NYFW goes green with Be EcoChic

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York featured a green fashion show this year hosted by Be EcoChic, which aimed to promote green fashion and living - without sacrificing glamour and style."The...

Chinese Hair Bands Made From Used Condoms

"Commentary:According to this warning message, consumers should be wary of buying cheap rubber hair bands from China because they may have been made from recycled used condoms and could potentially expose uses to...

Eco-friendly back-to-school tips

Kids learn by example, and back-to-school offers an excellent opportunity for parents to teach kids about environmental responsibility.  In answer to the increasing environmental awareness of consumers many companies have launched lines of eco-friendly school supplies....

Green Packaging News Wrapup

Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging.. . . Shades of Green -...

Green Packaging News Wrapup

Green Packaging Noise - The diva JoAnn Hines, an expert in packaging with over 20 years experience in the field, gives a great sobering thought piece on the real value of sustainable packaging. . . . Shades of...

Re-Bicyclable the Plastic Bike

"Matt Clark, he is a young industrial designer from Southern California. He showed me his bicycle creation, the IV-1 (for Innervision 1) : Here is the description of this unique bike: "This bicycle prototype is...

Los Angeles bans plastic shopping bags

So when I first read this story, I thought 'great, if LA can do it, anyone can do it!'. But turns out this banning of plastic bags won't come into effect until July 1, 2010.However, this is a good beginning, as...

There’s Lots of Money in Those Old iPhones

"I was walking by the lengthy iPhone line outside the Apple Store in Soho on Sunday when I heard someone call out: “Turn in your old iPhone and get the new one free!” I turned around and saw a bearded guy handing...

Rotten cheese scam busted by Italian police

About 40 European companies attempted to recycle and sell rotting cheese that contained mice droppings and plastic ink residue, according to an Italian police report. Thankfully, a two-year investigation has foiled...

White House archives missing CIA leak and Iraq emails

" WASHINGTON - Apparent gaps in White House e-mail archives coincide with dates in late 2003 and early 2004 when the administration was struggling to deal with the CIA leak investigation and the possibility of a congressional probe into Iraq...

White House e-mails go missing

When I erased my hard drive I was mad I lost my Outlook contact list.  Something tells me this might be different..."WASHINGTON - The White House has acknowledged recycling its backup computer tapes of e-mail...

Finding Beauty in Clutter with Chris Kirby...Getting Things Down

Now that Getting Things Done and productivity pornography as Marc Andreessen calls it has almost become a religion, I thought the Clutter Shelf by Chris Kirby had to be mentioned.  

Recycled Used Chopsticks Brought From Guess Where

"BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory recycled used chopsticks and sold up to 100,000 pairs a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of Chinese food and product safety scares. Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are...

Plastic shopping bags being banned

First introduced in U.S. grocery stores in 1977, over 380 billion plastic shopping bags are used in the U.S. annually, according to the EPA. By 1996 four out of five grocery bags were plastic. Only a fraction of the plastic bags are recycled (0.6 percent), but about 100...

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