published August 29, 2009 and has No Comments
Outside Lands , the San Francisco music festival, is working diligently to be a green standard for music festivals. And in fact, the designated Eco Lands section is a haven for those looking for organic and local refreshments, renewable energy-powered music, and opportunities to volunteer for non-profits. I'll bring on the posts about all these great features soon. However, ...
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published August 13, 2009 and has No Comments
This month has been named Blue August on TreeHugger and Planet Green with tons of content dedicated to the state of our oceans, coral reefs, sealife and waterways. Use the Blue August tag to discover all our great posts on these subjects, like Jaymi's revelation this week that the BBC are spending $670 000 annually on bottled water ! ...
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published August 12, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via Incase Designs After the Guardian sent in a freedom of information request, it was discovered that the BBC spends £406,000 (about $670,000) a year on bottled water for its coolers. Plus who knows how much more for bottled water at its over 100,000 events and meetings. And for once, people aren't saying, "So what?"... Read the full ...
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published July 29, 2009 and has No Comments
Usually people are hunting for the sticker on café windows that shows they offer free wifi. But New York City residents will be searching for another sticker - the TapIt sticker, indicating this is a spot you're welcome to pop in and refill your water bottle. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published July 24, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via SIGGskins A quality water bottle is a must for anyone striving (or even casually trying) to live lighter. With bottled water becoming a pariah, SIGG , the Swiss maker of classy, minimalist aluminum bottles, has teamed up with Original Wraps to create SIGGskins , bottles with customizable faces. A very pleasurable web interface (which I clearly dabbled ...
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published June 30, 2009 and has No Comments
Well, our extended coverage of Peak Water ends, anyway. The water crisis itself is, unfortunately, still a very real issue. This month we've explored many of the complexities and interconnections of fresh water, and our growing shortage of supplies globally. Water is a precious resource we simultaneously exalt and abuse; and from wars to art, from conservation to making ...
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published June 28, 2009 and has No Comments
The math is simple. According to Ozarka's own claim, their tiny new label uses a third less paper than the old one, or a whopping 30,000 less trees. The new advertising campaign, intended to lessen the guilt of their customers, entice new customers, and win back customers who have moved on to less wasteful methods of hydration, inadvertently reveals ...
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published June 24, 2009 and has No Comments
Co-Founder Aubrey Faulk catches a wave in El Salvador. Image via: Surfers Without Borders. Dream of someday throwing your boards in the back of your truck and heading south for a week of perfect waves, cheap local food and sleeping under the stars? Well you can, and help build sustainability projects in the communities that you meet, when you ...
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published June 24, 2009 and has No Comments
Each American uses an Olympic pool's worth of water annually. Photo Jonathan Ziapour via flickr. A country's water footprint , as opposed to simple water use, is the total amount of H2O needed for the production of goods and services. Figuring out a country's water footprint means adding all the water used plus the water inherent in products imported, ...
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published June 23, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo credit: CafePress A little birdie told us—well, OK, it was Jacob Gordon —that CafePress has added SIGG bottles to its range of print-on-demand, user-designed clothing, stationery, and accessories. ...
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Customize Your SIGG Bottle at CafePress
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