Green Business

February 26, 2010

  • LiViTY Outernational

    Hemp and raffia clothing? A shirt made from recycled plastic bottles? Could such a product look like anything other than a potato sack? (…)

  • CREDO Mobile and the Solio Solar Charger; A Review

    I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a smidge excited when, a few weeks ago, Tim from CREDO Mobile contacted me about featuring their company on 5 Minutes for Going Green. (…)

November 11, 2009

October 29, 2009

  • Unwanted Holiday Junk Mail? Opt Out!

    Believe it or not, Christmas is coming.
    At least, that’s what retail companies will have you think. And we all know what that means: ‘tis the season for the onslaught of catalogues and junk mail. (…)

June 23, 2009

  • NoPlastic.ca Giveaway Winners!

    We received an awesome 338! comments on the NoPlastic.ca giveaway post, and today I have two! lucky winners to announce.
    These two gals were chosen at random via the integer generator at Random.org. (…)

June 5, 2009

April 21, 2009

April 20, 2009

March 19, 2009

  • Green Up Your Job Hunting

    Pounding the pavement is hard on the feet and with the current economy there is a lot of competition! (…)

March 10, 2009

  • Green Groceries: 9 Reasons To Eat Local

    If I were to ask you how eco-friendly the food you buy at the grocery store is, you would probably dutifully point out the "organic" label on the fruits and vegetables and perhaps even some cereals and crackers. (…)

March 5, 2009

  • The Missing Link

    Reduce, reuse and recycle. We all understand the importance of the three “R’s” of being environmentally responsible. (…)

February 24, 2009

  • New Ways To Recycle

    Most curbside recycling programs and collection centers accept a very specific and somewhat limited set of items. The usual suspects are #1 and #2 plastics, paper of all kinds, and aluminum cans. (…)

January 26, 2009

January 19, 2009

  • Recycling & The Beauty Products Industry

    Why is it that beauty products are seldom packaged in recyclable containers?
    Even when their containers are plastic, they seldom have recognizable recycling symbols on them. (…)

January 15, 2009

  • Say "Goodbye" to Handmade Toys, Or…Don't!

    Don’t you just love purchasing handmade goods, that on the by-and-large are naturally green and eco-friendly by the fact that they are created with love in peoples’ own homes and workshops? (…)