Trendspotter Springwise is reporting that of the 140 million cell phones sold in the US in 2007, only 10% were recycled, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. That leaves a mounting pile of e-waste to deal with. Offering a solution is EcoATM, an automated reuse-and-recycle machine that makes it easy and financially rewarding for […]
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Trendspotter Springwise has an interesting holiday story about renting….Christmas trees. For all the traditional merriment they embody, Christmas trees are a) awkward to transport and b) terribly depressing when they’re discarded in January. No longer if Los Angeles landscape architect Scott Martin has his way; he founded The Living Christmas Company, which gives Los Angeles
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Treehugger has an interesting story about a company that rents out goats to clear brush. Goats have many advantages: – They have a low impact on the environment due to their cloven hooves. – They are natural climbers and love steep slopes and uneven terrain. – They can go where machinery and other modes of
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More than 60 clothing companies, including well known brands like Adidas, Eddie Bauer and Dockers, are using a material designed by a Colorado company which employs coconut shells to create clothes that dry faster, smell better and save energy while laundering reports 9News.com. It may sound crazy, but Boulder-based Cocona actually uses carbon from left
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photo credit: ( Torsten ) When you first set out with your new business you have dreams to do great things, make people happy, healthy and the environment to overall be a better place. But sometimes along the way of increasing our business and growing to extremes we can loose sight of what we originally
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Crain’s Detroit Business: Heather Carmona has a pretty busy life. As director of the Woodward Avenue Action Association, she’s constantly working to bring new resources and tools to the Woodward Corridor. But she’s also a new mom, and if that weren’t enough, she’s a “green” entrepreneur. Carmona launched Pure Alternatives about two years ago. An
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Journal Sentinel: As the last group of fans walked out of Lambeau Field on a Sunday afternoon, the iconic seating bowl looked more like a landfill than the home of the Green Bay Packers. It was quite a collection the 70,000 or more football fans left behind. Paper cups, plastic beer bottles, straws, plastic drink
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Clean Air Lawn Care is a sustainable lawn care service that uses clean electric lawn equipment powered through renewable energy.
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photo credit: Jakob Montrasio In today’s world we are continuously trying to come up with business ideas and inventions that save us time, money and also are safer for the planet. Small Biz Labs recently posted an article on Video Conferencing and it’s many benefits for the business owner as well as the planet. Video Conferencing
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Of all the trends to take advantage of, the earth-friendly one is probably the best one to consider. It is good for the earth and, thanks to this trend, the options to choose from are becoming much more plentiful. This includes the art in your kids’ bedroom. Greenie2Steps is bringing a whole new theme and
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