Conserving Water With Green Irene

Photo by DGMiller777 Green Irene is a company dedicated to greening the world one home at a time!  The owners of Green Irene founded the company because saving money, energy, and water makes sense, and using non-toxic cleaners and creating a healthier environment seems like a no-brainer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 03:45:38

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Plantwalls by Green Fortune

Green Fortune is a company based in Stockholm, Sweden, that creates Plantwalls ... without losing floor space. Besides the impression of beauty, plants also provides oxygen and humidity to improve the air quality. Some plants even have air cleaning properties. The integrated drip [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:06:56

The Green Office

Photo not linked Do you work for a company or own a company that could use a little help going green? Why not start here, The Green Office ... , and are third party certified. They have cleaning supplies, paper, every kind of office supply you can think of, furniture, janitorial supplies, printer ink, break room supplies [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 21:18:31

Preparing For The Rebound

Preparing For The ReboundEd SperlingCompanies need to start figuring out now where they want to be when the recession ends. .headedsperling { ... . It isn't even who's going to run Apple or how much money companies can save by going green ... in stock will have provided. The market cap of some companies has dipped lower over the past month than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:45:00

Sunday Links - 11-30-08

Stop Making Our Kids Sick; Make Chemicals Safe - It’s amazing to me that so few chemicals have actually be checked for safety ... cleaning with green cleansers. But for now it’s all too common for companies to pretend to be offering green products when they really aren’t. How to Green Your Carpet Cleaning - Carpet cleaners often [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 19:48:42

Guides, Materials, and Green Links

There are a lot of sites and companies that are promoting green products and technologies ... drywall. Buildings Without Air Conditioners: The Latest in Energy Efficiency Food for thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:16:33

Green Up Your Clean: Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Methods

This article by Beth Coughlin provides some tips for how you can “green up your clean” by using products that serve as ... effective use of them. Green cleaning is becoming a more common goal in housekeeping every day ... , and a host of other companies are offering green cleaning alternatives. However, there are some common [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:15:33

Green…Ish…More Chartreuse

It’s easy being green. Companies print T-shirts that say, “There is no planet B” or “SOS” with the O a picture of the globe ... t have and couldn’t ride if I did have one–a story unto itself). When the old grout in my shower ... my own mark and have my own style. Cleaning with reusable products as much as possible [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 19:07:23

Green Cleaning

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } ... this potential for increased clients, many professional janitorial companies have chosen to provide green ... , which sets the standard for green building design. A trip to the janitorial closet can easily [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 11:58:21

Save a Tree. Keep a Journal

It happens to the best of us. Our mission is to clean out the storage unit in the garage ... and fun! And the company is green from the ground up. Ecojot uses recycled packaging and their Canadian paper mill runs on biogas, uses recycled water, recycles all its waste and donates usable scraps [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:00:18

New Company Offers Green Spray-Paint Service for Dead Lawns

All those banks trying to sell off foreclosed homes with dead, brown yards have a new, convenient, ... us all a lift around here.” Terlouw, who formerly had a window-cleaning business, said he got the idea ... service for foreclosed homes. From RecordNet, via BoingBoing: For between $175 and $225 per yard [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 11:30:17

Al Gore's Green Ball

Al Gore's Green Ball Sphere: Related Content Al Gore's having a "green ball" in honor of Obama's inauguration ... a hell of a job of cleaning them up as have most American companies yet the "green" coalitions ... have been. I know for a fact that Dow-Corning has been at the forefront of cleaning up impacted sites [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:34:08

When a bleach company cries 'sustainable'

By Ashley Braun More green biz reporting from the Sustainable Brands '08 Conference. Even the Clorox Company, with $4.8 billion in sales last year, has set out to get a piece of the proverbial green apple pie that the conscious American consumer is becoming [more...]

Date: 2008-06-14 16:44:09

slap 'green' on it and go

If you're like us, you've probably noticed that every company seems to be promoting their wares as green these days, ... all-natural”, “environmentally-friendly”, and “earth-friendly.”Sin of Irrelevancee.g. CFC-free oven cleaners ... from water bottles that 'help save the planet' to disposable household cleaning cloths that 'save [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:36:00

Luca Technologies Raises $76M for Coal Biotech

Colorado-based biotech firm Luca Technologies has raised a $75.9 million round of Series C financing, the company confirms with us today ( ... Perkin’s new “Green Growth Fund” and $40 million from One Equity Partners. Coal and natural gas ... have to do with cleaning up energy production? It’s a Band-Aid fix at best, but as Green Car Congress [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:00:32

Jeffrey Hollender of Seventh Generation on “Really Real Authenticity” in Business.

Seventh Generation, the green cleaning products company out of Burlington Vermont, has long been one of my favorite companies? Why? Because it seems like their commitment to non-toxic products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:15:29

Eureka Envirovac: Can A Vacuum Really Be Green?

In today’s marketplace  greenwashing is rampant.  Many companies are purposefully misleading consumers to believe that their products are ... kids, a frantic husband and one crazy cat.   Carpet, hardwoods, linoleum, and drapes are all included ... is the best way to describe the suction and power.  It picked-up most of the crumbs and lint yet the carpet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 10:30:23

A Critic Changes His Tune About Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart_Socially_Responsible Some companies spend months trying to break their products into Wal-Mart ... with the big-box retailer. Seventh Generation, a green cleaning-products maker, was one such company ... just started selling some of its products in four new natural foods and organics stores in Arizona [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:59:48

A Critic Changes His Tune About Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart_Socially_Responsible Some companies spend months trying to break their products into Wal-Mart ... with the big-box retailer. Seventh Generation, a green cleaning-products maker, was one such company ... just started selling some of its products in four new natural foods and organics stores in Arizona [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 16:59:00

5 easy steps to start going green (Anita Revzani)

Drew's Note: As I try to do every Friday, I'm pleased to bring you a guest post ... of environmentally-friendly practices and call itself green . But consumers are now leading the green ... , but make your business more environmentally friendly. At my company, Bizcard we use recycled paper [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 12:55:57

Postgreen Teams Up With Greenable to Offer a Broad Range of Green Finish Options

Philadelphia, PA - January 14, 2009 - Postgreen, the development company behind the 100k House Project, has partnered with Greenable, ... models, will be well served by interior design that respects function, indoor air quality ... their commitment to affordability and quality design. Greenable’s access to materials and their knowledge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:35:13

Going Green: Artificial Lawns for Homes

Artificial lawns for homes accomplish two things other than the obvious ... . Some of these products for example include house-cleaning products made from natural ingredients, CFL lighting ... and age going green. Protecting the environment has come to the surface today and many companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:24:07

Green Gift Guide

Green Gift Guide Posted on December 9th, 2008 by Mire in art, christmas, coop america, fair trade, gifts, green, greenfest, hanukkah, holiday, ... , Made in America or all of the above We’ve highlighted this amazing company before in our blogs ... from excess industrial wool from American factories, $95. For Dad: Masculine and unique…Modern Ring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:35:22

Start Green Cleaning Now!

Busby SEO Test Global climate change has become a matter of increased significance among many companies ... cleaning aims to eliminate use of these toxic chemicals entirely. Advancements in chemical technology ... . As a result, products and activities have started to turn “green.” The world of cleaning products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:21:34

10 Ways To Green Your Life

Inspired by feedback and discussion, I've built upon my previous pondering list. If you are in the mood, it is a list worth reading! ... -changes, air-filter changes, and spark plug replacements lengthen the life of your car and improve fuel ... products from companies that use recycled paper and non-chlorine whiteners. If buying plastic items [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:50:40

Hot Green Gear: The Naked Binder

Whether you’re a student, a professional, or just trying to organize your important paperwork, 3-ring binders are a must ... one, check out Naked Binder, a company that makes a series of great-looking 3-ring binders made from 100 ... ), wrapped in Graphite Gray paper or with a spine wrap of durable library-grade 100% cotton book-binding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:30:10

Buying a Summit County vacation home without seeing it; would you do it?

You might be surprised at how often it happens ... , title company and inspector will all be able to access them there as well.  When we close, they will get their documents on a CD; not on reams of paper.  It is a very “green” way to buy real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:29:31

Researchers Claim “Green” Catalysts Can Clean Up Toxic Pollutants

catalysts to clean up toxic pollutants, and now researchers at Ohio State University say that they have developed a catalyst to make hydrogen from ... , Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson said that his company is capable of producing millions of gallons of biodiesel derived from algae within 3 years. Solazyme is the first company to produce algae diesel [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 00:44:05

Biofuel Startup Strives to Meet Obama's Green Ambitions

EMERYVILLE, California — "We have 203 employees — and we're growing," John Melo, CEO of alt-fuel startup Amyris, said as he stepped jauntily through the glass doors at his company's gorgeous new digs just down the street from Pixar in this industrial town outside Oakland. In the worst financial climate [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 01:38:45

Be Kind In Kind

From the bean of Green Bean. "So somehow I got roped into this marketing group for the school, ya know, ... to get creative. It's time to be kind in kind. The next time you go on a cleaning, reorganizing, de-cluttering ... . The theater company can take unique clothing and costume jewelry. The school needs a filing cabinet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:03

Greening Big Oil?

www.willyoujoinus.com While walking around Washington, it’s hard to miss all the large Chevron ads ... millions to burnish its image. Like other big oil companies, it has switched gears from ignoring ... , if you’ve turned on the TV lately, you’ve probably seen a commercial like this from ExxonMobil [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 16:32:25

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