May 2007 - Posts

• Meatless Monday - Green Eggs and Tea

  Unilever the parent company of Lipton 's tea has recently announced that it intends to use only sustainably harvested tea leaves in the production of its many teas. This includes Britain's best selling brand PG Tips. The plan is to have the many tea growing Read More... Posted Monday, May 28, 2007 10:19 AM by Katy | 0 Comments

• Top 5 Driving Tips to Conserve Gas

  Cars are one of the greatest inventions for giving individuals freedom. Unfortunately because of air pollution from traditional internal combustion engines our love affair with the car needs some rethinking. Ideally, I would like to buy a car that could Read More... Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 2:30 PM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Energy, Transportation, News

• Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Herbicide

  Weeds can be really annoying, even for us greenies, and some areas where dandelions grow just aren't suited to mechanical removal . But instead of reaching for that bottle of chemicals, make your own weed killer with a few ingredients that you're sure Read More... Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:54 AM by Crystal | 0 Comments Filed under: Home and Garden

• New York Cabs Go Green and Idle Thoughts are Discouraged in Toronto

  In five years New York's yellow taxis will be looking a lot greener, starting with 1,000 hybrid cabs planned to hit the road late 2008. The remainder of the city's 13,000 cabs will be replaced with hybrids by 2012. Canadian cities on the same course Meanwhile Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:52 AM by Crystal | 2 Comments

• Green Blockbuster Movie Season

  Many people think that 2007 may well be the tipping point for the environmental issues to become mainstream in North America. It hasn't taken long for Hollywood to reflect the concern about global warming by presenting movies with an environmental message. Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:01 AM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Celebrities, Energy, News

• Meatless Monday Restaurant Review - Karyn's Cooked

  This Meatless Monday we decided to forgo the recipe suggestions for the best kind of meal -- one someone else makes for you. You'll have to travel to Chicago for this one, as we did several weeks ago, but if you're in the area it'll be well worth it. Read More... Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 8:00 AM by Crystal | 0 Comments

• Plastic Bags - The Hidden Oil in Our Economy

  A recent national survey determined that 72% of the American public doesn't know that the raw material for plastic bags comes from fossil fuels. In fact many of today's conventional plastic products are made from petroleum products including oil. Plastics Read More... Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 12:10 PM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Energy, Food and Drink, Home and Garden, News

• Best Gadgets for Chemical-Free Dandelion Removal

  It's a shame that a plant as useful as the dandelion has become nothing more than a nuisance to most of us, but let's face it, not many of us have the time or patience to search through our lawns and find meal-worthy greens. Those of us who wouldn't mind Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:01 AM by Crystal | 1 Comments

• DiCaprio's 11th Hour Debuts at Cannes

  America's top green heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing his much-anticipated environmental film, The 11th Hour , to the Cannes Film Festival for a special screening this Saturday. And although there's no way most of us are going to make it there Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:30 AM by Crystal | 1 Comments Filed under: Celebrities, News

• Celebrities Flaunt their Green Cred, or Lack Thereof

  It seems like green-tinted celebs are working overtime these days -- joining causes, donating time and money and making others aware of important issues. Many of them get a lot of flack for missteps and moments of bad judgment, but we think these entertainers Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:00 AM by Crystal | 0 Comments Filed under: Celebrities, News

• What’s for Dinner on Meatless Mondays

  The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is running a campaign called Meatless Mondays . The campaign encourages everyone to replace one day of meat eating with one day of vegetarian meals and by doing so we can help prevent heart disease, stroke, Read More... Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 8:05 AM by Katy | 1 Comments Filed under: Food and Drink, Issues, News

• Unique Green Mother's Day Gifts

  After watching a humorous Mother's Day video that reminded me a little of myself, I realized even greenies, constantly surrounded by unique and luxurious products, might need a little help finding their mom a gift on Mother's Day . You got her bamboo Read More... Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 8:00 AM by Crystal | 0 Comments Filed under: Home and Garden, News

• Business Taking Bigger Steps to Combat Climate Change

  The US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) this week has dramatically increased its membership to include General Motors, Shell, Pepsi, and Johnson & Johnson among others. GM is the first automobile company to join the coalition. As the Environmental Read More... Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:00 AM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, Transportation, News

• Mothers Day renamed Mother Nature Day

  Is it coincidence that we call the planet Mother Nature? There are definite similarities in raising children and nurturing the complex ecological balance that makes up our natural environment. Both kids and the planet require a stable consistent atmosphere Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:00 AM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Fashion, Home and Garden, News

• How to Get a Slow-Growing, Drought-Resistant Green Lawn

  It's hard to believe at first, grass that's drought tolerant, green all summer and only needs mowing once a month or less. The owners of Canada's Wildflower Farms didn't believe it at first either -- and they're the ones who created it. Eco-lawn is a Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:00 AM by Crystal | 1 Comments Filed under: Home and Garden, News

• 8 Years to Save the Planet from Global Warming

  The third UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report was released Friday and came with some good news and bad for environmental groups. First the good --delegates resisted pressure to tone down the report, which says there is still time Read More... Posted Monday, May 07, 2007 9:00 AM by Crystal | 1 Comments Filed under: Energy, Issues, News

• Top 5 Green Companies to Put Your Dollars Behind

  As you may have guessed by the recent posts about using your wallet to cast a vote for the environment, we're really into The Better World Shopping Guide . We listed five of the best companies to support and explained a bit of why each of them are deserving. Read More... Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 8:00 AM by Crystal | 50 Comments Filed under: Fashion, Food and Drink, Home and Garden, News

• Greenpeace Doubles Greener Apple's Electronics Rating

  Apple computers is looking a bit more granny smith than Macintosh these days -- it seems they've decided it's finally time to go green, or as they put it they've decided to start telling people about how they're already in the process. "Upon investigating Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:00 PM by Crystal | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, News

• The US tries to add “Truthiness” to the UN’s Climate Change Report

  The United States and China feel they have a right to add some “truthiness” to the latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This is part of the series of reports published by the scientists and climate researchers from Read More... Posted Thursday, May 03, 2007 10:06 AM by Katy | 0 Comments Filed under: Business, Energy, Issues, News

• How to Beat Global Warming One Dollar at a Time

  As Dr. Ellis Jones highlighted at the Green Festival recently there is a power shift occurring on the planet from political power to economic power. With two thirds of the world's biggest economies now belonging to corporations rather than countries, Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:00 AM by Katy | 0 Comments

• Toronto Green Living Show A Mainstream Success

  One thing was immediately evident at the Green Living Show in Toronto last weekend. It was corporate, and it was mainstream! I say that with an exclamation point because as much as I enjoyed the Green Festival in Chicago a few weeks ago, I was a bit disappointed Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:00 AM by Crystal | 0 Comments Filed under: Issues, News