environmental

Bags for a Green Planet “Not so long ago the words “environmentally friendly bag” referred solely to sacks (usually brown) to carry organic groceries.

A proposed wind farm is believed to be a bad thing by local residents who fear for the safety of protected wetlands.

Here are eight ways to make your wedding more eco-friendly, making a good impression with your family, friends and Mother Earth.

Despite the obvious negative impacts to a person carbon footprint, keeping a lush green lawn is what most people are familiar with so they can’t imagine transforming their yards into a native habitat with low-lying plants or better yet crops. The next best thing that people can do is pick up a reel mower.

This week, Green Meeting Guide publishers and The Innovolve Group identified nearly 1,000 qualified suppliers in 10 distinct categories located in 7 major markets in Canada (I suspect it won’t be long until a similar directory emerges in the U.S.), making the Green Event Guide the most comprehensive reference document on “green” practioners in the hospitality sector.

There will be a Green Living / Renewable Energy Fair in Salem MA on Saturday June 14 2008. It's hosted by the Salem Chamber of Commerce. There will also be an eco-related movie showing at the theatre in the East India Mall. Contact Ben Bouchard at (978) 744-0004 or email ben@salem-chamber.org.

A recent survey of U.S. consumers showed that spending on eco-friendly products will double over the next year. With this increase in spending, marketers are going to continue to push for a “green” image for their brands, but the truth behind many of these products may not be what it seems.

National Geographic ranked the consumers of several nations of the world with their “Consumer Greendex” and not surprisingly enough the United States was ranked dead last with a 45 out of 100. Leading the pack were the consumers of Brazil and India with a rank of 60.

BeGreen, the carbon offset division of Green Mountain Energy Company, and Global Executive, conference and events logistics management company, announced a partnership Tuesday that gives conference participants and organizers the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions generated by attending organized business events.

It’s no secret anymore that global warming is for real. A collective response is starting to emerge in its shadow and buzz words like carbon footprint, renewable energy, and reforestation are being absorbed at an elementary level. There are two key actions that consumers can take to help stop global warming in its tracks.

Today, tobacco is grown in more than 100 countries. 80 of these are developing third world countries and in many the growing of tobacco is a major environmental problem.

According to the National Transportation Operations Coalition, optimizing the nation’s 300,000 traffic lights would cut CO2 emissions from vehicles by 20%. This has the potential to have a huge positive impact on our collective carbon footprint, not to mention that road congestion and traffic accidents would be greatly reduced.

An environmentally themed festival will be taking place in Norwich, UK from the end of May to mid June. It will feature international writers such as Nobel prize winner JM Coetzee  and the Pulitzer prize winning poet CK Williams as well as nature writers such as Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Mabey, Adam Thorpe and Mark Cocker. They will be joined by Tony Juiper (Director of Friends of the Earth UK), Scientists from the RSPB and the renowned University of East Anglia's centre of Climate Change Study and all will take part in debates, readings, performances and workshops.

Anyone who wants to help save the planet should turn vegetarian, according to Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle said the world's meat industry was one of the main contributors to global warming.

Awesome t-shirts based on simple messages that have the power to inspire others.