Now that the Vancouver Olympics are just a wonderful memory, lots of materials are left to be dealt with.
Enter Mannington Commercial who plans to take the almost 200,000 square feet of graphic wraps, made by 3M Canada, that were used for advertising during the 2010 Winter Games and will turn them into commercial flooring. These wraps were wrapped [...]
Categories: Exciting New Developments
Tags: healthcare, Olympics, recycled, Sustainability, Vancouver
For yet another Valentine’s Day idea, check out Artful Home’s website. Filled with direct-from-the-artist jewelry, decor and a variety of other unique items, you’re bound to find something to make your sweetheart smile.
I was able to view their “Reversible 3D Tin Heart Necklace” This delicate looking heart pendant stands out. With different colors and colors and designs on [...]
With so much relief effort currently focused on Haiti, a unique partnership has come together to bring specially designed “transitional” mattresses called the “WorldBed” to the people there.
U.S. mattress manufacturer Anatomic Global announced that they’ve partnered with five key suppliers – FXI Foamex Innovations, UPS, Deslee Textiles USA, Royal Packaging and the Brookwood Companies – and that [...]
Kohl’s has long been recognized for providing quality and good prices. But did you know they’re green too?
Since 2008, Kohl’s has been making major strides in their green practices. They’ve:
recycled more than 95,000 tons of paper and cardboard – enough to make more than three billion Christmas cards.
recycled more than 100,000 tons of cardboard, plastic and [...]
Another consumer icon will soon bite the dust. JC Penney’s says it will eliminate their twice-yearly Big Book catalogs due to customer preference for online sales.
Officials at Penney’s say the change will likely result in a reduction in paper consumption of 25% to 30% .
“Big book catalogs have become less relevant as customers have embraced shopping [...]
This begins an important topic. During the conference earlier this week, several speakers agreed that the meaning of the term “sustainability” had become diluted and blurred.
I’m now at the second of three eco-tourist resorts I’ll be visiting in Costa Rica. You’ll be reading more about these over the coming week or so, but for now I’ll only give short glimpses as [...]
Categories: Making a Difference Observations Tags: green, internet, Rainforest, recycled, Sustainability
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has created a pilot project to remove volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination from the closed Waste Disposal Engineering landfill in Andover, Minnesota.
The state is testing what it calls “soil vapor extraction technology” to remove and contain the landfill contamination from an underground hazardous waste pit. They anticipate the project will continue until the [...]
Categories: Exciting New Deveopments Exciting New Technologies Revealed Tags: hazardous waste, landfill, organic, recycled, Technology, VOC
The Potter League for Animals, in Middletown, Rhode Island, has just been certified LEED gold by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Complete with a vegetated roof, energy efficienct heating and cooling systems and built with recycled materials, the League’s new $7.5 milion digs is a prime example of sustainable design.
All their animals have rooms with outdoor views (no cages), [...]
Categories: Exciting New Developments Making a Difference Tags: energy efficient, green, leed, Natural, recycled, sustainable
This is my favorite time of year: cool mornings and leaves turning warm shades of ochre, red and rust. It is also time for my favorite holiday, when all the spooky and creepy things are afoot. This year I vowed to have an eco-friendly Halloween party. I looked into what was on the market for [...]
Categories: General enviromental Tags: cool green stuff, earth friendly, eco-americana, eco-friendly, erikm, greenophile, health issues, local, organic, reclaimed, recycle, recycled, Recycling, renewable
I have to admit when I first read about this, my first take was “what’s the big deal on 4%!” But there’s more “juice” to this than I originally thought.
In their 2008 Stewardship Report, Royal Caribbean Cruises. Ltd. announced they had reduced fuel consumption by four percent, NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions by three percent, and water consumption [...]
Categories: Exciting New Deveopments Tags: Carbon Footprint, co2, compact florescent, Emissions, energy, environmental, environmentally, green, LED, recycled, Solar
