Pepsi Brings Climate-Friendly Vending Machines to the U.S.

    PepsiCo has announced a groundbreaking pilot project that will introduces ”climate-friendly” vending machines in the United States.  The vending machines, which feature a new Pepsi logo along with a special green refrigerant sticker, use less energy and generate 12% less greenhouse gas emissions than current vending machines.  In the pilot program, the machines will be placed in high-consumer traffic areas [...]

Hayden Panettiere Asks for 1 Million Signatures to End Commercial Whaling

  Actress Hayden Panettiere is scheduled to visit Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, April 1, to rally support and urge residents to  sign the “Save the Whales Again!” petition at SocialVibe.com, opposing any negotiations which would legitimize commercial whaling and overturn the existing moratorium. Panettiere is supposed to deliver the petition to the International Whaling Commission at their meeting this June in Madeira. Says Panettiere: [...]

The World’s First Conference on Marine Protected Areas for Marine Mammals

    The conservation of whales and dolphins has taken a step forward with the launch of the first conference on protected areas for marine mammals. Over 150 marine experts from 30 countries around the world will gather in Maui, Hawaii, this week to begin plans to protect areas for vulnerable marine species.   The world [...]

Don’t Miss GreenFest 2009, New Jersey’s Largest Earth Day Celebration

  GreenFest 2009, New Jersey’s premiere event for green initiatives is a three-day environmental expo being held Friday-Sunday, April 3, 4, and 5 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset. GreenFest will showcase practical steps all of us can take towards a greener future. The event will feature state and national environmental leaders sharing [...]

Cute Fabkins Eco-Friendly Kids’ Cloth Napkins Make Green Living Easy

  In honor of Earth Day 2009, Fabkins, a provider of cloth napkins for kids, has recently announced a new design especially for Earth Day, an educational “green tool-kit,” and introduced new partner promotions. The colorful, kid-friendly cloth napkins can save families money by eliminating the expense of disposable paper napkins – in fact, according to the National Geographic Green Guide (Spring 2008), [...]

13 Homes Built from Recycled Shipping Containers

  Invented more than five decades ago, the modern shipping container has been converted into some sort of makeshift shelter in society for years. Architecs and green designers are also increasingly turning to the boxes as a source of building blocks; shipping containers can be readily modified with a range of creature comforts, and can be connected and [...]

Aquafina Launches the Eco-Fina Bottle

  Aquafina, one of the nation’s best-selling brands of bottled water, is launching the Eco-Fina Bottle, the lightest half-liter bottle of any nationally distributed bottled water brand in the market. At a weight of 10.9 grams, the Eco-Fina Bottle is made with 50 percent less plastic, eliminating an estimated 75 million pounds of plastic annually. [...]

New Wave Enviro Products Introduces Environmentally-Friendly 100% Bamboo Lunch Bag

  New Wave Enviro Products has added a 100% Bamboo Lunch Bag to its line of money saving, reusable, green living products. The Bamboo Lunch Bag is made from 100% Bamboo: Light as a feather Soft as silk Strong as steel Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth A 60 foot cut takes only [...]

Grill Green with FlameDisk

  Come summer, thousands of grilling enthusiasts will love the FlameDisk, a complete. mess-free alternative to charcoal. The convenient grilling option, which uses solid ethanol as its fuel source, lights instantaneously with the touch of a match and is ready to cook on in less than one minute - eliminating completely the time to arrange and light coals. From ignition to cooking, [...]

The Charles Hotel Introduces ‘Juice Bar’ for Vehicles

  On Earth Day, April 22, 2009, The Charles Hotel will be introducing several new green initiatives: The Charles Hotel “Juice Bar” for electric cars, the nanoMAX small car detection system, and a Hotel Bike Program. As a recipient of the “Good Earthkeeping Award” by the American Hotel and Lodging Association, The Charles Hotel is [...]

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