Monthly Archives: February 2010
Guest Blogger — Green Your Printing & Save Green
| February 28, 2010 | Posted by Phila under buy green, carbon footprint, cleantech, environmental responsibility, environmentally responsible, go green, going green, green business, green office, green printer, greening, petroleum, save oil, sustainability |
While my nearly-paperless office uses a high-quality inkjet for my small printing needs, I have friends who routinely spend hundreds of dollars for new laser toner cartridges. Sure, the output may be measured in thousands (or tens of thousands) of pages, but the cost of the cartridges is.…well, steep! It’s steep for the earth as… more
Raising Cash with Dead Pens
| February 17, 2010 | Posted by Phila under community activism, green business, recycling fundraisers, reduce reuse recycle |
As a writer, I’m pretty particular about my pens. They’ve got to have the right feel, the right heft, the right balancing…they need to be ever-ready with the right flow of ink, with no blotting or fruitless looping before a mark appears. And they must — repeat MUST — be refillable. I have working pens… more
Do You Buy Green to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
| February 15, 2010 | Posted by Phila under buy green, carbon footprint, global warming |
I’m doing something a little different today…and I need your help. Just yesterday, I read an article on Treehugger.com about the ongoing debate: whether “greens focus too much on climate change.” After all, consuming less energy and water, saving natural resources for coming generations, living in clean, non-toxic indoor environments, and not littering the world with… more
Is the Air in Your House Worse than Smog?
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Phila under clean air, indoor air |
That’s a pretty outrageous question to ask — after all, most of us spend a good bit of time and money on cleansers, disinfectants, air fresheners, etc., etc.! And that’s just the problem. With 80,000 chemical compounds in common commercial use, from rugs and cabinets to personal care products to household cleansers, our indoor air is… more
How to Compost in a Blizzard
| February 10, 2010 | Posted by Phila under compost, reduce reuse recycle |
So you’ve prepared a comforting, nourishing, eco-friendly veggie stew to warm you down to your toes while the blizzard howls outside, and the time’s come to dispose of the peelings and trimmings. What to do? You go to the window and peer through the white-out, trying to see the dome of snow on top of your… more
Green Candles and Guest Bloggers
| February 2, 2010 | Posted by Phila under buy green, clean air, eco friendly gifts, eco gifts, go green, going green, green gifts, green lifestyle, greening, indoor air, phthalates |
One of the wonderful things about the green business community is that, well, it is a community, sharing many of the same goals, values and certainly the same overriding mission: to care for and protect the Earth. In that community spirit, you’ll often find green businesses joining forces and collaborating in mutual support…as someone said,… more
