I LOVE it and I want to share it with you if you haven’t heard!
That’s right folks, a solar powered backpack! You can charge your cell phone, iPod, PSP, blackberry, ect. without using electricity! YAY! (Note: The Generator [...]

Green Mountain Coffee

From my home state, Green Mountain Cofee, “The Fair Trade, Organic and Signature Coffee.”
I really love coffee and I have tried a lot of brands and shops, but when it comes to making it at home, there is none better, in my book!

For over 25 years, we have been on a deliberate journey to create [...]

Corn Based Biodegradable Water Bottles

First there’s BIOTA, which claims to biodegrade within 80 days in compost. Biota is still a bottled water, in other words, it comes with water in it, but we also found one that is meant for refills…
Then there is the “Better Water Drinking Filter,” from Sunrise WD which looks like a regular water bottle, [...]

NativeEnergy

NativeEnergy.com’s tagline is “Bringing New Renewables to the Market,” is a great site which offers info on carbon-offsets, carbon calculators, green cards (the proceeds go to reducing methane on family farms) and Green-E’s.

The Green-E program is offering Renewable Energy Credits to offset your electricity consumption.
NativeEnergy has been providing high quality renewable energy credits (RECs) [...]

LA voted Tastiest Water

Nope, this isn’t sarcasm. Nope, it isn’t a jab at the Oscars for overlooking The Diving Bell for best cinematography. BBC broke the news yesterday that LA has the best tasting tap water, according to the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting.
…selection criteria was based on taste, smell, texture, after taste and clarity.
And in [...]

World Water Crisis

We’ve talked alot about water and it’s relationship to us and our bodies, which only makes the issue of fresh water scarcity that much more terrifying. 70% of the earth is covered in water. Less than 1% of that is drinkable and of that 1%, much of that is poisoned or horded and diverted by [...]

DIY All-Purpose Cleaner

One of the things I love so much about the Sustainability movement is the sense of empowerment. It’s such a subversive act, to deny corporations and “the norm” and choose to do something on your own, with your own hands and know-how. One of my good friends was telling me that her craft store was [...]

Headlines of the Future

Here’s a great video I found over at Contaminant Media…

Greensumption

Slowly but surely, more people are becoming aware of the double-edge sword that is “organic” and “natural” shopping. While we may sleep better at night, assured of the lack of chemicals and “better” quality food and product we bought, the real problem lies in our consumption habits. Going green is great. Buying green is great, [...]

Chris Jordan’s “Portraits of American Mass Consumption”

Photographer Chris Jordan documents the enormous and surprisingly, distrubingly beautiful piles of trash from all corners of the country.
And closer to my heart, his images from Post-Katrina New Orleans are crushingly stunning. I think they give a really true impression of what it was like to walk through that space after the storm and [...]