Here is a new idea and timely- purchasing a H.U.G. (Home Utility Gift)! This is a program offered in my locale by Louisville Electric and Gas (LG&E) for customers who want to warm up their loved ones, literally. In the winter season where utility bills creep up higher and pull funds away from other categories [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Business of ecology’ Category
I’m standing by this sign here at the entrance of a super stuffmart location. I already have and like my iPhone and I just wanted to get a picture of myself by a huge picture of one. It was a nice moment for me.
I admit that I remember the 70’s- the gasoline lines, the will-work-for-food signs, the high mortgage interest rates. I also remember Mean Joe Green’s coke and a smile and Dave Thomas was making it big with his restaurant business and turning it into an adoption awareness foundation. Could it be that when times are tough- [ Read More ]
So I’m cleaning my apartment for the in-laws’ holiday visit and my kitchen’s tile grout looks filthy. I use my Swiffer mop and then scrub with Clorox (the new Green Works version available in stores) to no avail. In desperation, I seek google’s sound advice. The solution (literally)? One part vinegar one part water or a little baking soda paste. It [ Read More ]
This just in from the popular and timely blog NowSourcing, a Social Media Marketing company.
Treehugger brand Hugg.com, a Discovery company, has decided to close the doors on Hugg, a popular green social news site.
From Hugg.com:
PLEASE READ!
On November 17th, 2008, Hugg will no longer accept new submissions or registrations. Hugg will remain publicly viewable until the [ Read More ]
In the height of hurricane season, it seems proper to feel a bit humbled by natural forces. Forces that in spite of our best technologies we are unable to control or even marginally predict. While the damage in comparison to Katrina was minimal, the storm still traveled across ten states and killed over 150 people [ Read More ]
When you buy the product, you are buying the package, too. So says my friend Gina who comes half-day on Mondays and a full day on Friday to help me clean up after myself and my family. I finally realized that I am not a slacker mom if I enlist some help around here. And [ Read More ]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Challenge Winners for 2008 were announced in April and list Fortune 500 Companies, Retail Companies, Colleges and University. The winners consertedly bought only (or almost only) Green Power to maintain the function of their businesses. (The combined green power purchases of these organizations [ Read More ]
As I waited at a crosswalk on Brooklyn Avenue the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to read “hybrid electric” written on the side of a passing Fedex truck! Intrigued, I did a little research and found that the vehicle I saw was due to the efforts of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Project of 2004:
The [ Read More ]