Glenn Croston, Ph.D. has written the first in what will undoubtedly be a large genre of books: eco-friendly business ideas. I received a copy of his new book 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make A Difference last week and just finished reading through all 328 pages. Although I don’t live […]
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There will always be clothing with the tag, “dry clean only.” One entrepreneur has create a dry cleaning shop that meets that need in an eco-friendly way. According to Ann Arbor.com, GreenAge Cleaners uses energy efficient pressing machines, and hydrocarbon solvent. “Hydrocarbon doesn’t harm the human body, and there is no air pollution, contamination of
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If we can generate energy from wind turbines on the ground, imagine what we could generate with a flying turbine in the sky. Shepard describes the invention as half-windmill and half-kite. He credits his late father, David, for its creation. “Just five miles above us there is energy far more than we need to power
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While many people argue whether plastic bags should continue being used, one woman is upcycling them into unique products. Based outside of Washington, DC in Stafford, Virginia, Tina Dean Designs is owned by Tina Dean Allen. No one will guess that these stylish accessories were once grocery bags. Plastic bags are prepared into plarn (plastic
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With the introduction of the CompoKeeper, diverting kitchen scraps from going to the landï¬ll is now a piece of cake. As communities become increasingly concerned with climate change, greenhouse gases, and overflowing landï¬lls, recycling organic material is an obvious solution. Unfortunately, the “ick factor†– the fear that decomposing food scraps leading to foul odors,
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The Globe and Mail: Dan Blake, the co-founder and chief executive officer of EcoScraps is turning food waste into a profitable compost business. Mr. Blake said his idea sprang from having brunch at an all-you-can-eat restaurant in Utah, when he realized how much food waste he and his fellow customers produced. The Environmental Protection Agency
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First it was the milk bottle that went green, now the same company is turning to paper for wine bottles! The first question that I’m sure immediately comes to everyone’s mind is how a paper bottle full of wine doesn’t just turn to mush moments after being filled. And the simple answer is by using
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A little over a year ago, Nick Schklair, a veteran of IT marketing and sales, was working on a very new project and stumbled on a totally new (for him) market. While trying to develop a product for the BBQ industry he stumbled across a product for dogs. “I was experimenting with the use of
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Kare11: What possible use could Josh have for all that old oil? Turns out Josh has been using household chemicals to turn that oil into diesel fuel. “Here is the diesel that can actually be used straight into an engine,” he says, pointing to the amber liquid that has separated from the fats in a
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