Friday Link Round-Up: 04/03/09
1 comment so farBeing eco-friendly is wildly fashionable, as demonstrated by Pittsburgh teens. [Pittsburgh Live]
Speaking of fashion, ever-fashionable Corey Feldman is producing an event for global greenitude! [Ecorazzi]
Disposable bag waste is an ecological problem, not a class problem. [Washington Post]
Who loves reusable bags? Eva Longoria Parker loves reusable bags! [Earth 911]
Massachusetts suburbs get a recycling program makeover. [Leominster [...]
Tags: activism, Canada, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, fashion, fun, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, profit, recycling, reusable bags
Going Green to Get Green with the CW
2 comments so farThe CW: a dangerous television station indeed, as it is home to a wide variety of hopelessly addicting shows. Luckily for the environment, the station has decided to use its hypnotic powers for something productive. With their Green Your World contest, you can tell the CW how you would make your neighborhood greener and earn [...]
Time Magazine’s Top Ten Offbeat Environmental Ideas
No commentsIn our era of eco-awareness, it seems like everyone’s trying to make a difference through some new innovation or way of conservation. Of course, some innovations are more feasible than others, and Time Magazine has collected some of the most, well, questionable entries in the metaphorical arms race for sustainability.
Europeans use toilet paper with [...]
Target Bans the Bags in South Australia
No commentsYesterday I went to Target to buy some cycling gloves, and all around me disposable plastic bags were in full effect. I know that Australia is a day ahead of me in terms of time zones, but apparently–when it comes to environmentalism–the superstore conglomerate is light years ahead, because starting in December Australian Target locations [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 10/17/08
No commentsFresh ‘n Easy introduces the 99-cent canvas bag. They’re opening up two new locations in San Diego, muy exciting! [MarketWatch]
Meanwhile, two enterprising mothers are introducing an innovative reusable bag of their own. [Hebden Bridge Today]
Becoming LEED-certified is a beautiful thing. Go Giant Eagle! [MarketWatch]
Dallas does not care about disposable plastic bags. [Dallas News]
News Item: plastic [...]
Tags: environmental policy, fun, profit, recycling, reusable bags, shopping
IKEA Goes From Tax to Ban
No commentsMaybe it’s just personal bias based on their stylish furniture and tasty meatballs, but IKEA has always seemed to have a singular sense of practical-yet-extraordinary innovation. Example #1: my ridiculous indispensable Kitchen-in-a-Box set, awesome! Example #2: over a year ago (before it was popular!) IKEA was among the first companies to start advocating reusable bags. [...]
Alternate Uses for Reusable Bags and the Infinite Greatness of Grilled Cheese
No commentsAs long as we’re on the topic of comfort food, please allow me to take a day off from bag bans and plastic taxes to address the wonder that is the grilled cheese sandwich. Possibly one of the single greatest food inventions since sliced bread, it is as delicious as it is easy, and over [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 06/06/08
1 comment so farSeven artists give a new meaning to the word “recycling.” [WebUrbanist]
Toronto wants you to design their reusable bags! [I Want - I Got]
A harrowing personal account from the frontlines of the reusable bag war. [Cheesy Kitty]
Get with the program, California! [Bamboo Geek]
Reusable bags = Profit?!?! [The Happy Rock]
The OC keeps on keepin’ on in the [...]
Tags: art, blogs, opinions, plastic bags, profit, reusable bags, trash
Reusing Bags For Fun and Profit in Arizona
No commentsWhen it comes to a good cause, a little enticement never hurts. This week, a shopping center in Green Valley, Arizona, is helping its customers jump aboard the plastic conservation wagon by turning “bring your own bag” into a game — to the tune of a thousand in prizes.
Starting this week, patrons of the Continental [...]
