Easy Ways to Go Green

Ship Simulator Extremes Video Game Features Real Greenpeace Ships

New Ship Sim Game Available Now, Greenpeace Ships Make Appearance According to the press release, “Ship Simulator Extremes, now available to gamers, features Greenpeace ships Esperanza and the yet-to-be-built Rainbow Warrior III — in game sequences based on actual past actions at sea.” The simulator is made by VSTEP, and previous versions are already played [...]

5 Easy Ways to Green Clean Your Carpets

Going Green When You Clean Your Carpets: Green Homes Tips Carpeting requires frequent cleaning to avoid indoor air pollution and maintain a clean appearance. The carpet can be one of the dirtiest places in a home and it also happens to be where we and especially our children and pets spend a lot of time [...]

Healthy Lunches and Lifestyles for Your Children

How to Promote Healthy Lunches and Healthy Lifestyles for your Kids By: Heather Schoenrock More than 12 percent of U.S. high school students are obese (≥ 95th percentile for body mass index) and 78 percent eat fruits and vegetables less than five times per day, according to a 2009 survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Health [...]

MetroPaint: 100% Recycled Latex Paint in Oregon

Advertising in the weekly paper Willamette Week, is an interesting company that appears to be run by the Oregon Metro government office. The ad reads: “What’s Green Seal certified and comes in colors from barn red to summer-sky blue? MetroPaint 100% recycled latex paint. Better for the environment. Great for your home. Just $11 or [...]

NY Times Article on Going Green

If you’re in the NY area, then perhaps you saw this article on going green already — but if not, then it’s a great read regardless of where you find yourself. Sure, if you’re in the States, then it might not be that large of an overstatement to say that NYC is in the country’s [...]

Antibiotics in Food Animal Production: Comment Now

Press Release on the Use of Antibiotics in Food Production Dear Readers — I received this press release last week in my email, and wanted to pass it along. Please do your own research. I’m not sure about the politics attached, I just know that overuse of any drug in our food supply can’t be a [...]

Top 10 Ways to Raise a Green Baby

How to Raise a Green Baby: Child Rearing, Eco-Style Bust out the Dutch Boy, it’s time to paint your child green. The Blue Man Group has made millions covering themselves with grease paint, so maybe there’s something profitable to a group of green infants. No, I don’t know where this nonsense comes from, perhaps it’s the [...]

BP Website Dedicated to Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Cleanup News

I don’t think I’m alone in realizing the magnitude of the disaster that is the Gulf of Mexico BP Oil Spill. Efforts never seem thorough or quick enough in times like these, and the whole thing quickly devolves into a federal-level disaster of disappointment and mismanagement on the one hand, and then a marketing [...]

Great Recycling Infographic

Infographic by Recycle – Don’t bin it, recycle it

Obama and US Administration Defend Actions in Continuing BP Oil Spill Mess

Obama administration officials convened today and subsequently defended British Petroleum’s use of dispersants, the most recent solution to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Assistant administrator at the EPA’s special office on Research and Development Paul Anastas went before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, and offered as consolation the fact [...]