No doubt ecology is a big issue, and no doubt businesses will hype their ecology concern in an effort to increase sales. However, one company takes it to the extreme and hopefully it will benefit Costa Rica. Last week, designer sandal’s guru, … [Read more...]
Green And Save: Buy Local
June 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I have been an avid local shopper for over 20 years, trying to support local businesses as much as possible. Admittedly it is not easy to buy green locally after my last search for blue or green organic towels. Why I shop locally? The number one … [Read more...]
Eco Friendly Umbrella- Reuses Materials Into Umbrellas
March 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I just did this post on 35 Ways To Reuse Umbrellas and came across this nifty Umbrella that the user can use any material to make their own umbrella. Eco Brolly allows the users to adapt almost any materials to make an umbrella. This umbrella can … [Read more...]
EcoFreek- New Site For Global Free Stuff
March 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It just came to my attention, about a new site that surfs throughout all the giving away, swapping, trading sites in the world and puts it all in one site. Eco Freek searchs over 45+ websites and 10,000 libraries for FREE stuff from people that no … [Read more...]
ecoHow: Buy-Sell-Get Rid Of Reclaimed And Salvage Wood
March 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Unfortunately I do not buy or sell any building materials. I only write and update where to get reclaimed wood and salvaged materials. I am writing this post as a referral to all those who email me and ask for: Quotes on Reclaimed Wood from … [Read more...]
Eco Friendly Site Pulls Green Products Together
December 12, 2010 By 2 Comments
You can shop on ebay for green, you can shop on Amazon for sustainable products, you can search on the Internet, but a new website that features over 150 Eco Friendly products was launched a few months ago. Neerg (green spelled backwards) a startup … [Read more...]
Top 5 Reasons To Ditch The Paper Towels
November 8, 2010 By 5 Comments
Despite all our best efforts to cut back on the consumption of paper products (many of which can now be purchased in the 100% PCW variety), there is still one product that we use in abundance: paper towels. Although most of us have rags and cloth … [Read more...]
What is A Freegan?
November 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Somebody who abstains from contributing to the economy and salvages society’s wasted food and resources rather than purchase more themselves. I also found that freegan.info takes the definition a step further to include not just people … [Read more...]
Reduce, Reuse, Regive- A Free Giving Site YinYango
October 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
I love Giving Away sites, go to Craigslist and Giving Away and now a new site has cropped up called yinyango, in which you can list your give away stuff for free. There is no membership involved. Since we Americans generate an average of 1600 … [Read more...]
50 Freegan Living Blogs- Reduce Waste And Live Free
October 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
I ran across this great blog post on FREE Stuff! or Freeganism, which is getting stuff for free. The 50 articles listed are a great resource for those who are on budgets, want to live a waste free life, lessen their environmental impact and just want … [Read more...]
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