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Nature’s garden delivered to our home!


Nature’s garden delivered to our home!

We recently highlighted the Nature’s Garden Delivered home delivery service in our Green Business Profiles section. We were excited to try out this new company, as it was launched here in Atlanta, Georgia. We believe in supporting local small businesses, and even more excited to support eco-entrepreneurs as well.


What is your Green Resolution for 2010?


What is your Green Resolution for 2010?

Do you have a green resolution for 2010? A recent internet based survey was conducted for Tiller, LLC by the market research firm, Matthew Greenwald & Associates. Tiller, LLC is a leading advocacy marketing consultancy based in New York City. The survey entitled, 2009 Tiller Social Action Survey, found that American are committed to being more “green” in 2010.


The Lazy Environmentalist features SodaStream


The Lazy Environmentalist features SodaStream

Josh Dorfman, author of The Lazy Environmentalist, featured the SodaStream home soda machine in a recent video.

November 12, 2009 by Admin  
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Reel Mower – Gas Free Lawn Care


Reel Mower – Gas Free Lawn Care

Well summer is now in full swing and we have decided to give green lawn care a try. We’ve used corn gluten as weed control and other all natural products in our yard and garden. Now we are giving the old fashioned push mower a try. Some of our neighbors have gas and man-powered reel [...]


Tesla Motors Model S


Tesla Motors Model S

Pop Quiz: what has a 300 mile range, 45 minute quick-charge, and is not from Detroit or Japan? The answer: the all new Tesla Motors Model S.

Image Credit: Tesla Motors via www.teslamotors.com
Tesla unveiled their new sport sedan on Friday, March 27, 2009, and already the internet is swarmed with stories and pictures of the new [...]


Whitehouse.gov


Whitehouse.gov

A new website for the President of the United States and his adminstration was launched last week. The new look of the website includes a few areas worth mentioning. First, the Energy and Environment section highlights President Obama’s plan to invest in clean technologies to improve the environment and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.

The [...]


Fisker Automotive


Fisker Automotive

I am a self-declared automobile enthusiast. I love the smell of an old car and the sound of well tuned engine (especially the Italians). However, like many Americans, I became concerned as I watched the price of oil grow through 2007-2008. So, I decided to start researching some of the alternatives to fossil fuels. I [...]


Can I Recycle This?


Have you ever looked at a plastic container and wondered, what does the number on the bottom of the packaging mean?
Our neighborhood waste disposal company provides a curbside recycling program. Until recently, the company restricted the numbers of the plastics that could be recycled.
This got us wondering, does everyone actually know what those numbers mean?
The [...]

January 21, 2009 by Jon  
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Being Green and Finding a Cure for Cancer


If you are like me then you have accumulated a few cell phones over the years. I’ve looked at our office closet and between Jon and I there’s probably 3 or 4 in there. What do you do with them? Where can you recycle them? Well I’ve got a great answer. I found this through [...]

January 20, 2009 by Kim  
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A Fresh Coat of Paint


I’ve wanted to repaint the trim boards & staircase in our house ever since we repainted the walls 2 years ago. Babies and lack of time always seems to intervene. Lately my neighbors have been working on revamping their homes and I am reinspired. So….. I went to grab our handy gallon of trim paint [...]

November 21, 2008 by Kim  
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