With all the attention compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) get for saving energy, it seems like the importance of recycling them has taken a back seat. A study by the Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers (ALMR) cited in a 2011 Consumer Reports article found that only 2 percent of consumers said they actually recycle their [...]
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CFL Bulb Recycling Around 2 Percent
April 11th, 2012 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, Recylcing 
Tags: CFL, Chris DeArmond, Energy Conservation, Green Product 
No Comments »Number Of Green Jobs In U.S. Measured For First Time
April 2nd, 2012 Justin Manger The numbers have been crunched by the Labor Department and the results are in: green jobs accounted for an eye-poppingly low 2.4% of the United States’ total employment in 2010. However, this was the first ever survey of green goods and services jobs, so we don’t yet have something with which to compare the results. [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Green Economy, Justin Manger, News, Policy, President Obama Tags: Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Green Product, Solar Energy No Comments »Energy Star Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary
March 30th, 2012 Chris DeArmond Since being created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992, the Energy Star program and its partners have helped save Americans nearly $230 billion through increased energy efficiency of appliances and electronics. More than five billion products from more than 60 different categories have been sold under the voluntary program. According to EPA’s March [...]
Honeywell Goes After Nest Labs for Patent Infringement
February 7th, 2012 Justin Manger As we have profiled here, Nest Labs has come up with a clean and classy look for their new energy saving and “auto-learning” thermostat. They will now have to come up with a team of lawyers to defend allegations from Honeywell International that Nest infringes on several (seven to be precise) patents that Honeywell has for [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Green Products, Justin Manger, News, Smart Grid Tags: Energy Conservation, Green Product, Green Technology No Comments »Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 5 (Final)
January 14th, 2012 Heather Perry This is the final installment of the green bus series. Read all five parts here. Standing as one of the most memorable and defining experiences of my life, the adventures of our green bus brought us back to Tahoe, right where we had started. From Hannibal, Missouri we continued to make a giant loop around [...]
2012 Light Bulb Efficiency Standards Delayed until September
December 28th, 2011 Chris DeArmond By passing the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, congress established efficiency standards for light bulbs that were slated to go into effect in at the beginning of 2012. However, due to a provision included in the massive year-end spending bill that eliminates funding to carry out the standards, the date has been [...]
Starbucks Store Made from Recycled Shipping Containers
December 14th, 2011 Chris DeArmond Though it seems like you can get Starbucks coffee just about anywhere, only one store (located in Tukwila, WA) can serve it to you from inside old cargo containers. A little over a week ago, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that construction is underway to build a Starbucks out of four repurposed shipping containers (40′ long, 8′ [...]
“World’s Best Cat Litter”: A Review (and Coupon)
December 6th, 2011 Guest Author By Guest Author Christine Manger There are many products in today’s marketplace that claim to be healthy, safe and green, including products for our pets. Recently, I was given a bag of World’s Best Cat Litter (WBCL), a 100% all natural litter made from whole kernel corn, for my cat Peaches to test and “review”. [...]
Posted in Behavior, Green Products, Guest Authors, Reviews Tags: Green Product, Product Review 3 Comments »Like Vac from the Sea on Facebook and Donate 1 Euro
September 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last year the devastating earthquake in Haiti represented one of the first major opportunities for cell phone users to help rescue efforts by merely sending a text message to donate money. Many organizations like the Red Cross collected small sums (often $10) when people sent a text message to a specific number. The Washington Post [...]
Posted in Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Oceans Tags: Green Product, Video No Comments »New Lightbulb by Phillips “Greenest Ever”
August 8th, 2011 Justin Manger A 10 watt light-emitting diode, or LED, bulb has been named the greenest replacement for the time-worn 60 watt bulb. The Philips made bulb won $10 million from the Department of Energy by winning the L Prize (covered here nearly 2 years ago) for creating “high performance, energy-saving replacements” for the incandescents that still proliferate around the country. In [...]
