VeeV, the world’s first Acai Spirit, is honoring Earth Day on April 22, by planting a tree in monsoon-ravaged Tamil Nadu, India, for every VeeV Treetini cocktail ordered at participating bars and restaurants during the month of April. Go to www.treetini.com for a full list of participating locations and if there isn’t one near you, you can still check out some […]
Green goes mainstream in high style with the second annual HGTV Green Home Giveaway – a $750,000 grand prize package that includes a fully furnished, custom-built eco-friendly home in Tradition, Florida, and a new GMC Sierra Hybrid. The HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2009 opens for entries on Friday, April 17, at 9:00 a.m. ET through Friday, June 5, at […]
This is a great business idea I can really get behind! Seattle Coffee Gear has recently announced that they’ve launched a trade-in and recycle program for used espresso machines and grinders – how cool is that?! This is the only national service of its kind, and the trade-in and recycle program gives consumers interested in upgrading their espresso or grinder […]
Jig-A-Loo USA, Inc., makers of innovative automotive and home improvement products, announced the official introduction of its all-new eco-friendly line of products – EconoGreen Plastics. This new line includes trash bags and drop cloths, designed to reduce environmental waste. The heavy-duty bags are 100 percent oxo-degradable, made from 100 percent recycled materials and break down within two years after use. EconoGreen Plastics are […]
Go Green Expo, the largest environmentally-focused business and consumer show, announced on Tuesday that it will return to New York City for the second year in a row on April 17-19, at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. The nation’s premiere eco-friendly business and consumer show will feature big name exhibitors – including Disney’s Earth movie – as well as The Sundance Channel’s The […]
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 in the Washington, D.C. area. In […]
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 ideas about how families and […]
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), families can save almost $100 a […]
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 stacked to create modular, efficient […]
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. Aquafina is also utlilizing additional environmental […]