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Surfing Waves of Green

Andréa P. Davis — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:54:30 +0000

Have you ever thought about how your Internet usage relies on heavy power production (and thus usage and emission) for powering your computer and the multiple routers, ISPs, etc.? We thought we were ‘being green’ by not driving our cars, didn’t we? In this world, so many of our daily actions trample upon mother nature and extract resources from our finite ecosphere. Take a minute to watch this video and come to understand the system into which we play, and then be thankful there are options like Ecosia to facilitate our life and habits.

Ecosia: The eco-friendly search engine from in60seconds on Vimeo.

Eco-friendly bicycle parking lot in Tokyo

Admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:35:56 +0000

Sanyo – the world’s biggest Lithium ion battery producer opened two high-tech and eco-friendly parking lots for electric bycicles.

The parking lots collectively will have 100 Sanyo’s envelop electric bicycles for hire. The solar panels on parking lots roof will re-charge the bicycles as they are returned and generate enough energy to illuminate LED lights in the parking lots.

Sanyo – the world’s biggest Lithium ion battery producer opened two high-tech and eco-friendly parking lots for electric bicycles in Tokyo, Japan.

The parking lots collectively will have 100 Sanyo’s envelop electric bicycles for hire. The solar panels on parking lots roof will re-charge the bicycles as they are returned and also generate enough energy to illuminate LED lights in the parking lots.

Six Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World (as we know it)

Andréa P. Davis — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:34:43 +0000

Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets’ research is the Northwest’s native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.

There are cosmic implications as well. Stamets believes we could terraform other worlds in our galaxy by sowing a mix of fungal spores and other seeds to create an ecological footprint on a new planet.

“Once you’ve heard ‘renaissance mycologist’ Paul Stamets talk about mushrooms, you’ll never look at the world — not to mention your backyard — in the same way again.” – Linda Baker, Salon.com

Video and text from TED.com

Green Living Made Easy – The Eco-Friendly Lifestyle

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:29:50 +0000

Susan Doherty, host of Six Minute Style provides go green tips for the entire house, room by room. These easy to implement green living tips will help you contribute positively towards saving the planet and lots of cash too!

Eco-Friendly Baby

Sarfaraz Nasir — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:00:27 +0000

Dr. Alan Greene, the author of the “Raising Baby Green” book gives tips to raise a healthy baby in an eco-friendly environment. Dr. Greene explains that the recent big health issues such as Asthma, Autism, Cancer in babies, high blood pressure in kids, obesity, and others that are increasing currently are due to the toxic in the environment. These issues can be solved or their impacts can be reduced by making the right decisions during the pregnancy and after delivery. The video provides advice on variety of topics from the types of food to consume during pregnancy to making the nursery green.

Go Green: Bottle vs. Tap

Sarfaraz Nasir — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:18:44 +0000

The effective marketing strategies of water bottle companies make most people question the quality of tap water. As a result, many people raise health concerns about drinking tap water. Andrew from Plant Green tests 8oz of tap water versus 8oz of filtered bottled water. The test includes measuring pH (measure of acidity), total alkalinity, the amount of chlorine in the water, and wheather the water is hard or soft.

These measurements are important. Higher pH can cause fatigue, weight gain problems, and digestive problems. Lower alkalinity levels fosters radical swings in pH. High levels of chlorine in the water can cause chest pain, irritate skins, and retain water in the lungs. Soft water is high in sodium that can adversely impact people with circulatory problems, heart disease, and people on low sodium diets.

The 20 seconds test on all three types water reveals that the bottle water is not necessarily safe or better than the tap water. The tap water is not only cheap, but also has low carbon footprint. In contrast, the bottle water compromises our environment and taps natural resources. The process of bottleing and shipping requires large amount energy. The production of plastic also produces emissions.

Here are the recommended Go Green Action Steps:

Buy a home water test kit
Buy water filter to improve test, smell, and color
Limit consumption of bottled water

See Andrew in action below: